A Restoration of Football Faith
I’m still waiting for the other shoe to drop. But, right now, I’m happy, and I’m proud of my school’s team.
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The Politics of Caring
The NFL has dominated the media lately. Or, more correctly…the media has dominated the NFL lately. But this particular set of events tweaks my historic sport sentiment like a purple nurple from the ninth level of torment.
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Finding Firearms for First-timers
I’ve been asked numerous times by non-shooters about buying a handgun. I figure that my take on the subject is a bit different than most.
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Casting Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor has always been the greatest of Superman’s Rogue’s Gallery, so the casting of Jesse Eisenberg has the Interweb in an uproar. But the casting makes perfect sense, whether you (or I) agree with it or not.
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Is Our Constitution Unconstitutional?
One of the most controversial but incontrovertible rights of an American is the right to keep and bear arms. But a DA and circuit judge in Mississippi’s Hinds County seem to believe they are above the law.
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Skyfall: Anti-Chicken Little
My Chicken Little instinct was sure that Bond was falling, if not fallen. Then Skyfall proved the little runt wrong.
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Operation Atari HTPC: Part 3
This will be the final article chronicling the construction of this project. Another article may be posted later on setting up the machine and some of the tweaks I had to make, but the construction was the most unique part of the project.
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Operation Atari HTPC: Part 2
In the second installment of this HTPC build, the Atari case is prepared for assembly. There’s a lot that goes into such a project, and this is where the rubber meets the road!
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Operation Atari HTPC: Part 1
I’ve gradually noticed that I wanted to spend less time in the computer room. So I’ll be building a modern machine inside an Atari 5200 box as a home theater PC!
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Reagan on “democratic” regime change
With the celebration of a game-changing potential international disaster in Egypt, what President Reagan had to say about the Nicaraguan Sandinista regime in 1984 may prove insightful.
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From a Moment of Silence to Just Plain Silence
The recent shooting in Arizona is the latest example of a borderline world being struck by those who’ve already crossed the border of sanity. And the blame game is already in play.
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