Sometimes we were just fishing. Other times we were sent to mark the exact spot. We had an extremely modern method of dropping smoke from some under w...ng canisters that were supposed to release when you pulled the release. They usually didn't release. The alternative always worked: Push open window, pull pin, drop canister. No big deal right? You had to do this at around a thousand feet to put the smoke on target. Ground fire reaches around five thousand feet with penetrating force so it was. I was sure that I couldnt tell them what I wanted to do. I didnt think many of them would like me too much. I pondered all this on the way to breakfast and I was so lost in my thoughts that I stubbed my toe. Twice. When I went to the tables, the other men were all talking amongst themselves quietly and they stopped when I sat down. They each took a turn eyeing me and my lip and then looking at Elyse. Suddenly I had realized that they probably thought we got into a fight. I just sat there. "I showed her the correct way to turn off her camera. Then we said our goodbyes, which dragged on and on, neither of us wanting for this moment to end. Then she was gone. I sat alone at my desk for a long while, replaying every moment. My mobile phone dinged. It was a text from mom.'I love you sweetie. Look forward to "seeing" you again soon. --Mom'   To be continued ...Technology is a wonderful thing. It has created an entire virtual world of passionate sexual activity. I have indulged this. She got me to enjoy modern dance.’ ‘You really liked her.’ ‘I was infatuated to tell you the truth. Obsessed even.’ ‘You still think about her?’ ‘Sometimes. It’s really irrational and stupid and ugly. It takes two to tango as they say and I’m too dense to realize the dance is done. It’s a flaw of mine and I hope I’ve grown out of it. I hope you never see it. If you do, just slug me hard where it hurts.’ ‘I will,’ she giggled. ‘So it’s happened before?’ ‘Mostly in high school. I’d moon in front.