Practical Experiment
A long time ago...I was at the range with an FAL.One of the target shooters there saw me blasting away and, jokingly, said that in combat I'd need to hit more often.I, in jest, replied, "it's...
View ArticleEnlightening
In the process of moving my posts from LiveJournal to here...I've noticed something about a friend that kind of bothers me.The way they enter the debate is to WIN. Not convince me, but to CRUSH my...
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Rain Rain Go Away
It's been raining solid for about a week here.Not a gentle rain, but torrential nearly all day everyday with a stalled front right on top of us.I can't find an online source, but the news said 18" in...
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Tactical
Shown here is the Pasco Sheriff's Department testing their new Moisture Resistant Amphibian Protected vehicle.
View ArticleGun Nutty
I know that I'm too into guns now.Watching the videos on C&Rsenal's YouTube channel.The person they have shooting, May, is a pretty woman.It took The Lovely Harvey saying, "she's pretty," for me to...
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Shhh Dancing Monkey Shhh
Ms Schumer, you're pretty and I like it when you take your clothes off (although I've lost a lot of respect for C3PO now).And that pretty much sums up what I'd like from you.Since I didn't demand you...
View ArticleMust Be Racism
One of my neighbors has put his heart and soul into his house and the flooding came halfway up his lawn.He was out when the clouds broke, fixing what he could.Some "idle youths" were wandering the...
View ArticleInterface
Up on the bridge, everything is a glass cockpit. Configurable displays, touch screens, soft-switches, even some motion-capture holo-display controls. The whole ship can be run from the bridge, in...
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Vintage Ammo
There's at least as much tape as box remaining.41 rounds remaining.It's like someone loaded up their Gov't Model and called it a life.What year did they start putting .38 Super on the head? The box...
View ArticleThe Droids You're Looking At
It comes up often in geekdom...Why didn't Obi-Wan recognize C3PO and R2D2?Quick! Show me a picture of your first television set! Clock radio. Coffee Maker. Kitchen table...Protocol and Astromech...
View Article70
Today it has been seventy years since the first atomic weapon was used in war.Trinity might have been the first atomic device detonated, but Little Boy was the first atomic weapon.The delicious irony...
View ArticleTrust Issues
How does one find out how the debate went if one can't stand to watch such things and doesn't trust any news outlet to report about it honestly?
View ArticleYou've Never Even Tried To Play
Yonder on Facebook...It's no secret I am a fan of GURPS.I've literally been playing it longer than it's existed because FuzzyGeff bought Man-To-Man. 1985.GURPS is on its 4th edition in those 30 years,...
View ArticleNot One
There's like 40 Republican candidates and not one with a beard.Something wrong with that.
View ArticleMaybe I Should Reconsider
Chuck "Moar Gun Control" Schumer dislikes the deal with Iran?Maybe a nuk-lear Persia is something I want now.Or is Chaz just blinking 12:00 at noon again?
View ArticleThe Guts Of An Iris Valve
And why they kind of need to be round rather than door shaped.
View ArticleAnother 70
It's been 70 years since anyone has popped a nuke in anger.It's actually astonishing.Weapons, once invented, tend to get used.Come to think on it, I am surprised that there hasn't been a lot more...
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