The man behind the counter is Fred Ferguson, a Medal of Honor recipient.

h/t: Hugh Hewitt

Incredible! Seems like the basics are mostly worked out. I wonder what the models in 5 years will be like.

From: uzo_chu@yahoo.ca

Dear Jess,

I am Mr Uzo Chukwu from Benin republic, my dear sister I want you to help me get a single woman from your place to be my life patener Am a business man and also single my age is 35 years old please i need your totaly help GOD will bless you if you contact me my wife to be.Please get touch with me through my private mail box pgodwin1@myway.com

Thanks and GOD bless

yours UZO CHUKWU

Sorry, I’m all out of single women at my place.

Ms. Dewey: Taking cute too far

The actual Ms. Dewey site took me six tries before the page would finally load. It wasn’t worth it.

We did a little urban riding in the Old Market last night. Don’t worry, Jon’s chain is fine.

Sony BRAVIA – The Advert

Sending 250,000 multi-coloured ‘superballs’ bouncing down the streets of San Francisco may seem the strangest way to do this, but that’s exactly what Danish director Nicolai Fuglsig did for the BRAVIA commercial in July this year. San Franciscans have seen some unusual things in their time, but even this gave them something to talk about. And we’ve got the feeling that this commercial is going to do exactly the same thing.

Tip: I had to disable my adblock plugin to see it.

I re-watched We Were Soldiers last night. Such a powerful movie. One of the things that strikes me when seeing accounts of war like this is, why do we seem to need to go through hell before we have the brotherhood of heaven?

The movie is full of inspiring and moving scenes, but I really like the speech given by Colonel “Hal” Moore when addressing the 7th Calvary before going out to fight. That speech is one of the highlights of the film for me. I know a lot of the film is supposed to be historically accurate, but I can’t remember if this speech was actually given by the real Colonel Moore or not. The movie website seems to convey that a lot of the speech was accurately portrayed. Either way, it’s moving and Gibson deliveres it powerfully, through his voice and his eyes.

American Rhetoric has the speech available as an mp3 as well as text, which I’m quoting here:

Look around you. In the 7th Cavalry, we got a Captain from the Ukraine. Another from Puerto Rico. We’ve got Japanese, Chinese, Blacks, Hispanics, Cherokee Indians, Jews and Gentiles — all Americans. Now here in the States, some men in this Unit may experience discrimination because of race or creed. But for you and me now, all that is gone. We’re moving into the ‘valley of the shadow of death’ — where you will watch the back of the man next to you, as he will watch yours. And you won’t care what color he is or by what name he calls God.

They say we’re leavin’ home. We’re goin’ to what home was always supposed to be. So let us understand the situation. We are goin’ into battle against a tough and determined enemy. I can’t promise you that I will bring you all home alive. But this I swear before you and before Almighty God: That when we go into battle, I will be the first to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to stop off. And I will leave no one behind.

Dead or alive, we will all come home together.

So help me God.

The official website for the historical information behind the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young, where you can find out more about the men who really lived the story, is located at LZ Xray. Don’t miss the video of the real Colonel Hal Moore filmed right after the intense battle.