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Monday, February 2, 2015

Like A Broken Record

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The same thing over and over and over again.  Obama " won't accept " a budget that doesn't increase spending and doesn...
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Sunday, February 1, 2015

Solar Cycle News Update - It's Downhill From Here

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I try to do these every 6 months and my last was in mid-June , so January is the update to post.  Just missed getting this in during January...
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

The NRA Makes the Same Mistake The Rest of Us Are Making

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This months' American Rifleman features this cover: I agree with assessment that we're entering an extremely dangerous period in ...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Yet Another Project

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Remember my broken fishing rod ?  MHX agreed to replace the broken blank and the new one arrived today.  I just ordered all the stuff that i...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

NASA's Worst Week

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It's a peculiar coincidence that all NASA missions that ended in the crew being killed and vehicle destroyed occurred in the same week. ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Techy Tuesday - Microsoft Changing Their Business Model?

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If I asked you to do word association with the word Microsoft, chances are you'll say Windows.  Microsoft got its big boost as a busines...
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Preserving the Dignity of the Office - Part II

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If you don't understand this, you're probably mentally healthy by today's standards.  ( WARNING: An actual description of th...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

"It's Snowing and We're Out of Kale" - Chaos Erupts in NYC Whole Foods

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Funniest thing I've read on the Twitter in quite a while.  I don't have a twitter account, but I read the agglomerator, Twitchy from...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Well How About That?

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No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money has an infographic from the NSSF about the rapid growth of women in shooting.  For attempt at convenience,...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Preserving The Dignity Of the Office

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( Chip Bok ) I think it was Rush who was asking (to use my words), "in what universe does this make sense"?  I've often wa...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

How About A Bit More Chaos?

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Good Lawd, what a week!!  Could we get more chaos?   Could we put any more pressure on global systems that are creaking worse than the most ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Quote of the Day

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To Stilton Jarlsberg at Hope n' Change Cartoons : No, we didn't watch the State of the Union Address last night.  We didn't w...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Techy Tuesday - Tech You Can Use

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How about boots that can recharge batteries ?  As technical advances have increased the amount of electronics that's useful to soldier...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

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Administrivia:  in the past few weeks, I've added two blogs to my reading list.  I've neglected to point these out, but I should hav...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

How Did I Get Here?

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How did it get to be Sunday night? Yesterday was the Orlando International Guitar and Music Expo .  We had never been to one; in fact, I f...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

This Made Me Cringe

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It is so incredibly ... amazingly, embarrassingly juvenile.  I just don't know where to start.  It's the Amateur Hour writ large....
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Friday, January 16, 2015

A Stopped Clock Is Right More Often Than Eric Holder

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The stopped clock is right twice a day; Holder may be right for the first time in his tenure as AG.  H/T to Market Ticker .  Holder has issu...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Microwave Cloaking Technology Demonstrated

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When this month's Microwave Journal trade magazine arrived, I was rather surprised to see a feature article called " Wideband Omni...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Who Carried Out the Charlie Hebdo Attacks?

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Depending on who you ask, you'll get different answers.  It's too easy to accept that radical Islamic murderers acting to avenge the...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Techy Tuesday - A Little CES Wrapup

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I've never been to the Consumer Electronics Show .  The simplest explanation works here: I've never worked in a business that valued...