Monthly Archives: May 2012

Permission Slip

By | May 24, 2012

It took 299 days since the day I ordered it, and 190 days since I went pending, but I just got the call from my dealer that my paperwork has come back. I (well, my trust) now own a .22 suppressor. Picking it up tomorrow today. (ETA: Couldn’t wait. My Precious!) Sending off a new… Read More »

Travel notes

By | May 13, 2012

Sorry for the lack of posting. I was out of town on business this week, working 18 hour days in sunny Florida. Don’t be jealous: I could’ve been in North Dakota and would have barely noticed. Sometime in the last 18 months or so, the pornoscanners in Nashville went from “randomly selected passengers” to “anyone… Read More »

WANT!

By | May 9, 2012

A 3D printer for $399? YES PLEASE. It doesn’t include “electronics,” which will add another $150-$300 depending on your sourcing. I am kinda sad that my attempt at building a CNC router stalled out in January. It sits there on my workbench taunting me, with it’s x and y axes completed but no drivetrain and… Read More »

Car Safes

By | May 9, 2012

Every now and then, I have to disarm. I try to avoid it, but sometimes you have to go to “gun-free” zones to get stuff done. Like getting new license plates. Or meeting friends for dinner at a restaurant I’ve never been to and seeing the please rob my restaurant gunbuster sign. Because, you know,… Read More »

Not no,

By | May 8, 2012

But hell no. The mask slipped. House Democrats actually complain that there are too many rapists and muggers getting killed.