Jim loved every bit of history, though his favorite was war and strategy. Understanding tactics and strategies used before him helped him excel at his...job, which was kicking ass and taking names and leading a group of some of the most terrifying individuals you could ever run across.With a history degree and many successful missions under his belt, he was promoted to Captain. This is when an interesting offer came his way. He was to join a newly formed, top secret military force that was. It's so bad last time we invited both of them to the same barbecue it turned into a screaming match. They don't even listen to each other."I muttered something about "religious nuts." Everyone always says they're the most passionate anti-program people, but I guess she heard me.She shook her head. "The funny thing is it's not like the people who are against it are all super-religious fundamentalists or anything. None of our neighbors are big on church. On anything but The Program they're nice. As I’ve said previously, Simone had been on my mind since Amanda and I began our Hawaiian vacation several weeks ago. After returning from the trip, we had a few days to relax. It’s probably counterintuitive, but I’ve always felt that it’s worth taking a slightly shorter vacation to have a few days of buffer between the end of a vacation and the return to the workaday world. We did that at the end of this trip, too. The family took it easy. It was fun to see and play with the kids again. It was. I said to her "yes — I tried — but it is very painful and I am not able to Push it back". She said "then you don't worry — when you marry and sleep with your wife it will become okay".I replied "but how can I marry when I have a fear that this black skin may not go back exposing the thandu for enjoying a woman".She looked at me with confusion and said "brother — I do not know what you talk — but I assure you — yours is alright and you can marry — there is no difference of yours from the other.