He Hit The Brakes And I Flew Right By
Yesterday while I was hanging with the boys I missed that it was Top Gun Day.I must have been pinned against the canopy.I can't believe that it got past me this year, my breath has been taken away, my...
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Florida National Guard Mosin
The $1,900 Mosin could very well be one of the guns shipped to the Florida guard during the run-up for World War One.There's one on display at the Florida Capital Building.
View ArticleWait What?
Ignorance of the law is no excuse and not a valid defense.Qualified immunity is checking to see if it's reasonable for a cop to be ignorant of the laws he's breaking? And if so, then it's OK for him...
View ArticleResolved
The silence from the seller was broken by an email containing a tracking number.Hurray! Their printer works and UPS has accepted their money!It's now in the purgatory of labeled and ready to ship, but...
View ArticleWhich Will Get More Coverage
Charles Manson gets paroled to Hell the same day BB King heads up.I'm guessing BB because the source for Chuckie is specious. Still, too good to fact check!
View ArticleRemember
If you're paying to see a film, you're paying for more than the film.Not once cent of my money is going to be spent watching anything Eve Ensler is attached to, especially if it's great.Better to not...
View ArticleYou Can WHAT?
Apparently you can order custom M&M's with a photo on them.FuzzyGeff suggested traditional USMC artwork.If they fill the order, you can literally have someone eat a bag of dicks.Mind.Blown.
View ArticleLanguage
That might be the most times I've heard a friend say "fucking" since I met him, and all in one paragraph.Points for proper military usage!I have to say that his wife earned whatever retaliation he...
View ArticleModern Example
Link to FoxNews.If the Air Force does have such a rule then they've issued an order demanding prior restraint on speech.That particular legal road is very well paved.You give up a lot of your everyday...
View ArticleDear Google
Dear Google...When searching for a shift knob, and I specify a thread like "9/16-18" that means I want to see results with those threads.3/8-16 is not the same at all.I know, I know it's more common;...
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Wrong ID Sir
Katerina is not a cut-down Mosin-Nagant Model 1891 Infantry Rifle.She's an upgraded Mosin Nagant Model 1891 Dragoon Rifle; also known as an ex-Dragoon. The upgrade most likely took place in the late...
View ArticleI Said What Now?
I think I've mastered a new form of non-communication.I'll say something that seems thoughtful or clever at the moment of creation; that upon review is a non-sequitur.Instead of babbling incoherently,...
View ArticleTracking Numbers
When you're expecting something you're excited about...Click - No change in status.Wait, at most, an hour...Click - No change in status.Wait, at most, an hour...Click - No change in status.Wait, at...
View ArticleOh That's It
It suddenly occurs to me that many of the people I've given up talking politics with don't know or understand the theory that our government is supposed to operate under.Without that theoretical...
View ArticleLancers Dragoons and Cavalry
Or in America, Cavalry... because any soldier on a horse is cavalry.But out west the cavalry is more accurately described as dragoons.Dragoons are mounted infantry, that is they ride up to where the...
View ArticleCan Someone Explain
Why the marital status of the fiance of the daughter of a former vice-presidential candidate is news?
View ArticleCommunication
Sellers, when you generate the tracking number and send it to the buyer, you're not finished communicating.Getting that tracking number establishes an expectation that the parcel will begin moving in...
View ArticleComputators
The standard Traveller shipboard computer is positively ancient in design. Like a couple of hundred years old by Imperial 1110.Where computers ship-board are actually state of the art are in places...
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