William_I_am

Dept of War @ Tidewater Tactical
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Former owner of Eighth Order
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Retired camouflage wearer
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Basketball coach - HS (current) & College (former)

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

We appreciate @foxandfriends, @Johnny_Joey, and @kayleighmcenany for having us on this morning. Thanks to all who have interacted since we aired this morning and we look forward to working with you all to help Americas Veterans!

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[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@notgaetti Or… and hear me out… fuck you

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@specialopsmag What a shame that cancer too him so early

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,

Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep,

O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@MarkPEI @chrisboettcher9 Correct, mind your fuckin business Chris.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A backyard. One man guarding a grill for four hours.

He never left it once.

Everyone else drifted and drank and laughed. But one man stood alone before the flames, turning meat with a long fork, immovable. I knew him at once. The keeper of the sacred fire.

I took my place beside him and said nothing. After a while, he spoke.

"Low and slow," he said, eyes on the coals. "You can't rush it. Rush it, you ruin it."

I bowed my head. A blade, a tea, a life. None can be rushed. I had crossed four thousand miles to hear my grandfather's words from a man in a "KISS THE COOK" apron.

"Everything worth doing is slow," I agreed.

He glanced at me. Something passed between us.

"My wife says just use the oven." He shook his head at the fire. "She doesn't get it."

"They never do," I said.

And this is where it turned.

For the first time in years, this man had been understood. And he rose to meet it. His back straightened. His voice dropped low. A teenager reached for the grill and the man lifted one hand without even looking. "Not yet." The boy retreated. He was becoming what I already believed him to be.

A woman asked when the food would be done. "It's ready when it's ready," he told the flames.

Three people approached. Three were turned away with a single word. By the fourth hour, no one questioned him. The whole party had arranged itself around the man and his fire, the way a village arranges itself around a shrine.

Then he handed me the fork.

"Watch it a sec. I gotta pee."

I have been trusted with castles.

I have never been more honored.

He served everyone before himself, and ate last, standing, still watching the coals. We never traded names. We did not need to.

He believed he had finally met a man who took his cooking seriously.

I believed I had finally met America's last samurai.

Neither of us will ever correct the other.

So tell me, America.

Who is the man at your gathering who will not leave the grill?

Have you ever once asked him why?

I think he is still standing there.

Guarding the fire.

Waiting for one person to understand.

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@JoshMeyerDC @USATODAY Any idea what he’s doing, because this seems like a strange appointment?

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@Ami_Marisol Hopefully he’s just getting people coffee

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@kaiarhodes @anatar I wanna see it run! So cool!

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj I'm welcome.

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj 😆 Right on Chief.

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj No punctuation at the end of that? Shame.

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj Ya got me I guess...?

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj You an English teacher?

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj 👍

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj And then I wrote... cool bro... go practice falling down. You aren't good at this.

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj Oh shit, doubled down on it. Relax, the foreigner you're sticking up for doesn't wanna fuck you.

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj Cool bro... go practice falling down

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@goolandthekang @shashj Whatever you say chief

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@PerfectlyHumbl3 @Asehpe @shashj Sick burn

[William_I_am @eighthorder]

@estherckrakue Is this satire?