I had a little satori last night, as I stared up at the ceiling, trying not to interrupt the gentle snoring of my bride. Insomnia is what happens when they take away the thing you love the most in life, the thing that defines you. I don't know what that thing is for you, but for me, as you may know, that thing is pipe hitting. Man, I fucking loved hitting pipes. Over and over. And over. And over.
But as you also know, that part of my life is over.
Thus the introspection. And the travel. And the talks I give to the kids at Yale. And the satori. Speaking of which satori, it is the purpose of this blog post. Which is that I realized I've spent too much of my adult life as a generalist, rather than a specialist, and to die a complete man I must learn what it is to become a specialist. Or at least learn something special. Something that I can become awesome at, and then teach people later, so that they can follow my path toward zen-pipe-hitting awesomeness. So I downloaded some open source software called GIMP, and learned how to use that shit to beclown someone who has pissed not just on my MRE, but in the MRE's of every pipe hitter I ever had the tremendous privilege of commanding.
And so, et voila, my pipe hitting stallions. Please click the image below:
Rangers Lead the Way
-- Stan
It was such an interesting tutorial you have. Thank you for sharing these ideas.
ReplyDeleteStan I couldn't understand your tutorial, please add some more detailed instruction.
ReplyDeleteStan, you are the man - even more than the Marvel Comics Stan the Man. As someone who has been directly targeted by this tool on numerous occasions (including a formal investigation and congressional inquiry as I type this for apparently "wanting to murder" him, I can completely agree with your assessment.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if you saw the following blog posts I wrote about you and what you were going through as well as my issues fighting the narcissist:
http://militarygear.com/asp/2010/06/23/open-letter-to-general-mcchrystal/
http://militarygear.com/asp/2010/06/14/michael-yon-for-executive-director-of-code-pink/
http://militarygear.com/asp/2010/06/14/yons-personal-attacks/
http://militarygear.com/asp/2011/01/23/michael-yon-needs-money/
Glad I found your blog, sir. Have you also seen the thread on professionalsoldiers.com related to the focus of your affections?
This blog cracks me up.
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