a soldier's story

yeah, i know, i haven't been writing much. kat and i got married, and i feel like i've been on the ass-kicking machine at work forever (although in reality it's only been about a month). blah blah blah. whatever. and cooking has kind of assumed the role in my life that playing music and writing about it used to occupy, although i'm not yet foolish enough to try and get paid for doing it. but i was surfing my old hometown rag this morning and stumbled on this small gem of prose by an army reservist who just spent a year in iraq. probably the funniest thing i've read recently about war, absurdity of. you might not appreciate it, but tony addison, cary blackwell, rod dove, and frank logan probably would. best of all, this guy's from fort worth. i'd like to buy him a beer sometime. welcome back, sir.

(oh, yeah. his name is craig a. mcneil. he wrote this one too. good onya, cap'n.)