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Bike Week

A convention of motorcycle owners who like to cosplay as a motorcycle gang.Yet somehow feel they can actually look down on gamers, geeks and bronies.Didn't cost me thousands of dollars for my fashion...

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It Is Not 1985

But you'd never be able to tell from so many gun parts sellers.My quest to obtain a replacement firing pin for my Star B is reaching epic frustration levels with the seller.His archaic web page, which...

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The Type A Front Door

Copyright 1998 Steve Jackson Games.This is the main airlock and entryway on Deck 2 of a Beowulf class Type-A Free Trader, up is forward.It's served by iris valves on both ends and has iris valves in...

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This Is Why I Wrench

Completely replacing both front calipers and pads is under $100 on The Biscayne.Just takes a few hours to do, and most of that is running to the parts store and bleeding the brakes.I can't even work up...

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Mandela Effect Explained

Here, read this.There is no such thing as The Mandela Effect.What's happening is far more people have Temporal Inertia than we thought.Temporal Inertia (Mental, Supernatural) [15 points]  You are...

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Apocalypse Speculation

Iran is almost definitely getting nukes.I will be shocked if they don't get some sort of agreement with The Soviet Union Russia that considers an attack on Iran the same thing as an attack The USSR...

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Confirmed

I once speculated that DRM was doomed not from base profit motives of thieves but by the shiny-red candy-like nature of cracking the problem to a certain mind.I think I found another piece of evidence...

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Social Status

For [5] per level you can change your Status from the default of 0 and become a noble.Huzzah!There's a down side in that you've got to spend more to live appropriately or lose the status.But say you...

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Indicators

I enjoy Deadliest Catch.It's interesting to see National Geographic say that the arctic ice is all but gone while these crab fisherman are ALL saying that the ice is farther south sooner than it was...

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Unsympathetic

Jimmah has cancer?Has it really bad?GOOD!Hope he suffers to his last breath.

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It Came From Facebook

A picture showing the Starsky and Hutch Torino, Dukes of Hazzard Charger and Smokey and The Bandit Trans Am; asking which we'd prefer.In stock form, the Charger is the best muscle car.  But I'd never...

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XKCD Was Right

But if I had a shot of scotch for every time I see American history revised around the Native American and his innocent noble nature; I'd open a distillery and rebottle that shit because I couldn't...

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Envy

If the reason I own a gun is penis envy, explain the girls.I know several gun owning women who can easily get all the penis they want who own guns.  At least one doesn't want any penis at all.

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Woo Hoo

Reverting to 1970 technology worked for the seller of the firing pins!I didn't tell him I answered his call on my smart phone out of fear it would send him running and screaming to the hills.I should...

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Ethicity

If Italians were as touchy as some identity groups, if you said, "as the day goes by," they'd start screaming, "I ain't no bisexual!"

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Visiting The 2,000 Worlds

I am attempting to grok the K'Kree.I think the Hiver are easier because they're so totally alien physiologically you can't start from anywhere but zero.I think they're going to be easier than Vargr...

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Lower Prices

There's much ado about Verizon Wireless dropping the contracts and phone subsidies.It will take my bill from $260 a month for four phones and a tablet with 5gb to $140 a month for four phones and...

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Higher Prices

Something I do expect from Verizon Wireless is to further lock out phones that don't come from them.  Ask Anglave how much they liked his Nexus 5...A foot note in every article about this new deal is...

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Wanna Make College Affordable

Take away all the money.It's counter intuitive.All giving people money to pay for college has done is raised tuition.Look it up.When that fountain of funding dries up the colleges and universities are...

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If Convicted

While I have no confidence that even busted red handed Hillary will be convicted, let alone sentenced to anything more than a hand slap...It'd be nice if she was and the judge added the same modifier...

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