
Fun Facts:
- I was deployed to Iraq in 2003 and Kuwait in 2007
- I can drive a 5 ton tractor-trailer
- I fired a MK-19 automatic grenade launcher, .50 cal machine gun, and have a Silver German Marksmanship Badge
- I’ve lived in 7 countries, one of which no longer exists, and literally walked where Jesus walked
Find more information about me on the About page or by browsing the social media sites listed below.
Quotes I Like:
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
Gautama Buddha
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Epictetus
Causes & Organizations that I Support:
- Veterans of Foreign Wars (The VFW)
- Public Broadcasting System (PBS Thirteen)
Notable Posts:
Personal
RIP
Academic
Papers
- Refuting the Culture of War Amnesia or Denial in Japan
- Reactionary Historiography: Post 9/11 Muslim Communities and Immigrants
- Significance and Consequences of ‘Xenia’ in “The Odyssey”
- Martin Luther King, Jr. and Positive Extremism