#tbt Isa Air Base, Bahrain | April 2011 The base was nicknamed Shawshank for a reason. The A/C worked, kinda. The floorboards were even, kinda. And they were recently renovated, kinda. I think I stepped on a desert jellyfish the first time I took a shower there. I nonchalantly turned on the shower head and let the tide sweep it away. It got comfortable eventually. I had a little shelf for waters and musclepharm tubs, a place for my boots, and a clothesline for sweaty shirts. Over time, the generator became an innocuous hum that serenaded us to sleep. It smelled like bacon wrapped athlete’s foot, but it was home. The day came where we had to move tents. Our boss gave me a list of Captains that he wanted to talk to. We gathered by the HQ trailer wondering what was on his mind. Someone left a case of trucker bombs in our tent. You read that right. A case. I don’t know if these were related, but there was also a funnel and a Mariah Carey CD nearby. It was the one with "Heartbreaker" on it I think. My buddy Christian advocated for the group. “Sir, I’m shocked that this was even in our tent.” I looked at Fig... and this emoji best described the look he gave me😐 #startups #entrepreneur #venturecapital #SiliconValley #Eastside #tech #mobile #news #iphone #Disrupt #SiliconValleyTrapLords #TheProductiveDay💵💵💵