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Fifteen Men on a dead man's chest. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!Drink and the devil had done for the restYo ho ho and a bottle of rum.the mate was fixed by the sosun's pikeThe bosun brained with a...
View ArticleHe's Lurch Not Satan
Rick Scott might not be a great governor.He isn't.The problem Charlie Crist has going for him is he has already been governor, and he wasn't a better governor than Rick Scott.Running ads telling me...
View ArticleFour More Years!
Today is the 4th birthday of this blog at Blogger!250k visits since then.
View ArticleOnce Upon A Time
My gaming group in Iowa tended to specialize in what we called "nexus worlds".These are worlds were circumstances allow off and out worlders.With GURPS' ability to seamlessly let you create anything...
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How Low Can You Go
When there's no risk of actual life and limb and zero threat of disciplinary action, buzzing the tower becomes routine.
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Cluttered Desk ATF
Oban, Rocky Patel Howitzer and a Colt .38 Super Series 80 Gov't Model.With some random items that routinely clutter my computer spaces.
View ArticleThe Deal
While I prefer the OSX operating system, I don't consider myself a fanboi.It's a preference and I've no problems with using Win 7 or XP. I have a boot partition set up for Win 7 on my Mac Pro, in...
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The Most Important Words In Science
Huh, I didn't expect that!Unexpected results advance things farther and faster than experiments that confirm expectations.It's because you've found something new.
View ArticleMiserable Son Of A...
The main reason that prick down Okeechobee way should die in a fire is the closing of comments on Tam's other blog.Now I can't ask questions except indirectly here and hope she sees them.I'd like to...
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Raining And Pouring
The anti-biotic regimen for Shi-Shu beat back the abscess for a while.It's back with a vengeance.So we're back to begging for assistance.Stab that pay-pal button if you've the means to donate to a very...
View ArticleI'm Not A Birther
But isn't it worth getting him to say amabO on the off chance that it DOES send him back to the fifth dimension?Just sayin'...
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Return Of The Ford
F4D-1 Skyray, also know affectionately as the Ford. The Skyray didn't come with any official Strike Fighters release and is the product of dedicated hobbyists.She's a hot ship for 1956 and is seen...
View ArticleWorth The Price Of Admission
The scene in the kitchen with Quicksilver makes the purchase price of X-Men Days of Future Past worth it all by itself.It also underscores that Bryan Singer is the only X-Men director who gets...
View ArticleMore On F4D
The F4D-1 has guns. Four 20mm Mk.12 guns in the wings.What it lacks is ammo! 260 rounds total for all four guns (65 rounds each). Each gun fires at 1,000 rounds per minute, so that's a total of 3.9...
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Of Eagles And Tomcats
If you want a discussion with less venom, just talk about politics or religion...Well, this actually is a religious discussion.This is a continuation of what I started here.Which plane is better?This...
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Rifles From Lands Of Ice And Snow From The Midnight Sun Where The Hot Springs...
Top, Finnish Kiv-28/30 by SAKO.Bottom, Swedish Gevär m/96 by Carl Gustav Mauser.Willard scored on that Swede. Numbers matching, bore looks very nice. The only thing "wrong" is there are tapped holes...
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Sample Size Of Two
"The series 80 ruined the trigger...""1911's are unreliable."Top is Marv's MK IV Series 80 .45; bottom is my Government Model Series 80 .38 Super.Marv's is old enough it even has the barrel collet! It...
View ArticleWhat About Us
Tam mentioned once, something to the effect, that government cannot summarily fire someone because due process.OK.Where's my due process about the hiring?
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