Day: November 18, 2009
Neon Nights
Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers
From Mental Floss:
I can’t begin to imagine how hard it would be to leave my family for months at a time, especially if my destination were Iraq or Afghanistan. And I don’t know how I could deal with my wife being deployed overseas. These reunion videos—for me, at least—shed a tiny beam of light on how emotionally draining being a military family can be. They’ll also make you want a dog. To commemorate Veterans Day, here are some overjoyed dogs greeting returning soldiers.
Will Phillips, 10-Year-Old, Won’t Pledge Allegiance To A Country That Discriminates Against Gays
(via Atheist Media Blog)
The Death of the Drexel Shaft
Adagio for Strings
POW Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Letter Home
Letters of Notes has a letter written by Kurt Vonnegut to his father after getting out of the POW camp. (Click the link to read the rest) Too bad he never wrote a book about his experience as a Prisoner of War.