Recreation
Recreating quartermaster Dougal MacConner...At the 150/50/5 level a starting character should be, and prolly make an experienced version later one too.It strikes me that I'd forgotten something in my...
View ArticleNear Fetched
I read about how Venezuela has blamed the US for a riot.At first I am like, "We wouldn't do that."Then I consider how much stuff my government does at home that it's not supposed to, including lots of...
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Worrisome
Weaponsman posted:Second, don’t rely on Oathkeepers bluster (another word beginning with “b” also fits). They mean what they say now, but things will be different then. Police will have no problem...
View ArticleSpeaking Of Hare Brained Conspiracy
Every single living Republican Ex-President is named Bush.
View ArticleSomething Else To Be Pedantic About?
I remember when "charging handle" meant something that didn't cycle with the bolt and "bolt handle" was something that did.
View ArticlePositive Outcome
A while back the dickheads who rented the house that got torn down across the street...Loud music.Unkempt yard.And unruly kids.The kids decided to shoot out our windows with a bb gun.While we were...
View ArticleDougal MacConnor
Got him converted to 4e and reverted to a starting point value.150/50/5.Made a couple changes to match the character as I remember playing him rather than what was on his original sheet.A quartermaster...
View ArticleScience Fiction Distances
On television anyways, the Mk I Mod 0 eyeball is far superior to any sensor you see them use most of the time.Marv and I often joke on Firefly that the proximity sensor works on contact.<KLUNK>...
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New Eyes
Thanks to EOTech refunding the full purchase price of any scope they've ever sold...Kevina goes from this:To this:It's a Primary Arms 3x Compact Prism Scope. They're verra niiice. I opted for the...
View ArticleMajored In Debate Did You
It really shows!"You're wrong," is a statement. But it's not really a refutation of my position. You need to say more than that for it to be an argument.A related stream from people who think they're...
View ArticleLiving In The Past
It occurs to me that a problem with the electorate is we're living in another country."The past is another country."There was once a time where our government was provably constrained in size, scope...
View ArticleEvent Horizon
There's something about sights mounted on an AR at an angle that just screams, "I've crossed the gun-hipster event horizon and I'm never coming back!" to me.It doesn't even matter if they're a great...
View ArticleTire Fund
Tires for hot-rods are expensive.So you kind of have to save in advance to purchase them at the moment they're worn out rather than long after.There comes a time when your little tire fund can now...
View ArticleTake It, Carly!
You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yachtYour hat strategically dipped below one eyeYour scarf it was apricotYou had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotteAnd all the...
View ArticleWanna Know Something I Am Not Doing
I'm not shooting at cops.I rail about some issues involving the police and express disappointment and sadness that some areas of police standard really aren't befitting a free society.But I still think...
View ArticleIgnorance Class
Being serious about looking for training (not the crap factories I've been not-linking to)...A gigantic fear is to pay to learn something I already know and nothing I don't. I don't know how to ask...
View ArticleTraining Click
I'm at the plateau where I've learned enough to argue, but not yet enough to accept advice.This is an AHA! realization.OK, advisors... Who should I talk to about training. Bearing in mind that Pat...
View ArticleWhat Do I Want To Learn?
<Shakes fist in the direction of Indiana>I don't know what I want to learn and I don't know what I don't know.Who teaches THAT class?Sitting here and marveling that I'd never thought to ask,...
View ArticleWorry Enhancement
Occasionally it's said that history while history doesn't exactly repeat, but it rhymes.One should also no go looking for parallels too hard. It's easy to find things that aren't there when you look...
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