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Friday, October 31. 2008

Lots of time in the field and missed holidays

Well I've spent the past 2 weeks(weekdays mind you) spent out shooting artillery in the field. It hasn't exactly been the most relaxing two weeks. It also doesn't appear to be getting any more relaxing anytime soon. Here I sit in 29 Palms on Halloween, and I'm pretty sure I will be out sleeping in sand for Thanksgiving as well. Oh well, at least I will be in Phoenix for Christmas for the first time in FOUR YEARS!!! I'm probably the most excited for Christmas than I have ever been before. It will be Sarah and I's first Christmas together.

Well, the Marine Corps Ball is Monday, and once again a Marines biggest money drain is ............. Marine Corps Uniform Upkeep. I estimate that I've spent close to 500 Dollars(mind you that clothing allowances is like 200-300 dollars a year) on getting my uniforms back up to par after TMO(the folks who so kindly cram, I mean store our uniforms on deployments) were done with them. Needless to say, I'm not to excited about going. Hopefully I can show up, say hello to one or two people and leave.

Anyways, thats about right now.

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Saturday, October 11. 2008

I was a best man!

So I took a few days off work to take part in myfriend Ben's wedding as the best man. What a great time I've had over the past few days getting to meet one of my best friends family and seeing him ride happilyoff in a limo with his new wife! Needless to say theres a lot of funny pictures to share with everyone and I have uploaded them here.

From Bens Wedding

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Monday, September 22. 2008

Fresh Update and Fresh Clothes!

I recently got back from a 2 week field op. It was probably the most disgusting field op I've been on in a while. The reason being for this is that I forgot to pack more than 1 pair of uniforms. Those uniforms of course were being worn on my body. Basically, I spent 2 weeks wearing the same blouse and pants. It was a long 2 weeks, but it's over and theres no point in whining to you about it because nothing was too memorable.

This exercise i learned a lot about land navigation thanks to the Lieutenants of my unit. Since I'm really getting into this hiking business I learned how to use maps and compass's at a more advanced level this field op.

Map reading is an extremely interesting hobby. I recently have bought a hand GPS navigation system to start hiking! I also look forward to being able to do geocaching in the future.

Unfortunately, there isn't really that much to update on today, I'll probably be giving another rant/review of my GPS here in a few weeks.

Posted by Sam Clark at 06:25 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, September 4. 2008

I archived a bunch and have compiled it all.

Thanks to wayback machine I have been able to compile all my past posts I've ever made on shoutinginfrench.com going all the way back to 2004 when I first made the site. It was kind of cool to see all the changes I've put into the site.

Originally it started out as my attempt to see how far I could take being able to program my own Content Management System and to learn PHP/MySQL. I personally think that the first design was the very best because I'd basically taken some bluerobot.com scheme and made it all dynamic...Heres the original design, which was all original except for the CSS

that was bluerobot.com's Original Shoutinginfrench!

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Posted by Sam Clark at 21:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, September 2. 2008

What has Sam been up to the past month?

Well I know a lot of people got used to me updating this site quite a bit, but unfortunately. I have spent pretty much every weekday for the past month or so on a field op out in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Needless to say I've been pretty busy so I apologize for not updating my website recently. The upside is that I have saved quite a bit of money lately so I guess thats a good thing.

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Monday, September 1. 2008

Reviewing my reader and what I've been up to.

Well as you all know recently I purchased a new Sony Reader PRS-505. I have had it now for 2 months and I figured it would be a good time to write my opinion on it. Unfortunately the military has been using and abusing me and I've only been able to read 4 books on it.

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Tuesday, July 22. 2008

Taking it easy and my PRS-505

So, I've been traveling a lot on weekends lately. This weekend I decided it might be a good idea to just stay in and enjoy some solitude.

Yesterday I bought a Sony Reader PRS-505(for more info check this site outhttp://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PRS505). It's a Personal reading device and it used specifically for ebooks.

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Monday, July 21. 2008

A lot of time sitting in the desert....

Well, we're pretty much back in the full swing of things over here in 29 Palms, CA. We are going to be busting our cabooses here in the next few months.

It looks like I probably won't have to go back to Iraq, which is a good thing! The bad news is that we're going to be sitting around in the training area A LOT. I can't say that I'm too happy about that. With the outside temperatures rising to like 110 on a daily basis I can't help but feel like I'm melting on a daily basis.

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Sunday, June 29. 2008

Back to work!

Well, we came back a week ago and we haven't really skipped a beat getting back to work. I've been busy all week long!

My only salvation has been working out and cable television! I'm really excited about my new setup out here in 29 Palms. I work out twice before noon and get off of work and relax.

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