Tag: jokes

• Different

  I am different from anyone else. That really isn’t saying much since every individual is unique. The question is whether I am more unique. I joked with my dad today that we were embarrassingly white. I remember a joke book that poked fun at WASPs (white Anglo Saxon Protestants). I didn’t realize that all those…

  Mark

  March 17, 2026

  rant

  individual, unique, different, jokes, ordinary, privilege, WASP

• Officer Commission

  I’m thinking about my time in the Army Reserve when I first became an adult. I was never a good soldier. I didn’t qualify on my rifle and I didn’t pass the physical training tests. I had trouble keeping my head down and my mouth shut. When a drill sergeant yelled in my face, “Don’t…

  Mark

  January 13, 2025

  Uncategorized

  cadet, clueless, college, commission, jokes, life insurance, officer, physical training, private, rifle, ROTC, strange