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August 11, 2005

Cry havoc

John Hockenberry writes a respectful, informative account of milblogging. Hockenberry appeared on The Daily Show last night where Jon Stewart expressed how impressed he was by the writing of active-duty bloggers, singling out the style of 365 and A Wake-Up for its beauty. Quite right. A sample, quoted from the article.

Sleep, blessed, blissful, wonderful sleep. Mother's milk. A full harvest in a time of famine. The storm that breaks the drought. It is the drug of choice here - assiduously avoided because of the never-ending chain of missions, but always craved. If rarity is the measure of a substance's worth, then here in Iraq, sleep carries a price beyond words. There is no more precious moment in my day than the sublime instant where my mind flickers between consciousness and the dreamworld. In that sliver of time the day seems to shimmer and melt like one of Dalí's paintings - leaving only honey sweet dreams of my other life far from Arabia.

Blackfive, featured prominently by the Hockenberry article, offers a list of his favourite milbloggers. I would be grateful if anyone could point me to an on-line clip of the Hockenberry interview. It would be good to have something to send out of the folks who might not have Comedy Central on tap in Baghdad or Kabul.

Update: Comedy Central hosts the John Hockenberry interview.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 11, 2005 08:57 AM

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