I went to the al Faw palace recently. It is about ¼ mile from my office. I see the Americans have put the bidet to good use! It is really stunning inside, in spite of the modifications by the Army. I’m afraid this is the only photo I took.

My mattress was shipped up from Kuwait. Nothing like a posturepedic! All the other crap I shipped to myself arrived at about the same time. As you can see my living arrangement is much smaller than KU. The first photo is my mattress in its shipping box.



We have mortars and rockets sent to us every few days, it really spices up one’s day and without them we would face endless tedium. I really would like to send something back, if I only knew their address! They usually don’t hit anything, but they do get lucky once in awhile. Here is what one of our trailers looks like after it gets hit.

Luckily no one was home. It hit on a Saturday afternoon and it was the home of an Air Force guy, so his place of duty on a Saturday afternoon would have been in his room watching TV. I can only presume he was in the latrine or on a coffee run…

Finally here is a pic of my office ceiling. It has a 50 caliber hole in it! It happened before I got here, but it is a bit sobering nonetheless.