Monthly Archives: April 2012

Morning Tom

It has been a DRY spring. Very little rain, and we got virtually no snow all winter. Been raining for two days now, and I’m frankly happy to see it (I have grass seed on my lawn that should be … Continue reading

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“Gun Death” Divorce

here’s an ugly one A 51-year-old retired NYPD officer was stabbed to death and his ex-wife jailed, police said, after an argument Tuesday night at a south Charlotte apartment….He had been in recent divorce proceedings with Carole LaRossa, 48, of … Continue reading

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Dad and the Crash

Jack in an unintentional discussion of home-gaming in the 1980s linked this story of the Video game crash of 1983. I’m a massive “Classic Gaming” geek, given that I cut my eye-teeth LITERALLY on a four-toggle wood veneer Atari 2600. … Continue reading

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Think About the Scope

I might as well weigh in on this. History is littered with murderers inspired by art: Charles Manson believed the lyrics to the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” were a prophecy that ignited a killing spree. John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman … Continue reading

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“Gun Death” TV Epidemic

Woah, this story wasn’t just a one-off… KETV NewsWatch 7 has learned that another child has died due to a falling television. Two-year-old Sulma Ambrocio-Avalos died last week. An older model television hit her in the head at her family’s … Continue reading

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“Gun Death” Wood Chipper

How many more must die? A 6-year-old boy helping his father on a landscaping job during school vacation was killed Tuesday after getting pulled into a wood chipper, state police said. Jeffrey Bourgeois was putting a branch in the chipper … Continue reading

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Good For Canada!

Fearsclave is a buddy from back in the Livejournal days. I was happy to see this video. Shooting up a now defunct long-gun registration! Now they need to dump the handgun registration, and the ban on big-boy magazines, and get … Continue reading

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Some Cool Virginia Pix

Was in Maine this weekend, and I grabbed some pictures my parents took of our week in Williamsberg. We had to walk past these sheep every day between our hotel and Willamsberg. They stunk like death, but they were super … Continue reading

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Interesting Game

Wow, looks kinda strange, but might be fun. a Ron Paul video game. If this interests you, go hop over to the Kickstarter page to give him some help. 50+ Levels designed around each of the United States 13 Boss … Continue reading

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“Gun Death” Hammer and Cell Tower

Here’s a horrible story, but it teaches a lot of lessons about the fallacy of those who use the metric of “Gun Death”. Of course they imply that if we manage to ban guns, we can effectively ban death. The … Continue reading

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