The time has finally come: I have been cleared by my orthopedic doctors at Boston Medical Center to return to full duty! They don’t need to see me anymore and as far as they’re concerned I can return to OCS whenever I am physically qualified to. I can finally start jogging and begin building my [...]

Phoenix lawmakers voted 28-0 to make it illegal to sell a t-shirt bearing the names of dead soldiers killed in Iraq. Arizona is the 4th state to take action against the sales of these disgusting shirts. I don’t know if it’s unconstitutional to tell someone they can’t sell this shirt, but I do know I’d [...]

It has been 6 weeks since I had the hardware removed from my hip and I am crutch-free once again. It’s like nothing ever happened. I have been to the gym 3 times in the past 3 days, and have resumed my usual routine. Thanks to my recent appendectomy my pullups are limited, but other [...]

I uploaded a couple photos from my latest trip to OR.

Hope everyone had a happy Independence Day. Sasha and I stayed out of the rain and watched the fireworks from my bedroom window.

I had no idea a 3 small incisions in my abdominal region could hurt so much! After 4 days of popping Percocet every 4 hours I was finally able to switch to Tylenol. Sasha and I were able to keep our plans and stay with my friend Paul at the Cape Cod house he rented. [...]