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Hobbies are Good
Through an ordering mix-up I ended up with both Trainer of the Hounds and The Eyes of Lucifer. I'm really looking forward to working on both these figures! Oh, and as a bonus, since they screwed up my order, they sent me a free Werewolf skull! Seriously cool! I can totally recommend Brothers Bad kits! (Website may be NSFW) -
Vic's Award Winning Chili
- Heat a couple of tablespoons of chipotle olive oil over medium-high heat in your favorite chili pot.
- Add 2 lb stewing meat, cut into smaller than 1" chunks.
- Season with salt, pepper, liberal amounts of chili powder and minced dried chilis.
- Cook until brown and yummy. Reduce heat to medium
- Add 2-3 chopped yellow onions. Cook until just translucent.
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Colin Powell's Tribute to the American G.I.
As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I referred to the men and women of the armed forces as "G.I.s." It got me in trouble with some of my colleagues at the time. Several years earlier, the Army had officially excised the term as an unfavorable characterization derived from the designation "government issue."
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Democracies
"'Bread and Circuses' is the cancer of democracy, the fatal disease for which there is no cure. Democracy often works beautifully at first. But once a state extends the franchise to every warm body, be he producer or parasite, that day marks the beginning of the end of the state. For when the plebs discover they can vote themselves bread and ( Read more... ) -
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When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home,
Let him combat for that of his neighbors;
Let him think of the glories of Greece and Rome,
And get knocked on his head for his labors.
To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan,
And is always nobly requited;
Then battle for freedom wherever you can,
And, if not shot or hanged, you’ll get knighted.
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International Pipe Smoking Day
Yes, it's the day you've all been waiting for! It is International Pipe Smoking Day! For me, since it is also my day off, I plan to put a serious hurtin' on a tin of Peterson's Summertime 2011 while working on one of my garage kits. What will you be up to today? -
Once More into the Breech...
Or perhaps not. I'd be interested to read your thoughts on this. Especially those of you on the left. -
If Iran Goes Nuclear
What's really going to happen? Will they nuke Israel? I doubt it, unless they want to commit national suicide. Nuke the US? Unlikely, since they don't have any missiles that can hit the US. And where would they buy such things? North Korea?
Look, lots of countries have nuclear weapons and haven't used them in a war. I'm not trying to be ( Read more... ) -
DADT Ends
(Liberals hate this part): In 1993, President Clinton who campaigned on the promise to allow all citizens to serve in the military regardless of sexual orientation, introduced Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT). That worked well.
While I am busy Clinton-bashing, he also signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996 which defines marriage as a legal ( Read more... ) -
Feeling Stimulated?
I received a check from the US Treasury for $250.00 yesterday. Fortunately, they printed on the bottom "VA Economic Recovery Payemnt".
I had to look it up.
Now, I don't mean to sound ungrateful, and at one point in my life not too long ago, this would have been a tidy sum of money. Not a meaningful amount of money even then, but nice. But really ( Read more... )