Merry Christmas, one and all.
And a special mention for the Marines, who ... uh ...
keep the real meaning ... or something.
This is my ninth THR Christmas.
I've moved around a bit over the last eight years . . .
Christmases:
- 2006 -- Carson City
- 2007, 2008 -- Post Falls
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 -- Coeur d'Alene
- 2013, 2014 -- Tulsa
- 2015 -- ?? (TBD)
Given my druthers, it wouldn't be this way, but continuing to be employed -- hold a job -- trumps geography.
However, seen through a different lens, here's another way to look at my last nine Christmases:
- 2006 -- The High Road, as a rank noob and new shooter.
- 2007 -- THR, meeting new friends, like Bob Smith, Massad Ayoob.
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 -- THR, helping to sweep the floors and take out trash.
- 2012, 2013, 2014 -- THR, keeping my sanity anchored and vision clear.
- 2015 -- THR, keeping the vision alive whatever happens anywhere else.
These are my friends here.
To all my friends: a glass! A toast -- to the finest bunch of rowdies on teh Interwebz.
And, later, maybe at a range of your choosing, a quiet 21-gun salute to Derek and the mob down in the engine room.
Merry, merry Christmas, y'all.