Monthly Archives: November 2011

The failure of gun control

By | November 7, 2011

Good thing we have the NFA and the Hughes Amendment to keep criminals from having machine guns. I mean, it’s not like some teenager can build an open bolt, mag fed automatic airgun that shoots AA batteries with enough muzzle energy to maim or kill you. And he made it out of PVC and a… Read More »

WANTED: Ford upgrade thumb drive

By | November 7, 2011

Wait, what? So here’s the deal. From 1999 to 2003, I used to install desktop computers in cars as a hobby. In case you don’t remember, GPS systems back in 99 cost about $4,000. I was able to install a system that did GPS, DVD, wireless internet (at blazing 14.4k speed!), and this new fangled… Read More »

Baby Step 3b: Getting a house

By | November 7, 2011

If you’ve already got a house and you’re not planning on getting another mortgage ever again, skip this week. Otherwise, onward! While this is geared more towards young couples who are renting, there are some valuable things in here for people who may be moving up–or down–in house. Once you’ve paid off all your debts… Read More »

The thing about lying to the media…

By | November 3, 2011

…is that you need to tell the same lie every time. I read this today: Protestor Mike Anger, 29, told Nashville’s News 2 he left his home and sales job in Lexington, Kentucky to protest at the plaza. “I just kind of put my life on hold for this cause,” said Anger, who has been… Read More »

Reminder

By | November 3, 2011

Reminder to the OWS protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks: his plot failed and he was drawn and quartered. The British hate him so much that they still burn him in effigy 400 years later. Not sure why you’d want to emulate that, but whatever. Do what you want. If I thought the local “Occupy” movement could… Read More »

And they were right!

By | November 2, 2011

Critics said that if we allowed people with handgun carry permits to carry in parks, there would be shotgun attacks against schoolchildren on playgrounds. And they were right! NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Seventeen-year-old Michael Hague surrendered himself at police headquarters late Tuesday night and is confined at juvenile detention on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault… Read More »

I gotta stop doing that

By | November 2, 2011

I have this problem. When people say things, I decipher their meaning based on the common meaning of the words they use. For example, back in March we had a fence put in. We paid for treated wood (says so on the bill). We got treated wood (says so on the tags stapled to the… Read More »

Aaaaand I’m back

By | November 1, 2011

So here are the basic results of my experiment: Blood pressure is consistently lower I’m getting more tasks accomplished at work and at home I’m less combative in general. That being said, it was a little weird the first time someone said to me “Hey, did you hear about [random thing on the news]” and I had… Read More »