To SEAL Curtis!

Open post to my SEAL friend from the flight to DFW: because I am no longer at the university associated with the email address you have been using to write me, that email account has been closed. Unfortunately, they did not give me the date that they were going to close it ahead of time, so I did not have the chance to retrieve my email address book before it was closed, and therefore no longer have your email address.

Needless to say, I am quite unhappy about this; the last time I heard from you, you were headed north; with the most recent bombing at the base in Mosul, I of course worry about you anew. I do know, however, that I sent you this blog address in one of my last emails to you, and so I am hoping that you will come here when you find that the old email address is no longer valid.

You can reach me at an alternate email address through this site; just click on "View complete profile," then click on "email." When I hear from you, I will give you the email address at the university where I'm now working.

Take care, my friend!