Author Archives: alan
20 years then and now
This article got me thinking about pop culture and changes over generations. Rock Around The Clock was the theme song of the immensely popular TV show, Happy Days, which was filmed in the 70s and was about the 50s. One … Continue reading
Posted in Alternate Universe, America, Television
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Molon labe
Is Senator Dianne Feinstein so crazy that she actually thinks this will work? Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that she and other gun control advocates are considering a law that would create a program to purchase weapons from gun owners, … Continue reading
Posted in Police State
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Macbook Air Cozy
Ever since I’ve had an 11 inch Macbook Air, I’ve used a bubble mailer as a sleeve. It’s cheap, and worked pretty good, even if it’s kinda ugly. Breda’s mom hated it though so she knitted me this awesome camouflage … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Arty Stuff, Awesome
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Apropos of nothing
A bunch of people are still downloading old episodes of Vicious Circle. In November there were 4647 downloads of 118 different episodes ranging from 625 downloads of episode 31 to two downloads of episode 87. In fact episode 31 has … Continue reading
Posted in podcast, Weird Stuff
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Lavender to reintroduce open carry bill in 2014
According to the Dallas Morning News, Representative George Lavender plans on introducing an open carry bill in 2014. Of course the TSRA is against it, as usual: “Alice Tripp, a lobbyist for the Texas State Rifle Association, said her organization … Continue reading
Posted in Open Carry
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Depressing posts
Did you ever start writing something on your blog and it was so depressing that you just deleted it rather than inflict it on the world. Yeah, I just did that. You’re welcome.
Posted in What Am I Doing?
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Happy Birthday Marines!
237 years old today. Let’s hope it survives the next four years.
Posted in America
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