Aerobie AeroPress
matt | October 26, 2008
I updated my review here after using it for a few months.
The Caffeinated Penguin
musings of a crackpot hacker
RPG Meme
matt | October 25, 2008
(Hat tip to )
Write about your first RPG session. If you can't remember your first time, write about the earliest campaign you can remember. What system and setting was it? What character did you play? What happened? Don't be shy; we were all stupid “back then”.
I was the GM. We were playing Shadowrun, Third Edition. [...]
Politics
matt | October 23, 2008
One thing that occurs to me – with both of these shitbirds trying to blatantly buy votes by promoting their bailout plans, it likely means that most of us are going to get tax breaks. It very well may destroy the economy in the long term by bankrupting the fedgov, but we'll get a little [...]
Bread
matt | October 23, 2008
(I'm largely going to blame for this…)
After seeing several folks on my flist talking about baking bread, I figured I'd try my hand at it. I did well, and Liz loved having fresh bread around. Plus, unlike most store bought bread (think mass market, not small bakery), it actually has FLAVOR. (I attribute part [...]
The campaign.. err.. campaign
matt | October 23, 2008
The candidates play D&D.
Things I realized today
matt | October 19, 2008
(1) Apparently, folks in New York care about vehicle inspections. I didn't notice that mine had expired back in July, and was pulled over at an inspection checkpoint for it. Given the reactions folks had when I related the tale, I am expecting a several hundred dollar fine. Inspections must be done every year.
Contrast with [...]
Shockwave – North Hollywood Robbery
matt | October 9, 2008
Yes, you friggin TV idiots. The bad men had rifles and rifles go through stuff. If you think AK's “high powered”, you should check out my father in law's .300 Wby mag.
This is why police need rifles.
And the dispatcher lady was on there saying “If the police say they're outgunned what do you do now?”
Uhm.. [...]
And Obama steps in it….
matt | October 7, 2008
At best, I'll agree that universal health care is a privilege you get from living in a country which decides establish such a program.
I will not agree that such a thing is a right.
(Also, McCain can stop making jokes any time soon)
Time for ice cream.. I forgot these don't have commercials…
In non-political news
matt | October 7, 2008
I picked up a copy of Battlefield Evolution: Modern Combat.
Some thoughts:
- I like the idea of a “Fire Zone”. Basically, if shooting at a squad of baddies with small arms fire, you designate a center and take casualties within 3″ of that center. This solves the “you can only shoot at one squad” problem you [...]
McCain just stepped in it
matt | October 7, 2008
“I would give the secretary of the treasury the power to buy up people's mortgages and reissue mortgages at the new, lower values of those homes.”
What part of outside the powers of the federal government do you not understand?
