Pappa Zulu – Chapter 45
“Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.” -Sophocles Damn it, this feels familiar, Saunders thought as she sat hunched by the store window and listened for the rotors beating above. And...
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“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” -John F. Kennedy They kept the lead chopper in their sights, hoping to catch some sign of...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 47
“An ambuscade, if discovered and promptly surrounded, will repay the intended mischief with interest.” -Vegetius Andrews held back and tapped his foot impatiently as the two nurses pulled the doors...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 48
“By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.” -George Tenet The men were finally...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 49
“Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 50
“It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.” -Douglas MacArthur He found the good doctor sitting in the common room on the small...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 51
“A conqueror is always a lover of peace.” -Karl Von Clausewitz “Eagle Eye to Boa Five Actual. Come in please.” Dezba didn’t grab hold of the radio right away. He and the others were still laying wire...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 52
“The true test of a soldiers mettle is to see whether or not they will cling to what they believe in, even in the face of impending death.” -Major General Michael Thur The space had been arrayed...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 53
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” -Bertrand Russell “Stop!” yelled a voice. It was not the amplified one this time, but it was still...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 54
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” -Albert Pike He poked his head out just far enough to get a look at the enemy...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 55
“Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contended armies, the war must become a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.” -H. G. Wells A familiar sound came to him from the...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead (Season 3 Episode 10)
Welcome back to the Walking Dead. With the second episode in the latter half of the third season, things are coming down from the mid season climax. All the major characters have been introduced and...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 56
“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. “Holy shit, where’d they come from?” Saunders looked to the sky, to the precise point where Whitman was staring. She...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 57
“I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.” -Catherine II It took only a few seconds to determine that there was no one left after the explosion. As soon as the noise from the...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 58
“Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.” -Khalil Gibran The doc ran his penlight over her eyes and clicked it off. He did...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 59
“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.” -Buddha It was the single sweetest thing anyone in the platoon had seen in...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 60
“There is an old saying that there are some defeats more triumphant than victories. The reverse is also true.” -Lieutenant Andrea Saunders The smoke plumes and fires only seemed to get worse the closer...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Chapter 61
“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” -Douglas MacArthur The silence inside the tent was palpable. Despite the presence of several bodies, clustered together in a tight space with barely...
View ArticlePappa Zulu – Epilogue
“There is only one decisive victory: the last.” -Karl von Clausewitz The noise had finally ended, the terrible cracks and roars and angry booms. The earth began to seem still again, and safe for...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead – Season Three, Episode 13
Happy Monday Morning all! Nice weekend? Good, because it’s time to catch up on this weeks episode of The Walking Dead. Last week, we got something of a “bottle episode” as Rick, Carl and Michonne went...
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