Darrell's weblog

I’ve not posted anything to my blog in two months, so my life must be pretty boring, eh?  Either that or I’m terribly lazy.  I’ll let the reader decide.  Anyway, working up from the past, here is what has been going with me:

Heather and I went on Vacation to Playa del Carmen again.  We went [...]

Jim gave me this book to read recently, and I’ve finally finished it. (Have I ever mentioned how slow of a reader I am?) Anyway, Hunting the Jackal is the story of Billy Waugh, the archetypal American Warrior. This book primarily covers Mr. Waugh’s service with the Special Forces during Vietnam and [...]

I’ve just finished reading Blowing My Cover : My Life as a CIA Spy, and I must say that I generally agrree with most of the reviews I’ve read of this book. Oddly enough, I’d seen several reviews where one reviewer hated it, but another loved it…but both for the same reasons. I [...]

My recent reading of Robert’s Ridge piqued my interest in Operation Anaconda, which is the subject of this book. Not a Good Day to Die tells the whole story of Operation Anaconda, from inception and planning all the way to execution and results. If you read, or were interested in reading, Robert’s Ridge, [...]

I don’t normally go to the movie theater, but a friend of mine wanted me to see this, and it looked rather interesting. At its core, Hoodwinked is the story of Little Red Riding Hood. But all is not as it seems, as the forest police show up and begin a full-blown investigation [...]

I just recently finished reading Robert’s Ridge, “a story of courage and sacrifice on Takur Ghar mountain, Afghanistan.” The book is very fast-paced, and I ended up reading it in just three days. For those that know me, this is a phenomenal reading pace, even if the book is only 352 pages. [...]

So, I went to see Jarhead at the theater. I had read some bad reviews about it (as well as some good ones) and the negative reviews all seemed to focus on the lack of combat in the movie. Those people must not have realized that this movie is based on actual events [...]