Kipling Friday

This week’s poem is The Inventor. More Kipling, enjoy.

The Inventor
Time and Space decreed his lot,
But little Man was quick to note:
When Time and Space said Man might not,
Bravely he answered, “Nay! I mote.”
I looked on old New England.
Time and Space stood fast.
Men built altars to Distance
At every mile they passed.
Yet sleek with oil, a Force [...]

Ring Update

On Wednesday, we all ordered our rings. The representatives from Jostens visited Post and had all of the various items concerning our rings available for us to try on. There were stones everywhere for myself and my Brother Rats to look at, try on, and pick out. So I picked out my stone and the [...]

Kipling Friday

Since it’s Friday, and I’m half-dead from the weeks festivities, here’s the usual Kipling to help you transition to the weekend. It also just so happens that I miss my dog. I’ve never been a cat person, but there’s just something about dogs, maybe it’s just the fact that no matter what’s bothering you, the [...]

Picture Of The Day

Because I feel like it, I thought I’d upload some pictures of the scenery out the back window of my room. Also, the rank announcements for the rising second class were posted on Monday. We had a large presentation in JM Hall where they announced the sergeants for next year. They started with each company [...]

Kipling Friday

I’ve got something a bit different for the usual installment of Kipling Friday. There’s a great article over at New Criterion as well as a companion piece over at The Powerline. They both discuss Kipling’s importance in contemporary poetry and literature. As a Kipling fan, I’m well pleased. HAT TIP: Commander Salamander

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If you can keep [...]

Personal Panzer

THIS is just too cool. It just goes to show what a bunch of bored engineering students with too much time on their hands are capable of. To be frank, if I had the money, I would buy one. The personal tank market is just ripe for the picking, a veritable gold mine; but then [...]

Exciting News

We finally have our final ring designs in!!!!! I can’t begin to describe how exciting this is. We now begin to start picking out our rings and we will be ordering them on 16 April. I honestly can’t wait for November. I want Ring Figure to be here now. Anyway, enough of my whining. We [...]