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Contemptuous Games

Posted on August 26, 2013 by ehurst

Head games are immoral and not always harmless. There are times when I play silly little computer games to distract my conscious mind while my spirit spills over into my subconscious mind. That sort of ego suspension serves the purpose … Continue reading →

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Mythical Military

Posted on May 9, 2013 by ehurst

As you may know, the heroic image is baloney. I went through Army Basic Training twice. On top of that, I spent several years working in a whole division of drill sergeants. It was an Army Reserve unit. The entire … Continue reading →

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Of Children and Angels 7

Posted on May 6, 2013 by ehurst

Preston insisted on climbing into the tent to lay down. Angie knew he wasn’t so very tired because they hadn’t ridden that far, and certainly not very hard. Lying on his back, he stared up at the interior surface of … Continue reading →

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Of Children and Angels 6

Posted on May 5, 2013 by ehurst

On the ride back to their campsite, Angie and Preston discussed this idea. Angie insisted, “Corrupt officials are one thing. Local politicians are seldom clean any more than they might be anywhere else in the world. But the Dutch police … Continue reading →

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Of Children and Angels 1

Posted on April 30, 2013 by ehurst

(This begins Part 3 of the saga of Angie and Preston in the Benelux.) It was time for a bit more mundane work. Besides, Preston had not been this close to the old POMCUS site since coming back to the … Continue reading →

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Observations Along the Path

Posted on November 15, 2012 by ehurst

Perhaps some of these merit longer comment, but not right now. Advertisers are too focused on the end product to notice how bad they are doing. All the more so in the coming Network Civilization. Think in terms of time … Continue reading →

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Warrior as Shepherd

Posted on May 18, 2012 by ehurst

The moral ideal of a warrior is the shepherd. Continuing from the previous post yesterday, I’m exploring a better way to view things. I tried to portray the moral character of a shepherd in light of romantic relations already. There … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Success

Posted on April 17, 2012 by ehurst

Self-doubt need not be crippling. Without apology I claim there are processes above the intellect which can be distinguished from emotion, and superior to any formal reasoning. Most people become vaguely aware of it through intuition, a process just outside … Continue reading →

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We Get Stories

Posted on April 11, 2012 by ehurst

What can you believe? Steve Quayle and a handful of echoes are telling some wild story about Chinese troops, or at least Chinese forward battle equipment storage, just south of Laredo, Texas. Supposedly a truck driver delivered a load of … Continue reading →

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The Meatgrinder

Posted on April 8, 2012 by ehurst

I still bear a powerful empathy for military people. That was my world for a significant chunk of my life. Despite the very ponderous moral questions regarding involvement in such a hideous enterprise as the US military has become, they … Continue reading →

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