  yesterday i found out where my brother is. A city of about 443, 500 people south of Baghdad. He said they were "guarding" the city. as soon as i got to work i looked up where that city is, and any news about it. seems like there's nothing huge going on htere---not that thousands of "liberated' Iraquis looting the city isn't huge.
I wonder if he has been in a doctor role at all, or what. james says he can't wait to pick rob's brain and ask him about what he's seen there, how he feels about it, etc. i don't know if i feel comfortable asking about that. it seems like an intensely personal thing. i looked up guidelines for sending stuff to soldiers, and printed out 19 pages. too bad i forgot the address, b/c i could have saved about 16 or 17 pages by just looking up hte zip-ish code and seeing what restrictions apply.
I also printed out a stack of name change documents, and plan on hitting hte SS office and DMV (or MVA in MD, will never get used to that) on thursday afternoon. it's james' birthday, and it was a ruse to get out of work early and thus get home early, but i hope it doesn't backfire. 
