Archive for September, 2006

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, pt. 2

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

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Looks like I did better on the Major Field achievement test than I thought I did. Truth is, there were at least a couple of folks taking the test who were capable of scoring higher than I, but they were only weeks away from graduation. There is no passing score for the MFAT per se, but it’s handy to have a high score if you will be using faculty as references during a job search. The students that should have outperformed me already had jobs lined up, so they didn’t care enough to try during the exam.

It also looks like Union has increased the MFAT prize from $25 to $50. Every little bit helps, I suppose.

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Jeff Cooper: 05/10/1920 - 09/25/2006

Monday, September 25th, 2006

 

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“Owning a gun doesn’t make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.”
Jeff Cooper

Thank you, sir. Rest in peace.

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Wait… you don’t know?

Friday, September 22nd, 2006
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9/11/2001

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

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Remember.

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Steps to Nationhood

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Ever helpful, Willie George has lovingly crafted a flag worthy of my fledgling nation, as described in this post.

Thanks. I think. I asked for shotguns, but beggars can’t be choosers.
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Asphyxiation

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

From Reasonably Clever. Hat tip to Tam.

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Late-Night Beginings of World Domination

Friday, September 8th, 2006

(00:55:10) Paul Simer: I’m trying to think of a good name to call you that is appropriate to the place you now live
(00:55:14) Paul Simer: Dorm-serf
(00:55:20) Andy Morris: …
(00:55:21) Paul Simer: that’s pretty good
(00:55:36) Andy Morris: what are you a tsar
(00:55:51) Paul Simer: I am the king of my townhome.
(00:55:59) Andy Morris: Tyrant.
(00:56:08) Paul Simer: Yeah, that does sound better, doesn’t it?
(00:56:15) Andy Morris: THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE SPEAKS
(00:56:20) Paul Simer: Only the cats lead daily insurrections against me
(00:56:25) Andy Morris: We must have liberty!!
(00:56:36) Paul Simer: *bang!* *bang!*
(00:56:42) Andy Morris: Do you send them to the guillotines
(00:56:49) Paul Simer: Now, anyone have any bright heroic ideas?
(00:56:52) Andy Morris: lol
(00:57:08) Paul Simer: We have our own fiat currency
(00:57:44) Andy Morris: Your national population growth is stagnant
(00:58:00) Andy Morris: Tourism is high on certain days
(00:58:10) Paul Simer: Actually, I’m creating a kingdom that encompases an ever-growing sphere around me
(00:58:18) Andy Morris: Ah
(00:58:27) Andy Morris: So I should call you Bismarck
(00:58:44) Paul Simer: The cars out back recently went from “Most favored trading partner” to “Colony” and now I’m moving them into “Territory” status
(00:58:53) Andy Morris: lol
(00:59:19) Andy Morris: Planning on invading and annexing the neighbors
(00:59:37) Paul Simer: And re: population growth, we’ve grown 33% in the last three months
(00:59:57) Paul Simer: I’m raising the funds to equip a standing army, but I think I’ll need to draft
(01:00:02) Andy Morris: lol
(01:00:14) Andy Morris: Taxes?
(01:00:23) Andy Morris: Tariffs on imported goods such as pizza
(01:00:34) Paul Simer: We have a VAT
(01:00:50) Andy Morris: You have a vat?
(01:00:58) Paul Simer: A value-added tax
(01:01:00) Andy Morris: Ah
(01:01:05) Paul Simer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT
(01:01:38) Andy Morris: You need a flag
(01:01:45) Paul Simer: heck yeah.
(01:02:06) Paul Simer: It will involve mountain dew
(01:02:23) Andy Morris: and cats
(01:02:31) Paul Simer: ok I’ve got it
(01:02:37) Andy Morris: and guns
(01:02:39) Paul Simer: A mountain dew in the background
(01:02:53) Andy Morris: and bears that shoot lasers out of their eyes
(01:02:53) Paul Simer: With a cat stretched across it
(01:03:03) Paul Simer: and a shotgun criss-crossing it
(01:03:09) Andy Morris: …
(01:03:15) Andy Morris: IT’S BRILLIANT
(01:03:24) Paul Simer: I knew you would say that, because it is.
(01:03:35) Andy Morris: /worship

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A Blogroll. How Original.

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

These are the few, the uncomfortable, the inaugural members of the Blogroll!

  • Faulty Double Helix
  • GeekWithA.45
  • Les Jones
  • Mr. Completely
  • pdb
  • Spanish Morning
  • The Free Patriot
  • The LawDog Files
  • Unread Bits
  • View From The Porch
  • Xavier Thoughts

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    Literacy Dogs

    Thursday, September 7th, 2006

    So I have this idea for a Candid Camera-esque television segment.

    It arose from a conversation over dinner with my church youth pastor. A comment was made about my status as a fifth-year senior, and my clever yet self-deprecating justification was, of course, that I was illiterate. I supposed that I could always find myself some sort of service animal to help me better blend into society, and the literacy dog was born.

    I would take a small dog, such as a Shih Tzu, and equip it with a harness/carrying handle and a doggy T-shirt that says “LITERACY DOG” in large block letters. I could take this dog into, say, McDonald’s, where the sign says that the only animals allowed are service animals. When the cashier puts the receipt on the counter, I pick up the dog, hold his nose to the paper, let him sniff, then lift his muzzle to my ear for a few moments before nodding thoughtfully and setting him back down. Then I would feed him a french fry.

    How long would it take before I was asked to leave? How many McDonald’s employees would actually understand a word like literacy to begin with?

    I don’t know, but if someone can provide me with a puppy dog and a camera crew, I’m willing to make it happen for a very modest cut of the profits.

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    Starting Over

    Thursday, September 7th, 2006

    I’ve moved my blog from the old, creaky, spam-rich Greymatter to the sleek, sophisticated, secure WordPress. Frankly, I’m not sure if I want to bother jumping through the multiple hoops required to import my old Greymatter entries, so I shall begin again.

    Wow. Wordpress is incredibly easy, and has more polish than the floor in that Pug Bowling video.

    More serious blogging in the future. In the mean time, please think of a site name that is witty, thought up by you, but at the same time very much me.

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