Posted by Brad Osborne on September 4, 2022 · 17 Comments
We had been in the field for 12 days. We were unshaven, dirty, tired, and still dressed in our fatigues.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 13, 2022 · 15 Comments
Sometimes, you don’t know if something is a blessing or a curse.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 30, 2022 · 16 Comments
In the left-hand seat sat the antithesis of Sir Quixote. My driver was a stout, young man hewn directly from the heartlands of America. He looked more like Sancho.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 30, 2022 · 26 Comments
When I walked in the entrance, I was immediately greeted by two security officers none too happy to see me…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 20, 2022 · 26 Comments
Persistence is the trait needed for the “long game”. Where subtle and seemingly innocuous things create an imperceivable push to that which we want to have happen.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 20, 2022 · 22 Comments
So, money in hand, I set off to fulfill my long-held dream.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 12, 2021 · 18 Comments
Plus, it explained why I was so much more attractive than the rest of the family.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 27, 2021 · 14 Comments
In May of 1984, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, I crossed north of the Artic Circle.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 14, 2021 · 29 Comments
When I was fourteen or fifteen, I stole a motorcycle.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 17, 2021 · 25 Comments
One of these advantages was access to fireworks from states in the south that were banned for use in Pennsylvania.
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