I admit to having had a wee bit of the vapors when I watched HBO's new series Generation Kill the other night. Not because of the subject matter -- the Iraq War -- and not because of the at times tedious demonstrations of Cooped-Up-Male Behavior, which I am more than willing to overlook because David Simon and Ed Burns created this series and they can do no wrong. No, it was because of the appearance of one Rudy Reyes, real name of both real person and fictional character.
Be still my beating heart.
Okay, I've purposely posted only a thumbnail here instead of the picture in all its full-blown glory, in case you, too, gentle reader, are induced to a quickening of the heart or a raising of the blood pressure, whether from an assault on your aesthetic senses or your political ones. Before you scream, please note, first, that 100% of the proceeds from this go to a good cause -- wounded Iraq veterans and their families (and yes, I know the calendar is out of date, but hey, think of it as a collector's item; since Generation Kill started airing, they'll probably be sold out in no time flat); and second, I also posted, many moons ago, this calendar, which, as it happens, is still up to date and on sale to boot. So equal opportunity and all that.
