matt | March 31, 2006
(crossposted to ) This is excerpted from an article entitled “The Global War on Guns” in this month's American Rifleman. I'd often wondered how one can justify stopping people from being ably to defend themselves against attackers, specifically related to the genocide in Africa. You know, all this stuff about stopping the arms trade into [...]
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matt | March 28, 2006
So, I've gotten pretty burnt on Shadowrun. I literally sat there a couple nights and just couldn't come up with any ideas for more plot. So, the gaming group is still gaming, just trying to come up with something else to play. So, in other news, I'm: – Taking up reloading – Playing some more [...]
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matt | March 27, 2006
(crossposted to ) So, I'm thinking of taking a different tack on the gun debate. Rather than harping on the second amendment, I'm thinking of taking a “moral high ground” approach, as follows: (1) Defending oneself from being a victim of crime is a fundamental human right, (2) Given (1) (which I would think few [...]
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matt | March 25, 2006
Conclusion: Guide rod length doesn't make any difference at all. When manually working the slide, you can feel a bit of wiggle in the spring, but when firing, it doesn't feel very different.
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matt | March 23, 2006
After. Yes, I changed out the full length rod for a short one, as per original JMB spec. For the curious, I've been reading a lot about the full length vs. standard length guide rod debate, so I figured I'd spend $10 on a replacement guide rod and plug and see if I notice a [...]
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matt | March 23, 2006
Lizzy is away, so I thought I'd take pictures of the kitties to show her what they do in her absence. Once I had them, I figured I'd share. I know where you sleep. Got to catch the food! (He pulls out bits of kibble from the bowl and chases them around the kitchen, then [...]
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matt | March 20, 2006
This was originally an article on the Zombie Squad forums, but you have to login to see it, so I grabbed the content and chucked it on to my homepage. Linkage
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matt | March 20, 2006
So, as some of you know, I live across the street from a farm where they raise pheasants for people to hunt. Since pheasants fly, they like to come visit. In this case, it decided to eat some of the birdseed that the neighbors put out.
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matt | March 18, 2006
My Dad got me some cedar grilling planks when they were down south. It might sound odd, but you soak the plank and then put the meat on it and put it on the grill. It struck me as kind of funny because one does not think of cedar as a grilling wood. However, we [...]
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matt | March 14, 2006
Edit: Apparently, they don't allow direct linking, so I downloaded the pdf and put it here. (crossposted all over) http://dirac.rilin.state.ri.us/BillStatus/WebClass1.ASP?WCI=Bills&WCE=BillEvent&WCU=H7114 They want to limit folks to one handgun purchase every 30 days. Anyone in the state, contact your Reps.
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