Daily Archives: January 4, 2007

The Soundboard: They Don’t Want You to Have It

Because he came up with the cleverest name for my HK 91 clone “Hans, as in, You can have my rifle when you pry it from my cold, dead Hans” Although I didn’t use it, preferring “The Hun Bastard” instead, … Continue reading

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Show and Tell

Long about the day after Christmas, I added up my loot (cash and gift cards) and ventured on down to Ye Olde Electronics Store (aka: Best Buy) and got me one of these. After taking far too long to figure … Continue reading

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Please Pull Me Over, Officer

Auto theft is a big problem, here in the Seattle/Tacoma/Everett/ Olympia area. One of the main causes of this problem is the lack of punishment for the theives, who are usually juveniles. I specifically remember a story a few months … Continue reading

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I’ll have what he’s smoking

Philosopher Daniel Denett believes that within 25 years religion will command little of the awe it seems to instil today. The spread of information through the internet and mobile phones will “gently, irresistibly, undermine the mindsets requisite for religious fanaticism … Continue reading

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