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Colby Buzzell’s Biography

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COLBY BUZZELL is the author of My War: Killing Time in Iraq, Lost In America: A Dead End Journey, and Thank You For Being Expendable & Other Experiences. Buzzell served as an infantryman in the United States Army during the Iraq War. Assigned to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team in 2003, Buzzell blogged from the front lines of Iraq as a replacement for his habitual journaling back in the states. In 2004 Buzzell was profiled in Esquire's "Best and Brightest" issue. In 2007, Buzzell received the Lulu…

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10 Days with the Muslims of Irving, Texas-and the Armed Men Outside of Their Mosque

10 Days with the Muslims of Irving, Texas-and the Armed Men Outside of Their Mosque

With armed protesters outside their mosque and freedom of religion and the right to carry crashing together o…

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Welcome to Rio - Esquire Classic

Welcome to Rio - Esquire Classic

Colby Buzzell's official slogan, "Live Your Passion," which, as it turns out, is also the official slogan of …

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What It's Like to Be an Iraq War Veteran on Veterans Day | VICE | United States

What It's Like to Be an Iraq War Veteran on Veterans Day | VICE | United States

These days I've relocated to a new city. There's a bar right around the corner that I sometimes go to, to pic…

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How Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Help Veterans Deal with PTSD | VICE | United States

How Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Help Veterans Deal with PTSD | VICE | United States

Bobby Henline at the Uptown 78 Lounge in San Antonio, Texas, before performing his comedy routine. Henline, 4…

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I Spent the Fourth of July Fighting in Iraq | VICE | United States

I Spent the Fourth of July Fighting in Iraq | VICE | United States

Firing lumination rounds in Iraq. Photo via United States Forces Iraq Fuck the Fourth of July. This was my at…

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My Life Driving Uber as an Iraq War Veteran with PTSD | VICE | United States

My Life Driving Uber as an Iraq War Veteran with PTSD | VICE | United States

Stuck on my dashboard where everyone can see is my Combat Infantry Badge. It's a medal given to soldiers "who…

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Q&a:kris Kristofferson

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By Colby Buzzell, Tom Chiarella Verified, Will Blythe, Amy Wallace
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We strive to present a reader-friendly digital text version of each story. While errors in automatic conversion are inevitable, we are devoted to editing every article to make it error-free. We haven’t gotten to this one yet but we’re on the case! "I was about to get fired for not letting 24 hours go between the throttle and the bottle. It looked like I'd trashed my act." Q&A:KRIS KRISTOFFERSON MAN AT HIS BEST Music THERE’S NO BETTER dinner companion than Kris Kristofferson.
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Greetings from Idiot America

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By Tom Junod Verified, Colby Buzzell, Thomas Barnett, John Mariani
| Esquire Verified
There is some undeniable art—you might even say design—in the way southern Ohio rolls itself into northern Kentucky. The hills build gently under you as you leave the interstate. The roads narrow beneath a cool and thickening canopy as they wind through the leafy outer precincts of Hebron—a small Kentucky town named, as it happens, for the place near Jerusalem where the Bible tells us that David was anointed the king of the Israelites.
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Benny the Troublemaker

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By Colby Buzzell, Scott Weiland, Curtis Pesmen, Tom Chiarella Verified
| Esquire Verified
SITTING ON THE PATIO AT A BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL—the fountain gurgling, the traffic roiling beyond the high, ivy-covered wall—Benicio Del Toro is a bundle of nerves and energy. His toe taps, his head moves around herky-jerky like a bird. His hands dance independently in the air, one holding a Camel Light—yet unlit, the filter wet and chewed—the other holding a cheap plastic lighter.
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