Geek knitting
Making Light has an interesting article on the correlation of knitting with geekdom. Of the 19 people in my department at work, there are five who knit; I can definitely see the correlation.
Archive for January 12th, 2004
DUSTOFF pilots in Iraq
The Boston Globe has an article on the role of medical evacuation helicopters in Iraq. The medevac or “DUSTOFF” crews get to fly around Iraq with nice big red crosses on their unarmed UH-60s, which some folks on the ground seem to take as aiming marks and not the Geneva Convention protection they’re supposed to be.
As the son of a retired DUSTOFF pilot, and brother of an active-duty DUSTOFF pilot, I want to take a moment to remember those DUSTOFF crews who have been killed in action over the past 40 years, from Major Charles Kelly to Spec. Michael A. Diraimondo, Spec. Christopher A. Golby, Chief Warrant Officer Philip A. Johnson Jr., and Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel, of the 571st Medical Detachment (Air Ambulance), as well as their patients.
