David Ortiz, Steroids, and baseball

Well...another name has been dropped from some obscure 2003 drug testing list...David Ortiz...the more these names trickle out, the longer this list exists in abscurity...the more harm it will do to baseball...it does start to make me think that just about how much steroids has effected the game of baseball...how much steroids are / were running through baseball... does it really matter ? Six years ago some guy tested positive ? punishing him now seems "too little, to late"...who knows...hopefully this ends soon. Love you all, miss you all...

Bill Clinton

I realized i had forgotten to share this picture with all of you. This is a giant picture of Bill Clinton on the side of a building in downtown Pristina. It puts into perspective how thankful and how much Kosovars appreciate what the US did back in '99 in our 78 day bombing campaign to end the terrible things that were happening. Im not going to get into the debate of who started it, what crimes did or did not happen, both the KLA and the Serbians hands are dirty if you know what i mean. But regardless, the UN and the US came in, dropped some bombs, and ended a conflict. The people here appreciate what we did and show it not only in bilboards and signs, but in their everyday actions and "thank you's" and "we love america's" they say to us EVERY DAY. Its nice to be appreciated. I see more US flags flying here in Kosovo then i see in the states...not sure if thats good or bad, but it def puts things into perspective. You might have to click on the picture to make it big enough, but, enjoy! Love you all, miss you all, see you soon.

Fantasy Football

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Macedonia Round 2

Another trip to Macedonia...guess what we found ?!?!?! a McDonalds!! no shit...even here in the Burmuda Triangle of the Balkans McDi's found a way to get a foothold...anyways...we had a good time hangin out at the Turkish Castle, taking some pics, talking to the locals, over all a good time. Got my passport, so life is good now on that front. Hope everyone is doing well...i miss you all...love you all...talk to you guys soon !

Swedish

Had an interesting day with some Sweedish soldiers as well as an LT from the Ukraine a couple days ago...we flew into an undisclosed area and walked around, just basically showing the Sweeds a bit of our area...the best part was lunch. We settled underneath a a few trees for some shade and broke out some French, Sweedish and US MRE's (meals ready to eat) and a cooker and started making a feast. We cut apart water bottles to make "bowls" and "spoons" and ate some French Duck, Sweedish Thai and some various other military foods...it was great...we spent a couple hours just shootin the shit and talking about life...while we ate some military foods and had a make shift picnic-military style. Good times.

(This is me holding a Swedish Assault Rifle-much heavier than an M4, but not a bad weapon.)

Couple of Pictures

Here are a few random pics i found...kinda forgot i had them...hope you guys enjoy:)

Lets talk about the Braves for a sec...we trade Francouer for Church...the first game played with these guys after the trade Francouer goes 2-4 with 2 RBI's and Church goes 0-4...lets hope this is not a habit for our new Right Fielder...only 5 games back...we need a serious run if we have any hopes of making the Post Season.

Macedonia Trip

Below is a clip of a few recent events here at lovely Camp Bondsteel, Kosvo to include our trip to Macedonia. I can now scratch off another country i have had the pleasure of visiting :) I went down there to the brand new US Embassy in hopes of figuring out this Passport issue, alas i will have to wait awhile, but on the plus side, i will get another trip to Macedonia. Some of the sites we saw were a Soccer Stadium nameed "Phillip II"- after Alexander the Great's Son, an accient Turkish Castle, a 65 meter high cross that stands about the city of Skopje, Macedonia and the video begins with a weather update-im sure you guys will enjoy the video...hope all is well...i love you, miss you...hope to see you guys soon. Hasta Luego!

Random..

Hey...still alive..just hangin out in Kosovo...all is well...cross your fingers i get my passport issue figured soon...besides that...same ol' same ol'...love ya