i'm a searchlight soul they say

I was really hoping I'd be able to report on Rich Franklin's marvelous fourth defense of his middle weight UFC title from Anderson Silva tonight, but sadly Rich was dominated and lost the belt. Needless to say, that was highly disappointing. I'm not going to complain about how dumb it was that Silva got a title shot after just one UFC victory, because what's done is done. Hopefully Rich will be back in the Octagon soon.

In better news, I got another email from Pfc. Jason Burke from Iraq:

Dear Dave


Hey Dave how are you?  I am doing fine.  I am going
to try and swing by Cincinnati around the 9 of
December to the 14.  Do you all have anything going
on?  I have not bought the ticket yet.

My time here is almost done.  I should be home/
Germany in the beginning of next month.  Thanks for
the offer of sending stuff though.  I do not really
buy, or need much out here.  I bought quite a few
books on amazon though.  They pass some of the down
time, when I am not trying to get a bit of sleep.

Nothing to exciting going on here.  We just went
into the city, and cleared some where around 150
houses in 12 hours.  That was fun, but tiresome.  I
was pretty sore after it.  That is the most excitment
we have really had in a while.  That mission was
supposed to be dangerous but no one even took a pot
shot at us.  Someone tipped them off, it was probably
the Iraqi police.

That is about it.  I miss you guys.  Coming to visit
should be a nice change of pace though.  I will keep
you posted.

Your Friend

Jason N. Burkee