Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today.

We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation.

We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

You want to build one. Don't ask why, just do it.

http://mirror.linnwood.org/flamethrower/

I'll only frontpage this shit about every 3 months at the end of a goal of mine because I want to hold myself accountable to you guys for my temporary failures, and my successes. If you've been to my home, my office, or poked around in my wallet, you've probably noticed these little motivational post-it notes like the ones here, and here. Now those are strictly for me, I don't care if anyone else sees them and sometimes I'm even a little embarassed when they do.

But perhaps you did see them, and perhaps you were wondering if achieved my goal. Well you can go on over to the Training section, and take a look at my most recent post, with today's measurements and a picture. There's a tl;dr section at the top.