Sheep's Blood

Scotland: Sheep's Blood, Frugality, and Snotcicles

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January 29th 2010
I wrote this a few months ago on my most recent overseas adventure -- my trip home from Iraq via Scotland. We landed at Leuchars Royal Air Field, the Scottish Air Force. Our lodging on base fell through, much to the delight of everyone else, but I, who was not getting reimbursed for expenses, wasn’t thrilled about it. Whoever made the reservation must have liked golf because we stayed in St ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more