Readers, Hey everyone I hope all's going great in you're world's. Let me first start by saying Happy 4th of July to everyone. Of course as many of you know I am incredibly patriotic and incredibly grateful for the men and women who serve, have served and also died to preserve my freedoms at home. I think the opening photograph while blown up quite a bit is fitting for today. I have been told it holds a certain kind of power to it and really almost illuminates all the marines with a halo effect. This wasn't an intended photographic effect I did nothing to mess with it at all it just came out that way. So enjoy it. I am excited in a few hours i'll be spending the week with my incredible girlfriend Jolene whom despite the fact that yes sometimes we disagree at the end of the day I love her very much as I have spoken about in this and I am so grateful to have her in my life. She really is gorgeous and lights up a room when she walks into it and no doubt is truly ...