Common Folk Using Common Sense

There is a meme going on on various pro-2A blogs, something like “What do I wear/carry on my person 99.9% of the time as I go about my day?” Some of the others continuing this meme can be found here and here and here. As for me:

It contains:

Smith & Wesson 642 Centennial Airweight [...]

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Here I sit in a suburb of Atlanta, and I haven’t been get to this site for the last hour and a half. Pings and traceroutes were timing out. Seems a single router melted down at a datacenter in Seattle where this site is being hosted (midphase.com), effecting all Windows and Linux shared [...]

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I just upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.8. If anything looks funky, or something doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do, sent me an email via the About Me page.

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By the time you read this post I shall be RETIRED.
18 1/2 years of continuous employment at a particular employer, and they told me that I was no longer needed, and “should” take an early retirement package.
And I did.
So if any of you out there have any use of a 50-year-old barefoot redneck in the [...]

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Folks, all three of you, you’ve probably noticed I haven’t been posting anything recently. I’m on Black Ops mission to rescue Elvis from an invading Death Squad of aliens.
Nah, actually I’m on a bit of a vacation from the grind of normal everyday life. I’m doing some re-structuring and re-evaluating of a great [...]

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Last spring my Mom was diagnosed with Stage Four non-small cell lung cancer that metastasized in her brain in the occipital and parietal lobes. Since that time she has had radiation, is not eligible for surgery, and doesn’t want chemotherapy. Her health has deteriorated to the point that my sister and I had [...]

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Over the last 12 hours I’ve had some special visitors to this humble blog:

Just damn. If no one hears from me in the next 48 hours, erase all evidence you visited this site for your own survival. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for. You have no chance to survive make your [...]

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Found at The Hostages:

These are not made up.
Check them out yourself!
1. ‘Who Represents’ is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is: www.whorepresents.com
2. ‘Experts Exchange’ is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at: www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a great pen? Look no further [...]

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Today is election day. I voted early, so I don’t have to swim around in today’s bedlam.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) I have to take a day off to tend to family business. So this blog will be running on auto-pilot for a short time.
Over the last several months I’ve presented the case that Obama should [...]

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Says Fatimah Ali at the Philadelphia Daily News:

If McCain wins, look for a full-fledged race and class war, fueled by a deflated and depressed country, soaring crime, homelessness – and hopelessness!

Says Shamalama at Common Folk Using Common Sense:

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Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP)

Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant.
Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all men
You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

Yep. I’ve taken this type of test several times over the years and [...]

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This humble blog had two unique visitors last night:

131.43.10.# (AIR NATIONAL GUARD)
State : Virginia
City : Arlington
Time of Visit : Jun 18 2008 1:18:55 am
Visit Length : 4 minutes 30 seconds

132.239.51.# (University of California, San Diego)
State : California
City : La Jolla
Time of Visit : Jun 17 2008 10:41:29 pm
Visit Length : 2 minutes 46 seconds

Wow. [...]

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From Mozilla:

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. – June 17, 2008 – Mozilla today released Firefox® 3, a major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser. Firefox 3 is the culmination of three years of efforts from thousands of developers, security experts, localization and support communities, and testers from around the globe.
Available today in [...]

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Many people don’t fully understand how taxes work in the US – including those that pay such tax.
So, as a Public Service to the community. I shall try to explain.
Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to [...]

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Today’s April 1 – aka April Fool’s Day – so I’ve purposely not posted anything today in case someone thinks I’m fooling them.
BUT …
I have been busy updating the site with the latest version of WordPress – 2.5. Lots of bells and whistles behind the scenes. Been ironing out plugin compatibilities, customizations, etc.
SO [...]

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