AnonMomOC

To give credit where credit is due. This blog AnonMomOC http://anonmomoc.blogspot.com/ was inspired by a book titled MY WAR: Killing Time in Iraq written by Colby Buzzell http://cbftw.blogspot.com/ . He and I read the same Time magazine article about blogs in 2003 (I believe). Only, he did something about it. And when he did it, he was a typical soldier in Iraq-- before the army realized there were typical soldiers in Iraq documenting the war in private blogs. More than just a story about Iraq, the book is more interesting for its portrayal of the average nineteen-year-old American male.

I enjoyed the fact that Buzzell was underground and documenting the previously undocumented. His blog and book were my inspiration for these tales from the front in Newport Beach -- "Anonymous Mom: Killing Time in the O.C." In order to have complete freedom of expression, in this neighborhood, it is imperative that I remain anonymous.

Read more about military blogs "Blogs of War" on Army Times web site http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-700605.php .