To L1 lurkers: Your number of ‘views’ of ST UnWoke! is highly disproportionate to the number of mentions and/or hat tips that y’all make to my blog.

Like exponential, man.

Brewer and Shipley – One Toke Over the Line

https://youtu.be/kdPq96ZAZ_Q What's a toke, grampa?

Your Lyon Eyes

This morning we all walked the plank off of our ship, boarded a bus headed for Vienne, which is a suburb of Lyon. It has a huge Roman temple ( yes Roman not Romanesque!) in the center of town. Then on to Lyon, which is France’s second largest city. We went for lunch to a restaurant … Continue reading Your Lyon Eyes →

Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior

Where to begin? It seems that war is just too big of a topic for Hollywood to handle in 90-110 minutes. Go figure. I know I can’t do it justice in 300-plus pages, either, but it will be more accurate than anything Hollywood can dish up. I suspect what people want from Hollywood is to … Continue reading Preface: LtCol S.x MacTemplar -Shadow Warrior →

Gone fishing in Mongolia: You can blame this post on James of England – Redux

July 30, 2013 At a recent meet-up with James of England (JoE) I spoke about an Enlisted Leadership Development program that I initiated, developed, and implemented in Mongolia almost ten years ago. JoE asked and I promised to post on my libertarian efforts with the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF), so please blame this post on … Continue reading Gone fishing in Mongolia: You can blame this post on James of England – Redux →

Willie Nelson – Ginger Stranger

https://youtu.be/ieFkYPOawro

“Avignon, the rose of the world”

…wrote Lawrence Durrell, and I agree. We just kinda lazed around this morning, enjoying being on the river…then spent the afternoon walking around the city. It’s like how Paris must’ve been before Emperor Louis Napoleon and Haussmann got at it, eliminating all the narrow, twisting little alleés and opening up the broad boulevards. It is … Continue reading “Avignon, the rose of the world” →

Simon Knew, Partly

It's going around on Twitter that Barack Obama is and always has been gay. Simon told us this many years ago, but there's more. It's also going around that Michelle Obama is a biological male. Apparently, no one can find any photographs of Michelle being pregnant or even holding an infant. Joan Rivers flat out … Continue reading Simon Knew, Partly →

Tourists R Strange

Yesterday I am walking into my friend's bar and a western tourist drinking a beer in said same bar takes one look at me and puts on his mask. it is getting weirder and more weird out there.

NONT TANONT – Not Romantic

https://youtu.be/oO7y2JmXVLQ