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moving… somewhere in the world

Yesterday, “walls of the city” email was run by Dreamhost through the craptacular SquirrelMail interface.

Today, GMail runs the show.

Why? Well, to be perfectly frank, SquirrelMail sucks. Its searching system is slow as hell, its interface is laggy, its spam controls are basically non-existent, and I get tired of …

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full house

For those keeping notes at home, my mother received her Washington State Concealed Pistol License without a hitch (and quickly enough to put Tennessee to shame), and plans going shopping and testing out Dad’s R1 next week. We had a chat about what to buy, and I stressed the importance …

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burning responsibilities

Yesterday, I received this email from Patrick:

Am I wrong in this? Look at my comments on her site.

http://thelibertyzone.com/2011/04/07/did-he-think-there-would-be-no-consequences.aspx

I agree that he was incredibly stupid. I disagree that he is responsible for the deaths of the U.N. people and any soldiers. We can’t walk around on egg

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linoge’s guide to riding the dragon

… at least in a 2008 Ford Mustang GT.

1. Leave it in second gear.
2. STAY IN YOUR FRAKKING LANE.

And that is about it.

For the motorbikes and hardcore performance vehicles out there, simply leaving their transmission in second gear is robbing you of a great deal of …

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the very definition of “idiotic”*

Threatening generational warfare if anyone so much as looks at Social Security / Medicare / Medicaid with an eye towards salvaging the American economy.

Yes, because killing the people who are paying for your fat, dumb, and lazy ass’ retirement is obviously going to increase that program’s revenues!

Yes, because …

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serenity’s sake

If you ever need something random to give me, a set of these (or even one) would do just fine.

(Courtesy of Mike W.) …

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dating myself

Anyone remember when walkie-talkies were the awesomest thing ever?

Kind of sad that the generation being born now will never experience that… …

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Birds

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One day, I will have them!

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circular reasoning, government style

Pro-rights activists occasionally like to make not-so-funny jokes about how the government undoubtedly has a large number of us on “lists” due to our hobbies and practices, and anti-rights cultists turn that around and ridicule us for believing that the government monitors people to that degree (while simultaneously demanding that …

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bright knuckles

Once must bear in mind that the legality of “brass knuckles” is largely dependent upon the laws of your state/county/city/municipality (the federal government has no opinion on the matter, as it should not), but I have to wonder whether or not a set of these arguably useful contraptions built out …

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quote of the day – say uncle

When you get right down to it, your average Mark 1 Mod 0 anti-rights cultist is nothing but an attention whore – they employ the tragedies of victims to attract and sway public attention, they largely refuse to engage in any conversation they cannot control or overpower, they rely on …

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remingon r1, the initial verdict

While I have not yet had a chance to fondle handle my father’s new Remington R1, he thankfully has, and sent on this report:

Well, son, if I was a seasoned weapons expert I could give you a detailed and analytical assessment of the Remington. Since I’m not, I’ll

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we interrupt this program

I am headed south this morning to meet up with Better Half and see her sister’s rehearsal, and then mosey on to a friend’s wedding, so I will be out-of-pocket for the whole weekend. Fret not, I have a few posts queued up to mysteriously appear while I am gone, …

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hoist them on their own petard

Everyone knows I am a huge fan of using graphics to illustrate hard-to-describe concepts, so it should come as no surprise to anyone that I love the hell out of Howard Nemerov’s post comparing firearm ownership against a variety of other metrics in countries throughout the world. Of course, …

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clueless is no way to live life

As you can tell by its omission from this weblog, I have been largely ignoring the burglary/shoot-out at the Chula Vista Apple Store that transpired earlier this week… sure, I used to live about two miles from there, and I walked past that particular store more times than I can …

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there will be cake

Remember that perverse sense of humor I have? Yeah, I am starting to think, thanks to it, Portal 2 is going to be my favorite game ever, even before it hits stores’ shelves:

“How do we get so many bullets in ‘em? Like this!”

Cannot. Stop. Laughing.

(Courtesy of Everyday,

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and it will stay there

No daily photography today… too busy setting this up, taking it, and editing it. Certainly not Oleg Volk quality, but I like it……

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getting their attention

Once again, Senator Lamar Alexander leads the pack in responding to something I sent to both my Senators and my Representative; granted, this time around, it definitely comes across as being an amalgamation of pre-existing scripts (a form letter, in short), but at least it indicates that someone …

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