A Week of Tweets
I don't care what the ads say, getting into college still requires skills other than skateboarding and graffiti painting. ->OK, I can watch the Inauguration, or I can watch something else,...
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RT @killpundit: RT @joerogan This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem and a tyranny problem disguised as a se … ->Nuisance: FX airs last week's episode of Justified...
View ArticleDiscovery
After a surprising discovery in my refrigerator, I learned something this week: the “best by date” on a package of bacon is more a guideline than a hard and fast rule.What’s more shocking is that I —...
View ArticleWatashi o tanoshima seru*
I revealed my not-exactly-secret-but-not-previously-bruited-about taste for anime a couple of months ago. By “anime” I very specifically exclude garbage that people think of as anime, but isn’t — crap...
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RT @IQgirl4Freedom: #ICouldHaveBeenaDemocratBut I don't like participation trophies. ->Brass ones, beyond huge. RIP, James Muri. http://t.co/xSdfANFm ->Thus Spake Russ: Discovery –...
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New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: A Week of Tweets – http://t.co/K1VNn32j ->Yesterday I told a friend I'm only 3 or 4 doctrines away from being Catholic. Today, the Pope says he's retiring....
View ArticleHistory you should know: the Battle of Wizna, 1939
I’ve previously noted my (admittedly self-described, perhaps immodestly so*) extensive base of knowledge regarding military history in general, and World War 2 in particular. So it is, if not exactly...
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RT @CatsPolitics: #3 "Kick off your shoes if you have time and can't run in them." Or, if you're armed, to just get a better firing stance. ->I feel like two of the Seven Dwarfs today: Sneezy and...
View ArticleSunday Night Silliness
If you watch this video, a few questions may occur to you:Pirates?On bicycles?In space?Are those really the Power Rangers?And last but most certainly not least:What the hell is wrong with people in...
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It appears tonight has become The Night Of The Cable-Chewing Feline Butthead. ->I'd love to, but I already own two. // RT @phxazgrl: Win a FREE AR-15! http://t.co/bB6C2RZpjb via @RealJTP ->The...
View ArticleTen Years Here
Tomorrow will mark ten years of my blogging here.Beginning on March 9, 2003 under the moniker “TacJammer,” I’ve put up a few thousand posts, and had a bit over a quarter of a million views. Some people...
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Sequester, Day 4: Spent whole day looking forward to "Justified," only to recall that it's on *tomorrow.* Our doom surely approaches. ->RT @rsmccain: "Andrew inspired people. Frum mostly inspires...
View ArticleInstant Message Excerpts: On Being a Network Engineer, 20
Working on the bleeding edge of technology…. Franco(5:12:38 PM): dunno about you, but today has been mostly suckageFranco(5:15:44 PM): maybe they want to start getting their money’s worth out of...
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I seasoned a piece of cast iron cookware today. The whole house smells like bacon. I should do this more often. ->RT @baseballcrank: I much prefer the people who want @GayPatriot in the Senate to...
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I've just cooked bacon. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. ->RT @brithume: Someday this festival of slaughter will be seen for the crime against humanity it is. US hardly innocent....
View ArticleSaturday Afternoon with Packet
I turned around from working at the kitchen counter to discover I had some company.Packet is a very stealthy fellow — I never heard him coming. Even his meows are quiet.In this he is very much the...
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I sometimes wonder if it's too late to consider a career switch. I think there could be a great future in Alchemy. ->Was getting a headache… finally figured out I'd tied up my ponytail a bit too...
View ArticleLately, in gaming….
For the past several months, I’ve been playing a lot of World of Tanks (“WoT”), a free-to-play* MMO dealing with armored combat in the period roughly 1920-1970. Battles generally consist of two teams...
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I've been accepted into the closed beta for World of Warplanes – http://t.co/rzGxqC3dSx. I feel so special. ->Dang it. What is it about my days off from work that makes me forget to take my meds?...
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Birthday Boy Packet
HRSIF* Packet is six years old today.Here he is, celebrating the day in his customary manner:His extreme floofiness is easily mistaken for excess poundage; in fact, he is a couple of pounds lighter...
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