The Galtening
It has already begun.
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/me listens to pundants, beats head against desk
So… the question of the day, according to the news, is “how did the Republicans fail to get the presidency this time around?” Gee…. let me see… You take a your most left leaning candidate (thus failing to motivate your largely conservative base) You try to dress him up as a staunch conservative (thus alienating… Read More »
How we got here
I was just in the car listening to the local VWRC affiliate, and at the top of the hour ABC News came on. When they came to the (as of 10am central) 300 point drop in the DJIA, they described it thusly: The Dow is down over 300 points today after yesterday’s election produced fears… Read More »
Here we go
Via ChicagoBoyz
And now for something a little lighter…
Was at a fairly major department store yesterday buying a few items, and had this conversation: cashier #1: Do you have a [store] card you’d like to use? me: nope cashier #1: would you like one? It will save you %15! me: If it’s a credit card, I’m not interested.* cashier #1: Ok, think about. … Read More »
That DVD on your shelf? Yeah… you don’t own that.
To me, and many other folks, owning something means that I can do what I want with it. If I go to the store and buy a DVD, I should be able to take it home, and watch it on any of my devices that have a DVD drive in them right? Nope. At least… Read More »
Huh… advertising must work!
Went to the range yesterday to try out the 795 after the upgrade and check the zero on the new scope. I decided to take the Marlin Papoose with me to check on its zero as well. I’ll write about the 795 in a different post. I’ve noticed I’ve gotten a lot of questions about… Read More »
More adventures in applied chemistry
No… I haven’t blown anything up… Although… this is currently being shipped to me… Regular readers of this blog may remember that I bought a MrBeer kit back in March. I gave it a shot with the mix that came with it, and it came out like higher end American beer (which is the way… Read More »
and now for a randomly inspirational post…
I swear… this won’t be a regular occurrence. Erin Palette over at Lurking Rhythmically has been doing some soul searching recently. I’ll let her speak for herself as to why and on what, but she raised the question of why folks thought that she was brave for doing something she thinks should be easy. I… Read More »
Overheard in the house last night
Me: Oh, we got another couple kids trying to sell magazines come by earlier. Naienko: ok… Me: Yeah… At one point, the guy said “it’s helping us read and become knowledgeable instead of getting into guns and drugs and stuff… So what are your hobbies?” Naienko: …umm… Guns and alcohol?