War is Expensive, Peace is Priceless

I met with a defense contractor today. I meet with a lot of them. It's my job and why I get paid the big bucks (ha). A lot of the time they give me a token or memento of their company. These little trinkets usually come in the form of a hat or a mug or some other chochkie which I usually throw away.

(Don't worry, I'm not getting gold watches or anything. The Gift ban and ethics rules prohibit me from taking anything that costs more than $5).

However, this particular company gave me a pen, but not just any pen....a pen made out of a bullet casing. It is really cool. Turns out it has a great background story (ok well not great, but sweet and sincere) and the proceeds from the sale of the pen go to a college fund for the kids of fallen Special operations guys. (There aren't Special Ops girls.)

Super cool. Juniors Bullet Pens