Ebook: Blindsided by the Taliban: a journalist's story of war, trauma, love, and loss

Freelancing in Afghanistan -- The Pirate King of Clusterfuck -- Thanks, Claude Pepper -- A "hurt locker" situation -- Mean mugging -- Eye patch-porno fantasy -- Happy anniversary, assholes -- This is my safety -- Worse than I thought -- Bedridden -- Lady Luck is a sneaky bitch -- Are we crazy? -- Head cracked open, chest cracked in -- A geyser of gold -- Prostrate in NYC -- Zack Morris is my lord and savior -- An "accidental'' profession of love -- A cyclops and cranberry sauce -- Ring of truth -- Is the timing right? -- Cannonball run -- Graham Greene can suck my dick! -- Final touches on a flawed masterpiece -- Instant replay -- Whacking the beard -- Afghanistan or the abyss -- I take it back! -- Fear sweat and Celine Dion -- Whack-a-mole warfare -- Trailhead to a dead end -- The luckiest fuck -- Bruins win and mortars rain -- Whoring on the Fourth -- Dirt cookies -- Embrace the suck -- "Bodyguards" reminder -- Fortunate people problems -- Nine months later...;On September 9, 2010, while embedded with an Army unit and talking with locals in eastern Afghanistan, journalist Gentile was struck in the face by a rocket-propelled grenade. He survived-- with the right side of his face shattered and blinded in one eye. This is his chronicle of the missteps and shortcomings he faced while coming to terms with the physical and mental recovery.