Docking, Berthing And Mooring
Erin presented me with an idea for detailing the costs for berthing, docking and mooring based on ship's size.The little black books were over simplistic, a ship is a ship, a berth is a berth.GURPS:...
View ArticleWhy My Conservative Panties Are In A Bunch
The Supreme Court made another wrong decision.It's happened before (Dredd Scott, Slaughterhouse), it will happen again.With ACA the main reason I am upset that the cheater's technicality didn't kill it...
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Vacation IMA
I wandered up to Indy to see what there was to see.Went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to see the Bugatti.1935 Bugatti AerolitheThe really impressive part of this recreation of the car is they...
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Vacation IMS
Also hit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Forgot my Canon, so ended up using the Motox2g.More Bugatti!There are people who say there's no such thing as an SS Corvette. There is one.MaseratiTo me, this...
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The Corps Is Mother, The Corps Is Father!
Apparently, Indiana is the birthplace of The Psi Corps.They're not even hiding it!
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Vacation Downtown Indy
Over three days I visited several places around Indy.Everything is below the cut just to keep this manageable.After the Indianapolis Motor Speedway I went to one of Tam's familiar haunts, 20 Tap, and...
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Vacation National Corvette Museum
The NCM is Mecca for Corvette owners.Not much changes from year to year, but the differences are often worth catching.They had the concept cars that led (or not) to various generations of Corvette on...
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Government?
We don't have a Constitutional Republic any more.It's become like a giant home owners association.Far more concerned that people are doing what they want without asking than living like YOU would like...
View ArticleSTEM
After my dalliance with psych, I had yet to tap into my Voc Rehab offer from the VA.I accepted and got them to pay for a degree in Mechanical Drafting and Machine Design, an associates program at the...
View ArticleDoubt
The original thought was sparked by reading about the recent Supreme Court decisions.Notice that there was never any doubt about how the liberal judges were going to rule? Notice there was lots of...
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Trip Trivia
Starting and ending in my driveway, I travelled 2,464.4 miles total.For some stupid reason the trip odometers display a max of 2,000.This counts the near hours in rush-hour Atlanta traffic going less...
View ArticleTechnology
Something that drove me a little nuts way back when I was playing Twilight: 2000 using the actual GDW rules was the scale of the maps.I went to some effort to obtain genuine USGI Defense Mapping Agency...
View ArticleSupreme Court Are Lawyers
They're all lawyers, that's why they can't see the simple texts in front of them.Row v Wade:No power to do anything whatsoever in the text of the Constitution, Feds forbidden further by 9th and 10th....
View ArticleHipster
Tam can't be a hipster.In every photograph I've seen of her...The glasses (if any) are for eye protection.The gun burkha is not flannel.No discernible beard at all on her neck.Not once, despite her...
View ArticleGay Rights
Something to consider when you're worried about "teh gheys"...Once they're just people like the rest of is, they will now be free to vote conservatively if they want, and lots of my gay friends do!Over...
View ArticleJust Me I Am Sure
I'm reading Scalia's dissent to King v Burwell.I am sure I am not the first person to notice...The technicality where States were confused for the Machiavellian THE STATE could easily have been caught...
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Negative Percent Lower Kit
Lots of work to complete the lowers from this, but there's also a whole bunch in there!
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Why
How come my M&P 9 seems all whizzer-shiny high-tech and modern when I put a light on it?I think it might be the resemblance to Winona from Farscape.No, it doesn't look a thing like it, it's a feel...
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