tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post463437368331168577..comments2023-09-18T06:11:49.382-05:00Comments on No Fear of the Future: Hug me or I'll frag youJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-29236530430904254122007-10-26T13:40:00.000-05:002007-10-26T13:40:00.000-05:00I believe Mr. Blaschke is correct RE: the nomencla...I believe Mr. Blaschke is correct RE: the nomenclature. Still, I'm certain they also thought it sounded really kickass.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191358992144333597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-1819817058752555002007-10-24T23:28:00.000-05:002007-10-24T23:28:00.000-05:00If I'm remembering it rightly, "Blackwater" derive...If I'm remembering it rightly, "Blackwater" derives from their location near the Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina:<BR/>http://www.fws.gov/northeast/greatdismalswamp/<BR/><BR/>Man, I can't believe I knew a piece of merc trivia that Nakashima-Brown didn't!Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-87490607584383198672007-10-24T16:57:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:57:00.000-05:00Dave, I am ordering you the black sweatpants for w...Dave, I am ordering you the <A HREF="http://proshop.blackwaterusa.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=100042&UnitCde=1&Desc=Sweatpants%20with%20Blackwater%20Logo&Search=N" REL="nofollow">black sweatpants</A> for writerly comfort during those long Minnesota winter mornings, and the <A HREF="http://proshop.blackwaterusa.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=100313&UnitCde=1&Desc=Blackwater%20Train%20Hard!&Search=N" REL="nofollow">"TRAIN HARD"</A> poster in the hopes that you will write a story to explain the illustration featured therein. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://giantsloth.livejournal.com" REL="nofollow">Butner</A>, I think, is more of a <A HREF="http://proshop.blackwaterusa.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=100029&UnitCde=1&Desc=WICKid%20Sleeveless%20Shirt&Search=N" REL="nofollow">"WICKid sleeveless T-shirt</A> kind of guy.<BR/><BR/>What I really want to know, but have been unable to find, is what exactly the etymology of the corporate name "Blackwater" is (notwithstanding my own demented brain's <A HREF="http://nofearofthefuture.blogspot.com/2007/10/secrets-of-goatlab.html" REL="nofollow">linking it with an old Brian Eno tune</A>), and what's up with the grizzly paw logo? Contrast it with the corporate anonymity of, say, "Computer Sciences Corp (CSC)" or "DynCorp."Christopher Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102514167871372993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-16438985820686964412007-10-24T16:00:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:00:00.000-05:00"When dark evil . . ." Sweet Jesus, you can't eve..."When dark evil . . ." Sweet Jesus, you can't even satirize them anymore.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191358992144333597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-63620320056753271592007-10-24T13:11:00.000-05:002007-10-24T13:11:00.000-05:00Sweet airship. And you know, once they get their v...Sweet airship. And you know, once they get their volume orders up, the price will come down dramatically.Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.com