Moving Parts
When describing the look and feel of the Traveller universe, the ships in particular, I fall back on what I know.Planes and ships.Aircraft do not have an engine room. Modern aircraft don't even have...
View ArticleTraveller Two Day
I have two things on my plate for Traveller.I am writing a brief, "how to think like a Hiver" piece for Erin. It's proving to be rewarding and frustrating. Should be done with what I want to say...
View ArticleStatute Of Limitations
Apparently there is no such thing if someone thinks something was stolen during WW2.OK, Poland. You owe a shitload of Jews a shitload of land.Proof? Apparently I don't need any actual proof. But...
View ArticleUpside Yo Head
Why thank you, The Boy, for teaching me that a hand propelled Fiber One bar to the temple fucking hurts!We'll add that to yesterday's lesson that a box of raisins delivered in the same manner likewise...
View ArticleBlaming The Wrong Entity
Steve Jackson has posted about losing his house to the flood in Austin, TX.It seems that a lack of federal money kept people from moving out of the flood plain, so they got flooded.I am willing to bet...
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More MOE
The MOE handguards can be a source of irritation and frustration.The front is designed to work with either a round or triangular handguard cap.This is the front of the MOE handguard (foliage green)....
View ArticleInside Joke
There are more than a few things that require perspective to understand.There are more than a few perspectives that require particular experience to gain.Thus, without the experience, the perspective...
View ArticleTwinkies
Hostess was not put out of business by union intransigence, as some (including me) would have you believe.What put them out of business was the crushing costs of rediscovering how to make Twinkies.You...
View ArticleOn The Cheap
I am reading how the USAF wants (and is accomplishing) to finally kill off the A-10 Thunderbolt II (aka Warthog) to pay for F-35A.A fully loaded A-10C is a frighteningly cheap airplane. They are...
View ArticleQuiet Inquiries
I've asked around.There's a part of my life that I most certainly was present for.I really did it.I am getting feedback that I may not have doing it with the people I thought I was.Why?Because nobody...
View ArticleI Can See What You Were Trying To Do
But you messed up.And that killed suspension of disbelief.In the 3e GURPS supplement, "Funny New Guys" there are magic carpets. It's an alt-history where magic exists and this supplement details that...
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SLUF On The Break
A-7C of VA-82 (Marauders) on the break over America CVA-66: Yankee Station 28 July, 1972.The Corsair II is one of my most favorite planes. Developed on a tight budget, delivered on time and ever so...
View ArticleIt's A Trap
Mr Obama's unconstitutional declarations delaying, preventing or reversing Obamacare are a trap.What will matter, in the end, is the law as written, passed and signed.Wait for the fines for "why wasn't...
View ArticleJust Saw Enderszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
What a steaming pile.Closer to the book than Starship Troopers.That's not saying much. The Hobbit is closer to the book Starship Troopers than Verhooven's version.Still...It was just so damn...
View ArticleElysium
Saw it.Neill Blomkamp does an excellent job of visualizing tech. And soul crushing poverty. The latter just by filming on location in a third world country.It was a pretty popcorn movie.Things that...
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Rolling In
Still in the A-7C on 19 December 1972 Suppression of Enemy Air Defense over North Vietnam as part of Linebacker II.Pickle, Rockeye Mk 20.This was my last successful mission over Vietnam. I took a hit...
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SUIT
Sight Unit Infantry, Trilux L2A2.I have one.While it was great for the L1A1 I used to have, the sights on a metric FAL are too low to see over the mounting post.It's just 4 power, but the clarity of...
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