Military, Police, Thank You for Your Service

He’s Going Eleven Bravo

Dempsey Darrow

I was replacing the fueling nozzle when I saw what looked like a body in the bed of a small pickup truck in the neighboring lane of the gas station. As I stepped onto the pump island to get a better look I heard, "Thank you for your service, sir!" I looked at the man… Continue reading He’s Going Eleven Bravo

Gooder Grammar

Seeking Four

Dempsey Darrow

You can seek four new tires. You can't seek for new tires. You can seek for Jim and help him out if Jim is seeking four new tires. Then you would be seeking new tires with Jim. If, on the other hand, you were trying to find Jim, you'd be seeking Jim (no "for"). Seek… Continue reading Seeking Four

Extraordinarily Random

Parallel Parking

Dempsey Darrow

I've never been comfortable with the term Parallel Parking. If you look at a line of cars that are "parallel" parked, they're not parallel to each other. They're parallel to the curb (well, some are), but what if there's no curb? What if they're parked one behind the other in a field? Also, is there… Continue reading Parallel Parking

Days Gone By, Military, Thank You for Your Service

For Lack of Discipline

Dempsey Darrow

I wrote what follows back in 1996. Someone on the original West Point Forum had mentioned the incident and it had been like the exercise we'd done back in school where a person whispers something in someone's ear, who then whispers it in another's ear, and then another, and so on, until the last person… Continue reading For Lack of Discipline