Happy Black Ops Friday!

The Top Secret Black Friday post I wrote last year. I am granting you temporary clearance to read this now, but it will self destruct in 5, 4, 3…

The Return of the Modern Philosopher

top secretGood morning, Modern Philosophers!

Hope you are all recovering from your Thanksgiving food comas, and are now ready to get on with your lives.

I have a feeling that some of you have been up for hours already to take advantage of today’s holiday.

As you know, today is Black Ops Friday, the day when we recognize the accomplishments of those who work in a clandestine manner to keep our country safe.

Spies, field agents, handlers, CIA employees…they do so much for us, but they can never receive the acknowledgment they deserve.  There will never be a ticker tape parade held in their honor.  He can never walk up to a beautiful woman at a bar and earn her affection simply by impressing her with stories from “the office”.  She can never tell her kids that when she’s not shuttling them to soccer practice, she’s out saving the world.

Black…

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About Austin

Native New Yorker who's fled to the quiet life in Maine. I write movies, root for the Yankees, and shovel lots of snow.
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2 Responses to Happy Black Ops Friday!

  1. ksbeth says:

    so that explains what’s going on! good thing i read it in time

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