Author Archives: oddball

Oh dear…

By | July 19, 2013

Looks like Erin Palette’s mom got bite by a rattle snake while gardening this morning, and then had the extra joy of having an allergic reaction to the anti-venom and will be in the ICU over night. Please keep her in your thoughts today, and take this as a lesson as to why it’s a… Read More »

A disturbing trend

By | July 18, 2013

Something that I’ve noticed that keeps coming up again and again as I talk to people about the Zimmerman case is that Zimmerman started the altercation when he decided to follow Martin.  Martin wouldn’t have attacked Zimmerman if he didn’t feel threatened because this guy was obviously following him.  This is pretty disturbing to me.… Read More »

Overheard in an IRC channel…

By | July 13, 2013

Person A:  It’s common fucking sense.  we’re defending a moron that created a situation that led to the death of a possibly innocent person.  if he hadn’t followed martin, if he hadn’t gotten out of his vehicle would this have happened? Person B:  Yeah, but you’re framing the events of the evening in too short… Read More »

So… this apparently exists…

By | July 9, 2013

Even though Erin has tried her hardest, I’m just not going to be a Bronie, but I do remember there being a couple at the Bidet Shoot. I wonder if they’re aware that there are conventions specific to this particular fandom.  Apparently there’s one in my neck of the woods this weekend. If any of… Read More »

Bidet Shoot after action report

By | June 25, 2013

Yes, I’m going to be on board with it being called the Bidet Shoot… After Awelowynt showed up with an ice cream cake for me stating “Happy Bidet!” on it, I have no choice. First off, a lot of the folks that said they were going to come backed out at the last minute.  I… Read More »

Pro-gun Editorial from… the Free Press?

By | June 23, 2013

My dad called me to wish me happy birthday today, and as we talked, he mentioned a pro-gun editorial that he spotted in the Detroit Free Press.  If you didn’t know, the Detroit Free Press is usually a pretty far left paper. The editorial describes a time when the politics editor (of all people) was… Read More »

My 2 cents on the recent scandals over privacy…

By | June 10, 2013

…is actually summed up by one of my local buddies: “To everyone who ever thought I was kidding or just spinning some conspiracy tales for kicks when I repeatedly said “The government is sniffing basically all your communications online”… F@$k you people.” Seriously.  Next time large portions of the IT community tells you that there’s… Read More »

So… the point of the bill was?

By | May 31, 2013

I’m sure everyone remembers the big fight that Tennessee had over allowing folks to keep guns in their cars even if the company bans firearms on their property.  The final bill basically said “yes, you can, as long as you’re a permit holder and no one sees you do it… oh, and you can still… Read More »