Old Korean women = stubborn mules

Now, let me elaborate.  There’s this older Korean woman who runs the KATUSA Snack Bar (aka. Korean Canteen) here on Hovey who comes in about every other week with something new that the CSM or LTC have to sign, and undoubtedly it has to be done in like, TWO DAYS or some other ridiculously short [...]

Just following orders, sir.

You know what’s actually great about the Army?  Every now and then, it’s a real pleasure to follow orders.  Like today, it came down from on high – from the FULL BIRD COLONEL himself – that every available soldier was to drop what they were doing and go to the Iron Triangle (a restaurant/club in [...]

Oh, they’re coming… and they’ll lie about it, too!

Ok, I was done blogging for today, I really was.  I was just sittin’ here at my computer, perusing through Fark for some interesting headlines, and came across…
THIS
Now, the coming robot invasion is something you’ll hear me warn everyone about now and then.  Heck, I just read an article in Maxim magazine (ok, well, a [...]

I’m not a doctor… I just play one on tv.

Man, I’m just full of stuff to say today, huh?
Well, this is more of a, “just for the record” kind of blog than an opinion or other personal adventure. I figured I’d let you all know exactly what the “good doctors” here say about my knee (and ankle). So here goes.
FINDING
Asymmetrical mild increase [...]

Bizarro, I’m helping!

When you work for the Command Sergeant Major as his personal aide, you’re bound to have some busy days. This was one of those days. Especially this afternoon. For instance, I seriously think that I ran (ok… hobbled quickly) back and forth from my desk to our S-1 shop (which, mind [...]

Mmmm… tasty!

For this recipe, you need two ingredients:
1.) 1 bag Original (or your favorite flavor) Bugles corn snacks
2.) 1 can Cheddar (or your favorite flavor) Easy Cheese
The Steps
Open bag of Bugles and withdrawal one.  Hold by the tiny pointy end.
Next take the can of Easy Cheese and place the nozzle into the open end of the [...]

Pride cometh before… you drop your cans?

So there I was, walking back from the shoppette here on Hovey after work today, carrying my bag of Bugles and 12-pack of lemon Nestea, thinking to myself, “Self, you did a great job today.  Even the Sergeant Major commended you!  That’s really cool!”  So I’m feeling pretty good as I head over the little [...]

Some things I miss…

So I’m sittin’ here alone in my room listening to the Sons of Bill song “Back to the Time” and thinking about a lot of the things I miss about being at home myself, so I thought I’d make a list (in no particular order).
1.) Egg salad sandwiches.  They’re like… NOWHERE to be found over [...]

Funny thing about sleep…

You don’t really miss it until you aren’t getting it… or at least getting a full night of it. I try to go to bed early, like 7 or 8pm, thinking to myself, “Ryan, tonight you get a nice long sleep,” but noooooo, what happens is I just wake up with knee pain around [...]

Testing… testing… is this thing on?

So… um… yeah. Hi. As it says at the top of the page, I’m Ryan A. Hörst and this is my blog. For future reference, those two funny dots over the “o” in my last name are an umlaut which makes the “o” sound like “ue”, as in “Huerst”, which is how my name is [...]