Lost in the Desert

It's like 'dessert,' but with one 's,' because it sucks.

six foot skinny

six foot skinny
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Birthday
July 28
Title
First Chief Layabout in charge of Lounging
Company
The Man
Bio
Six Foot Skinny recently returned from his second (and last) tour in Iraq, where he was stationed in Baghdad as a squad leader in a bridge company. He writes about his tours and life on the other side of them.

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Salon.com

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    Home.

    MARCH 1, 2010 1:31PM EST

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    Short.

    FEBRUARY 5, 2010 6:17AM EST

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    The Fourth in Iraq

    JULY 4, 2009 9:57AM EDT

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    It's a very fine house.

    DECEMBER 14, 2009 11:19AM EST

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    Go so you can come back.

    APRIL 8, 2009 10:35AM EDT

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    Boom

    FEBRUARY 9, 2009 4:05PM EST

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    The kid in the blue-striped shirt.

    DECEMBER 28, 2009 12:57PM EST

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    One step closer to home.

    FEBRUARY 19, 2010 2:34PM EST

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    Why I Quit Delivering Pizza

    JANUARY 8, 2009 11:17AM EST

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    Two Months to Say Goodbye

    JANUARY 5, 2009 7:48PM EST

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    Oh dark-thirty.

    JANUARY 4, 2010 9:17AM EST

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    Sights

    JULY 30, 2009 9:56AM EDT

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    Halfway to home.

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 11:36AM EDT

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    Something was missing.

    NOVEMBER 29, 2009 8:35AM EST

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    Now it's for real.

    MARCH 2, 2009 4:03PM EST

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    The last goodbye.

    NOVEMBER 24, 2009 3:53PM EST

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    Remembering.

    AUGUST 14, 2009 2:54AM EDT

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    Starbucks in the desert. Really?

    APRIL 25, 2009 7:30AM EDT

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    White Lights and a Christmas Card

    DECEMBER 23, 2009 3:50PM EST

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    Where I've been...

    JUNE 22, 2009 10:05AM EDT

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    Absence

    JANUARY 12, 2009 7:01PM EST

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