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Aug.25.2010
Every morning, and several times throughout the night, I awaken filled with dread and anxiety.
Sometimes, I have had dreams of being tortured while helplessly restrained or paralyzed. In the dreams my captors exert complete power over me. They mutilate my body in an emotionless, methodical,...
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Feb.28.2010
Good morning, Vietnam war. I greet the dead, the maimed, the walking wounded. They are always in my thoughts. I don't always have the dreams about the war or even have dreams about anything. There are many nights that I sleep restlessly through, waking often to check things or to urinate too...
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Feb.16.2010
The cold dark winter has overwhelmed me. I am in a deep depression and can't fight my way out. I meant to begin this blog immediately after opening my Red Room account, but soon after doing that I was struck down with this horrible depression. The cold and dark work on me like this. I should not...
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Jan.05.2010
I dropped out of high school at 17 to work in the oilfields because the pay was better. It was not included in my reasoning at the time, but looking back over my life I believe that dropping out of high school also improved my educational opportunities. The oilfield is a much better teacher than...
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About Tom
I have never written anything before this blog, other than technical reports and the odd letter, but I am a sixty something retired Vietnam combat veteran, who has twice been in Mexican jails, has roughnecked in the oilfield on shore and off, has worked as a...