Campus Carry
Here's a sticky wicket.Many states forbid campus carry.Iowa is such a place in that they allow the individual campuses to decide. "Shockingly" all of them have decided to ban carry.Fine.Where's the...
View ArticlePrepare For The Apocalypse
The first harbinger of the end times has occurred.The Cubs have made it to the World Series.The CHICAGO Cubs have made it to the World Series.This is the end times as predicted in the sacred scrolls.
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No True Texan...
Chili has beans. By their own admission, even Texans put beans in their chili.See this map.Not seen in the screen shot are two Mexican respondents whom also use beans.Judging by the no-bean...
View ArticleA Reminder For New Readers
"Try to remember you are a guest here when you comment. Inappropriate comments will be deleted without mention. Amnesty period is expired."My lead in to a topic might not be what the topic is about....
View ArticleMutter Mutter Update Mutter
Windows update just flat don't work anymore on my Win7 Ultimate 64 Bootcamp partition.Spent all day on it and nary an update.I know there's updates to Win7 out there, my laptop is getting them just fine.
View ArticleChickens And Eggs
What came first, the chicken or the egg?The Glock 20 or the 21?The first Glock 20's have serial prefix 'MC' and were made in July 1990.The first Glock 21's have serial prefix 'UB' and were made in...
View ArticleProof
Doing up Twilight 2000 in GURPS with equipment upgrades has caused some interesting things.Things like how much DR does an Outer Tactical Vest have?How much DR should the vest itself have? SAPI plate?...
View ArticleFrom Behind Every Blade Of Grass
The 35 hardened 1 ESAPI plate with a DR 12/5* OTV...Hit with your average hunting round, which is an expanding round.That's 7d(0.5) pi+ for most common calibers (.30-06, .308, .270 Win).You divide the...
View ArticleFirst World Problem
When you pocket carry, the gun wears out the pocket like no wallet ever made.Thanks, Mom, for teaching me to sew!
View ArticleUsed It All Up
Willard tells tales about how many near misses he's had.I was going to suggest he play the lottery, but then realized that he's used all his luck.So I says, "Dude! You could have died a millionaire!"
View ArticleHow On Earth?
As much minutia and trivia as I have learned about airplanes, I never found out about bob weights on the stick until very recently.I'd always wondered why pilots seemed to be struggling to keep the...
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Artsy Fartsy
FÉG SMC-380 in, .380 ACP.Trying to be all artistic with the chopping log in the back yard.I seriously want a better camera. Being familiar with how Canon thinks already thanks to my PowerShot S5IS, I...
View ArticleAnother Shock
Most of the increase spending on education hasn't gone to hiring better teachers, but to service the mismanaged pension plans?You mean the politicians lied to the teachers and their unions too?Isn't it...
View ArticleAh Now I See Where You're Coming From
What you mean is, "I want to have it BOTH ways!" and you don't see they are in conflict.The government's laudable power to intervene in the first case is also their reprehensible power to intervene in...
View ArticleOf Course
Of course she's lying, all politicians lie.The problem is she's bad at it; despite all the years of practice.
View ArticleOK Navy Guys
There was once a time when I almost began the process of becoming a naval architect.I was even hired by Electric Boat to do as-built's. Then laid off before my first day because the boat I was going...
View ArticleI Think I've Found A Way To Express It
Let's say I decide I want to learn Calculus.I go down to the local community college that offers such classes and try to sign up.Before they take my money they ask, "what math have you already...
View ArticleThat Hurt More Than Expected
Deleting the notifications of former friend's birthdays and anniversaries actually was unpleasant.One because he can't learn to say he's sorry.One because she can't see she's a bigot.
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