In the Suck
I’ve taken up two hobbies lately..well, one is sort of an anti-hobby.
First, like any good meeting, we’ll start with the positive. I’ve started geocaching. I’ve known about this since about 2002, when I got out of the Army, and have been interested in it since. It’s more or less using a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver and a list of caches (pro; “cashes”) on a website such as geocaching.com to find a cache. The ones I have found are very small, only a log sheet to record what you find, though one was a very small container that had a couple of goodies in it. I took Grace out for a couple hours on Monday to find a couple of these, calling it our Treasure Hunt. She got to trade her McDonalds happy meal stuffed dog for a handful of balloons :)
The second hobby (anti-hobby) is losing weight. So far so good, I’ve dumped almost 10 pds since the first weekend in January. The reason here is two-fold, and has nothing to do with any New Years resolutions. First, I am just getting fat, I hit an all time high of 250 – a big no-go. The second is that I have another school to go to the last two weeks of April, and I have to be down in weight to go. I determined that I have to go into a 100,000 calorie deficit from the first of Jan to mid April in order to meet weight. This is what I call “being in the suck”, because it does.
More or less, I have just really cut out snacking and eat less at dinner time, that’s it. It’s the 23rd, and I’ve lost a pound a day for a few days straight now, though I’m always hungry…not starving by any means, just never feel like I’ve eaten enough. I’m getting used to the hunger now though, it’s sort of like dealing with my back and my knee, they always hurt but I just can’t do much for it other than take an aleve or something.
Other than those two hobbies, one which actually probably saves me time instead of taking it, and the other gets me out of the house for a couple hours a week, I’m still in school (always feeling behind) and still working. I’ll be applying for a new job here in a week or two, and I’m excited about the prospect of getting hired. It’ll be way out of my career field, but overall I think it would really help my career by giving me a bit more diversity. The main reason I want to get the job is that the staff I work with I enjoy, but I’m still only a contractor. I would like being fully a part of the team, and also have a little job security to boot. It doesn’t mean that my career goals have changed at all, but this move can’t do anything but help my future…and once I’m done with my master’s, I’ll be ready to get back into my career…I still don’t have the job though, so I’m getting a bit ahead of myself ;)
Hue May Nate Your
So, going over my weekly reading on stuff that should concern most people, but most people don’t want to be concerned with, I came across tidbits of information that a new type of attack could be used. Well, it’s not new, but it’s a much smaller scale than what has been used before (that I know of)
Attack? Well, what I’m referring to is terrorist attacks, and some of the Tactic’s, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP’s) that some intel weenies have noticed. One in particular that caught my eye was the use of small containers with two chemicals, that when combined, can cause severe irritation to people. One thing comes to mind is mixing dry commercial grade dish detergents with bleach, which makes a sort of home made mustard gas. Anyways.
The TTP that we should be aware of is that small containers of a mix could be placed around an area, where one could be a liquid in a glass bottle. On the bottle, there could be a small remote charge that is meant to break the bottle, and cause a mix of the two chemicals.
When employing these containers, they would be placed around an area in order to try and drive masses of people into one large area, more or less shaping a battle space. This area where there could be hundreds of hysterical people is now a perfect kill zone. From here, people could expect anything from concentrated gun-fire to placed explosives, to a few of the mingling people in the mass being prepped for self detonation. (which, coming straight out of Hollywood, these suicide bombers now pack ball bearings onto the charges, effectively making themselves really high-powered Claymore mines, a serious Mass Causality producing weapon.)
It’s a good plan, it will be effective, and many people will be killed. It’s human nature to run in a panic, especially when in a herd, and bad guys know this. It also employs time honored tactics that have been on the battlefield for many years, but in much a smaller area, and intent on killing ordinary people, not enemy combatants.
So, knowing one of many ways that we can be attacked, we also know how to combat this…always be on your toes, and don’t run with the crowd. Hold your breath and push you, your kids, and whoever you can grab, out of the kill zone. You may be injured from a gas attack, and may spend some time in the hospital, but it’s always a lot better than being full of holes and in pieces.
I know this posting will only be read by maybe 4 people, but maybe it can be passed around as well. From the morning reports I get briefed on occasionally, people should be a lot more concerned with their own well being than they really are. A Lot more.
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