I’ve got to go home now, so I don’t want any moaning in the commboxes.

Man up, people.

I’m about to go home for the day, so here’s a little advice and some viewing recommendations to get the blood moving.

1 – Don’t kill yourselves over this in the first day. Or the first week. There’s a big danger of exhausting ourselves and wringing out our brains while the enemy remains fresh. Pace yourselves. This is going to be a long battle and there are going to be a lot of frustrations. I’d really strongly suggest either limiting your time on this to a set number of hours a day and then walking away and doing something else.

We’re coming up to five hours today for me. I got plants and seeds to get into the garden and laundry to do, so I’m walking for the day.

Next, movies. In the interests of getting y’all into a fighting mood:

Aliens, obvs. It’ll help you figure out why being whiney and quittery isn’t helpful. Remember how much you wanted to punch Hudson? Yeah. Be Vasquez.

Independence Day.

Winter Soldier.

Iron Man

We Were Soldiers

Henry V

In peace, there’s nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility… but when the blast of war blows in our ears…

OK?

And don’t forget the real nature of the thing we’re up against. It’s not Pope Francis. It’s not Kasper. It’s monsters who want to eat our souls for all eternity. And they can only get you if you let them.

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