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for those in peril on the sea

Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, and that the commander be instructed to cruize eastward, for intercepting such transports as may be laden with

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sighting downrange

Ok, so here is a random question for the surprisingly increasing number of people who read my weblog (but annoyingly do not leave comments… argh!): Are any of you familiar with Ultra Dot West rifle scopes? I ask this for a variety of reasons…
First, I am relatively interested in …

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thank god for tivo

So THAT is who the [warning, spoiler-laden link] Face of Boe [/warning, spoiler-laden link] was! Son of a monkey… I guess when you are paradoctoring paradoxes and violating just about every single Einsteinian law of reality and physics, things like that are bound to happen from time to time.
That …

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knowledge is wealth

Towards the end of the month, the Wealth Expo will be held in New York City. This event, sponsored by MyWallSt.net: Your Financial Social Network, is an event primarily designed to help investors build their personal wealth. During its three days, it will offer chances to interact with a …

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feichang ganxie

I try and keep from being repetitive and redundant on my weblog, but sometimes, something is worthy of note more than once. A little while back, David, of Random Nuclear Strikes fame, sent me an email about my book, Everything I Need to Know About Life I Learned from Firefly

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calling in the calvary

So here’s how it is.
As some of you may be aware, my job regularly takes me away from home, sometimes for remarkably extended periods of time. I just returned from one such period, but have been blessed with relatively good connectivity for most of it. That said, my schedule …

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pahrk the cahr

Having lived on all three coasts of this country, I have gotten relatively used to showing up in a new town, and figuring out how to get around on my merry own. That said, there exist multiple companies and corporations out there that specialize in giving tourists and newcomers to …

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well, that makes a little more sense

A recent conversation I had… or at least what I heard from my side:

Other Person: So, did you hear that the Chargers won yesterday?

Me: Oh, well, that is good. Who were they playing?

Other Person: The Browncoats.

Me: Wait, the who?

Other Person: The Denver Browncoats.

Me: You

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damnation through inaction

Just remember, boys and girls, that it is only firearms that emit some manner of strange, mind-controlling aura that make people go all manner of stupid and start shooting and killing other people.
Knives would never do that.
A few interesting things stand out in this article. First, this …

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I should just start numbering these

… kinda running out of quippy titles, at this point.
  

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please, please, please

Please, please, please, please, please
Ok, yeah, I am a little behind the curve on this apparently, but the possibility of an honest-to-God Serenity 2 (even though both Wash and Book kicked the bucket, which I still very much dislike) is just too gorramed shiny to not write …

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*beep* *beep* *beep*

Fifty years ago today, an oversize and remarkably overambitious lawn dart became the world’s first artificial satellite. Its regular beeping could be heard around the world as it completed approximately 1440 96-minute orbits before falling back to Earth. Though less than two feet in diameter, this little thing ushered in …

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shiny smoothness

So I received my first “skinhead” accusation today. Some of my readers may be somewhat confused by this statement, but those of you who are as pale-skinned as I am, and who also shave your heads, will definitely understand. However, this one was notable for a variety of reasons.
First, …

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