A quick sidenote about the alias- I came up with it while doing tech support for Earthlink. Just using my real name in my correspondence seemed boring, so I came up with CerebralDeBris, as it contains my first, middle and last initials. As time went on I just continued using it everywhere out here... literally everywhere I go. I continue to use it to this day mainly to keep current and future employers out of my online life and personal business.
Back to the site... I liked to try and get a few posts in every week, and did pretty consistently for a few years. As time went on at the job and layoffs were beginning to rear their ugly heads I was needed off the road and in house... read that as FORCED off the road full time to do 3 jobs rather than the one I rather enjoyed. Naturally, my thinking time became less and less and the posts became fewer and fewer.
Fast forward a couple more years and a new addition- number four- to our family. I am now in house full time; same industry, different job function. I've been fortunate to have made it through four layoffs. One at the previous job and three where I now kick the piss out of myself on a daily basis. My study and research time is next to nothing at this point and other more pressing matters have taken priority over the site. I've recently started work, again, on my internet advertising ventures which I'll talk about more in a future post, but mostly, i've just been working to the bone to hang on to a job that I despise, but that pays the bills. What little time is left I use to recoup a little energy and hang out with my beautiful family.
That's the long and short of it. I have a feeling that most of us are in a somewhat similar siuation right now, and it's sure as hell not going to improve with this Marxist and his anti-business agenda in the White House! I'm reminded of all the cute little comments people made, like "four years of Carter got us 8 years of Reagan", and all I can say to that is four year of Obama is getting us a destroyed country!
Seriously, did you think this would end without a little Obama love?
To end this, the site will remain. Updates will come when they come and I'll share a little of other projects I'm involved in as time goes on. Until then, it's that time again...
Hug the peeps, kiss my sweetheart, take a scalding hot shower and rest my weary mind.
Goodnight! Sweet dreams in the the land of milquetoasts and Marxists.
-C]]>
"He believed in serving his country," said Ross' father, David C. Ross. Gary Anderson, Ross' best friend and an Army infantry veteran who served nine months in Afghanistan and 11 months in Iraq during his active duty stint, was a classmate of Ross at Marana's Mountain View High School. "You know, I heard this news of Ken and I broke down and cried hysterically," said Anderson, now a firefighter for the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Maricopa. "He loved everyone; everyone who came in contact with him loved him. He'd always help everyone out that he could."
A 1999 graduate of Mountain View, Ross played drums in the marching band and orchestra, his father said. Ross enlisted in the Army right after graduation. "He just wanted to take part in history," Anderson said.
At the time of his death, he was a helicopter mechanic — acting as a door gunner on his last mission, his father said. SSgt. Ross was killed when his helicopter went down southwest of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan. Also killed in the crash were Sgt. Shawn A. Graham, Warrent Officer Adrian B. Stump, Sgt. Tane T. Baum, Chief Warrent Officer 2 John M. Flynn and Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart.
Along with his father, SSgt. Ross is survived by his mother, Mary Ross, 57, and his sister, Stephanie Ross, 30. "I know his last thoughts were for everybody else and not for himself," Anderson said. "I know he wanted to make sure everybody was safe and would go home."
Until then, RII.
-C
]]>We owe our merciless thanks to the men and women of all races who have fought for and continue to fight for the America we love. Though the MSM and the liberal left have done a shameful disservice to our armed forces, please know that there are those of us who support you not only as soldiers, but also in your missions to defend us from terrorism.
One veteran I've had the pleasure of working with and have a great deal of respect for is Robert Highet. Robert served in Iraq before suffering an injury to his left hand from an IED (pictured left). He is one of the most energetic, considerate, respectable and loyal friends I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. He asks nothing of anyone except that they understand that he is a proud Marine and a proud American who has fought for his country because he chose to. He chose to stand up and fight for his country and for that, Robert, my family thanks you. I'm proud to call you my friend.
For all veterans past and present; happy Veterans Day! Top image left to right: USMC General Hagee, Robert, SGTMJR of USMC SGTMJR Estrada.
-C
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Any of you spineless anti-war maggots decide you want to spout off, take it to DailyPOS or some other digital cesspool. This is their day and I won't allow you to disrespect it. Derogatory comments for this post will be deleted. So save it!
> ...of course -most of- you don't. Why would you? ]]>