October 9th, 2007 posted by Robert
Yesterday at lunch we ended up sitting near some Army folk who struck up a conversation. As it turns out, the SFC was from Tifton GA. That’s not too far from “home” but even more interesting was that the captain doing most of the talking was from Martinez GA, quite literally down the street from where I did most of my growing up in Augusta. We pointed out several locations of mutual interest, and it turns out we’d both moved north of Atlanta — I moved to Roswell my senior year, he moved to Alpharetta sometime before that. It’s really the same area, since I’d lived way up at the very edge of town, where Alpharetta (I always hated that name) was just across the street from our subdivision. We both graduated from the same high school, good ol’ Milton. Of course he followed me by 9 years (!) so we didn’t play the “did you know sosandso?” game. Of course, since I moved my senior year and was bound and determined to hate it, I didn’t really know so many people in the first place. I definitely threw that whole year away instead of capitalizing on it.
It’s not quite the same as seeing an old high school and college friend walk up (did I post about that?) but it’s still unusual.
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September 26th, 2007 posted by Robert
We get some decent sandstorms here. Not quite like that “Wall O’ Dust” you’ve probably seen pictures of, but impressive in their own right.
The sun looks pretty odd, too.
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September 21st, 2007 posted by Robert
Hmm…you could set it on fire, I guess.
At first I heard “hey check out the clouds” so I went outside to see the blackness. “Wow,” I thought. “It’s gonna rain!” Then I went back inside and carried on about my business. Only later when I went out for something else and went around the corner of the building did I see the plumes. All I saw the first time was black on the horizon, not the source. 
We get a lot of dust devils here, too. I’d say at any given time you can see at least two of varying qualities.
Closer view of the fires…
On the left is a C130 flying outbound.
‘nuther debil. There’s trash flying around in this one.
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September 7th, 2007 posted by Robert
Taken in the Louvre.
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September 5th, 2007 posted by Robert
I didn’t even know they still made these pants. Seen under the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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