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The past couple days the news media here have been interested in my time home, my communication with a 3rd grade class, and now my reaction to the Zarkawi death.  I was on the tv news 2 nights ago (as linked), some liberal radio station yesterday morning, and tonight I was on the 10 and 11 o'clock news here.

I think that in my small town the war is not as real as it is to larger military towns.  Despite the fact that we have the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Defense Language Institute here, these are both training bases, and no one really feels the strain of combat rotations.

It was nice to be able to offer some responses to some human interest type stories.

So far the time I've spent home has been much like I anticipated.  I've been spending time with Vince, Scott, and Lisa, as well as my Grandparents, friends and immediate family.  I've been eating good food, watching all the TV I have been missing, and reading a truckload of comics that have been arriving here. 

It's been a good week, and I look forward to one more good one.  Frankly Im just happy to have made it through the most evil day of the century.  I was a little worried when on 06/06/06 my page views were showing 4,666.  However at 1906 (or 7:06 or 6:66) that evening I was happily eating dinner at a nice restraint and listening to a very good pianist)

Let me know if you want more details about anything.