“Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmour our vehicles?” Army Spc Thomas Wilson asked. Why, indeed? Good for you, Army Spc Wilson.
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The four lead teams start off with a colossal blunder in which they learn the lesson that you never know the operating hours until you look at them. Fortunately (because some of them are teams I like), they hit the airport bunch, at which point we’re off to Dakar, where things look a little different than they do in Scandinavia. Kendra adjusts not-so-nicely to her surroundings, while Kris and Jon, predictably, think it’s kind of cool. The Detour offers a choice between catching fish and arranging fish, and for some reason, Gus and Hera and Don and MJ conclude that…
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The Big House O’ Inflatables is slowly ramping up the holiday spirit – it’s hard to tell here but there are “only 6” inflatables thus far. The trend in the neighborhood (oy, an inflatables trend) this year is for bigger, multiple-unit tableaux (such as Santa/sleigh/Rudolph or a snowperson family unit). Also, the BHOI is using lower-wattage bulbs than they have in the past, so there’s not as much light (thus cutting down on the garishness factor). Mornings in Burbclavia are very tawdry – all the white-plastic deer and spiral Xmess trees look cheap and nasty, and the inflatables get turned…