On the bright side, the sunflower seeds that I planted have come up and really taken off. Well, at least the ones that survived the birds. I put in two rows of about 30, and I think I'll be lucky to see maybe ten between them. I've been daydreaming about getting an air rifle...maybe this one - Cabela's has pretty good prices.
http://www.gamousa.com//Catalog.aspx?Product=136
One of my favorite movies of all time, and not that I am any sort of Tom Cruise fan, is "A Few Good Men". I saw this flick in the theaters a month or so before I left for Parris Island in 1992, and frankly it scared the hell out of me. Thankfully, Hollywood is Hollywood, and as such there are some brilliant lines in there, most notably Col Jessup (Jack Nicholson)'s court room tirade."Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand at post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to."
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