In planning my Maiden Q at Village Idiocy, YHC’s imagination wandered until I hit upon a theme based upon the classic Vietnam War movie Full Metal Jacket. More specifically, the Rifleman’s Creed uttered at Parris Island in the first...
Read more“Oh, The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men; He marched them up to the top of the hill, And he marched them down again. Now when you’re up, you’re up, And when you’re down, you’re down, And when...
Read moreWhat a difference a week makes. On 11 October 2017, YHC posted at Bells-n-Whistles, where the PAX contended with July-like temperatures and humidity. This morning, 13 PAX encountered a brisk Fall morning with temperatures in the low 40s. It was...
Read moreIt was with very heavy hearts that 10 PAX gathered at #Parliament this morning. In addition to the unspeakable horror and senselessness in Las Vegas, taking the lives of 59 innocent souls and maiming over 400 others, we were further saddened by...
Read moreTo quote every episode of Scooby Doo, this backblast would have been completed and posted yesterday, if it hadn’t been for some meddling kids (who turned off the computer when I was 75% done with my Backblast last night just before I left...
Read more10 stalwart PAX met in the early morning gloom of the First Presbyterian parking lot to partake of assaulting the urbaneness of downtown Winston-Salem. The blood red illumination of the Reynolds Building provided a sense of foreboding to YHC. ...
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