Archive for October, 2008
Obama Supporters!
October 26, 2008Wooo!
The Obama supporters came by today. The guy looked homeless and was wearing a cheap suit. He left a ton of trash around the apartment complex in terms of Obama flyers.
I did him a favor and cleaned them all up. They’re all sitting in the dumpster behind the place.
From my Father – Deer Safety
October 22, 2008I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it.The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not [...]
Introducing New People to Hunting
October 21, 2008It’s that time of year again. New people want to get into hunting and I intend on dragging them into it. Below the fold – New hunter safety courses, teaching people to hunt and more delicious squirrel pot pie.
I’ve talked about hunting squirrel before and even covered the mechanics of shooting flintlock but these are [...]
Squirrel for Dinner?
October 20, 2008While I don’t have quite the recipes that The Mad Fermentationist does, I would still like to contribute this to the internet recipe dump. I bagged two fairly good sized squirrels at French Creek State Park, with the handy dandy Baikal shotgun (Remington Spartan sold stateside). The subset of huntable land in that area is [...]
Little Big Planet Delayed – Offends Jawas
October 17, 2008Little Big Planet has been delayed because it offends Muslims. I wish I was making this stuff up, but you can read about it here.
According to a now-removed thread on the PlayStation Europe messageboards, the licensed LBP soundtrack song ‘Tapha Niang’ by Muslim artist Toumani Diabate’s Symmetrical Orchestra uses voice excerpts from the Qur’an in [...]
You’ve Got a Ticket to Ride
October 17, 2008Here’s a black from the past – and a big thumbs up to ‘youreyesaretrout’ of K5 fame for finding it for me again.
RIDE, by locke.
It’s well, well worth reading, and exploring his other works.
Classic Gaming Awesome
October 16, 2008Some days I’m pissed off I don’t live in Japan. They get some great deals and the retrogaming stuff is awesome. On the other hands, the crowds would piss me off and the lack of cars is a definite no-no since Jap land makes some mean machines.
Wired Blog has recently been doing walkthroughs of the [...]
What’s in a Name?
October 16, 2008A 15-year-old American schoolgirl might be labelled a sex offender after using her cellphone to distribute nude photographs. Of herself. To her classmates. “The Licking Valley High School student, whose name was not released, faces felony charges in Licking County Juvenile Court…
Oh Lord, I wish I wasn’t kidding.
Wii Hack Update
October 15, 2008I love the wii to death, but it really makes you wonder about the quality control of the product when you read something like this. Hahah, I totally think this is future proof.