Some of you may know that my dad was in the army. Since my sister migrated to the US, she has been telling me that people get a whole lot more benefits as a citizen on the whole. She said that if our dad was in the army in the US, he and his family would receive a lot of benefits too.

My sister said that for example, military personnel will be eligible for GI Bill Benefits, which even veterans qualify for but of course, active duty servicemen can utilize this to study for a Bachelor’s Degree.

Being in the military is a lot of fun, only when there is no war, though! Our whole family misses those days. We, and other children of servicemen, were like siblings, doing everything together.

Reading the Military Forums of VAJoe.com brought back many fond memories. I wonder if there is a local military community website. I guess not. This forum is free to join and you will receive a FREE VAJoe t-shirt called the J-shirt after only twelve forum posts! But I digress ….

I checked out VaJoe.com on my sister’s recommendation. This website is the most comprehensive resource site that I ever come across on GI Bill information and education assistance, listing a whole range of programs that are available to members of all military and service bodies.

It is hoped that with such information easily available on the internet, the other half of eligible servicemen will utilize their GI Bill benefits. The JoeNotes is a great column as facts on educational programs are presented in an easy to read and understand, short yet precise manner.

If you think that VAJoe is all seriousness, think again. They also have military jokes and comedy contests where members can submit their military jokes and all things funny to stand a chance to win the exclusive J-shirt.

VaJoe.com is the site to check out even if you are remotely interested in anything military.

After my two blog posts on backgammon yesterday, a reader told me that this is the company that is planning to make a personalized Paris Hilton backgammon board for Paris Hilton in the event that she is unfortunately made to serve jail time.

I am sure by now the world knows that Paris Hilton has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. We all sympathize with her and I think BackgammonMasters is very clever to come up with this idea so that Paris Hilton can spend her time more pleasantly in jail, if possible, by playing backgammon on her own board!

Perhaps after she gets to play backgammon, she would be interested to participate in the Annual Monte Carlo Backgammon world championship tournament. Who knows?

According to my reader, this is just a back up plan, though. Hopefully, Paris Hilton will not need to serve jail term. After all, it is a very harsh sentence for her minor violation.

Should Paris be let off the hook, BackgammonMasters, the leading provider of backgammon online which has the most players in its games network, will auction off this personalized Paris Hilton in the name of charity. I think this is an excellent idea! But I still hope that Paris need not serve jail time!

If you have read my other blog, you will know that I had to deal with a sick monkey recently who was very sick with tick parasite. I thought my little monkey was going to die. Luckily he survived that episode.

However, since then, I have been rather paranoid and try my best to keep all ticks and fleas away but at the same time my dad does not allow the use of chemicals. He thinks that the chemical will go into the blood stream of my monkey. I am sure it will but that won’t be enough to kill him but my dad is not convinced. He said that although I may kill fleas but I may end up killing my pet as well.

So I went online to do some research and came across Flea Control Guide. I must say it is very useful and packed with comprehensive information on fleas, flea control, medication and accessories like flea collars and combs.

I am grateful to have found this site to learn how to control fleas on my monkeys without the use of chemicals.