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Twenty-ninth Job of Bob - Colege Student Part XV - Bought and kept every college text book
This entry was posted on 6/30/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Jobs of Bob.
I don't mention it too often, selfconsciously aware I suppose that people will find me eccentric, but I took some extra classes in college just for fun and knowledge. But screw the collective "they" we all lose sleep over by often wondering what those others will think of us. Most of them I have learned, are just in our imaginations anyway. They are the dreaded taboo, norms, sanctimonious, and you-better-be-good nazis we all fear in our dreams. At UW-Whitewater for example, I took two classes about Wisconsin; one was on the history of the Territory and then State; the other was on the geography of the place. Both were fascinating; neither had much to do with my law and journalism studies other I suppose than giving me fodder for later unpaid writing. There is another residual of my college effort I will not apologize for. I bought and saved every text book and any subsequent study books for all of my college classes. That includes lifeguard training, emergency medical, fire fighting, tech school programs, law, paralegal, nursing, medical, journalism, English, computer, and graduate Communication books. Amazon.com was coming into play and I got many of them cheap. Tech school made us buy them anyway, but UW-Whitewater assigned us books from the text book store. I would wait a semester after turning them back in and buy them as obsolete, often for a Buck a piece - it was a neat little trick of mine. The result of all this....I have an extensive book collection. It has helped me a great deal in writing after college. Let us not forget everything is not published on the Internet for free - at least yet.
Note: This blog "Jobs of Bob" Category does not list the jobs chronologically - I write about the experiences as they pop up in my memory and I often revisit an older job. Go to the Cooldadiomedia Web site and the Jobs of Bob Page for an ordered chronology.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Specialist Chad Derek Coleman, 20, of Moreland, Georgia was killed on Friday, August 27, 2010 in the Dzardan district of Paktiya province, Afghanistan. He died during convoy operations when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an command-wired roadside bomb (improvised explosive device). He was one of two soldiers killed in the incident. Coleman was assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Coleman was friends with Private Adam Novak the other soldier killed in the incident. Both soldiers had Wisconsin roots and were both 20 years old. Coleman was born in West Allis, Wisconsin and grew up in Franklin, Wisconsin until he was 16. His family then moved to Moreland, Georgia. Chad was an only child. The Journal Sentinel went on to say that Coleman was remembered as a young man who loved fishing on Lake Michigan with his grandfather and hunting. Chad had a long interest in the military. He enlisted in the Army in October, 2008 as soon as he turned 18, completing boot camp the following March at Fort Knox in Kentucky. He then went to Fort Campbell for more advanced training, becoming a cavalry scout. Coleman had been serving in Afghanistan since January of 2010.
The Newnan Times-Herald out of Newnan, Georgia notes Coleman attended Newnan High School from August 2005 to the spring of 2009. Some of Coleman's military awards and decorations include: Army Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Army Service Ribbon; NATO Medal and Weapons Qualification: and, M4 rifle (expert).
The Website findagrave.com notes Coleman had been injured in another attack just a few days earlier, but he was treated and returned to duty.The site went on to mention Coleman received the rank of Specialist posthumously.
An obituary sourced from the Journal Sentinel on line regarding Chad and posted on the Website legacy.com notes he was born March 15, 1990. At the time of his death Chad Coleman was survived by his parents Brian and Shanon Coleman; his grandparents Dale and Mary Coleman; his great-aunt Marion Beveridge; his dogs Hunter and Brownie; and, his cat Borden. Specialist Chad Coleman was the 21st Wisconsin military service person to be killed in Afghanistan since October of 2001.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
101,395 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
10,028 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,466 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1636 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
911 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
1 American/Coalition casualty in Libyan "Operation Odyssey Dawn" since March, 2011
32,129 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
12,137 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
107 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
33 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
3 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in the U.S. related to "The War on Terror" since October, 2001.
148 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
5 journalists (regional and independents) have been killed in Libya since March, 2011.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; www.defense.gov/news/casualty.pdf; and, icasualties.org.
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