Toys
I collect toys.I'm a brony.There's a Venn diagram for this, I am sure.McDonald's has MLPFIM toys presently.Ebay is definitely healthier than Happy Meals...A quick check of the local Mac Shacks has...
View ArticleBeen Shootin'
Willard just got a Ruger Vaquero in .44 Magnum and invited me to pop off a few.Surprisingly pleasant even with the "hunting" loads that came with the sale of the gun.Where the gun becomes downright...
View ArticleNobility
I am working on how I want nobility and social status to work in my Magic Returns world.It's complicated.You aren't a noble when you're in one of the other cities, but your status back home has an...
View ArticlePublic Record
If you don't want people to know things you've done; don't do things that get your name put into public records.If you don't like what you've done that's part of the public record... well I can't...
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Sum Math
Check this link out.This is why I don't consider a 12ga slug or a pistol caliber carbine a suitable replacement for a rifle.Stomps a pistol pretty hard though...Pay particular attention to the energies...
View ArticleJust Talked To A Lawyer!
Nice to have friends from the Corvette world...The topic was defamation, slander and libel.Truth and opinion are positive defenses and a blog is protected speech; so there isn't a real worry.I...
View ArticleIdle Threat
The name removal is what is called a "courtesy retraction."Literally defuses the defamation proceeding.The statute of limitations for defamation in Florida is two years, so any post from midnight April...
View ArticleExplict Apology
I was a dick to Erin about her posts on Blue Collar Survival.While I don't think I was wrong about the superiority of a rifle over a shotgun; just about any way of saying besides how I actually said it...
View ArticleNeed Better Insults
When you're a college graduate with two associates degrees and a bachelor's degree being called "uneducated" by someone with a GED or a mere high-school diploma has no sting.Being called a moron when I...
View ArticleMyth Parallel
There's no reason my Magic Returns world can't be a myth parallel of Earth. SJ Games' world Yrth is.Something that always messes me up about fantasy worlds are religion and naming.Making this world a...
View ArticleOld Guns
Marv's 16ga Model 12 left the factory in 1947; it stands to reason that there's a bit of wear.The cartridge cut-off was releasing the next shell prematurely, so Marv ordered a new one from Numrich....
View ArticleOfficially No Longer Winter
The clear top has been placed into storage and the solid top put into service.I love being able to see out, but the sun makes it miserable once the temps are consistently higher than 77 or so.
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I'm Your Huckleberry
Today is April 15; or Buy-A-Gun Day!Up top, I give you Valentine. The $100 a month 6.8 AR. Just a tad over $900 total. The first $700 had been spread over the past six years... Underneath, I give...
View ArticleSo Old My Dice Have Gray Pips
An exchange with Siege about knives and GURPS smacked me in the face.I've been GURPSing since it was Man-To-Man in 1985; even longer if you consider that we were dabbling with the lineal ancestor to...
View ArticleBeing Rather Than Feeling
I think I would rather be safe than feel safe.I think that feeling safe leads to complacency.When I feel unsafe, I am more careful and cautious. I tend to take steps that actually make me safer rather...
View ArticleVz.2008
Willard replaced the abysmal folding stock on his Vz with a nice surplus fixed item.It shoots much better with a stock you can get a cheek weld on.Plus, muzzle blast!He'd had a double feed problem when...
View ArticleFrustrated
To E-file a Form 1 you need to attach your documents to the application.Not more than 10 files, totaling not more than 30mb with no single file larger than 3mb.The 18 pages of my trust scans to 34.2mb...
View ArticleThe Lack Of Content
It can be summed up best by saying that my natural tendency to be an asshole ruins friendships and creates enemies.When I try to not be an ass, I am suddenly rendered mute.That "don't be a dick" rule...
View ArticleThousand Dollar Nine Millimeter
A brand new Browning Hi Power Mk III, blue, runs about $1,000."Made in Belgium, Assembled in Portugal" is rolled on the slide.Why is it $1,000 when a S&W M&P runs about $550 and is lighter and...
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