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Ok – so Cheese and I were driving around Austin, and I was trying to convince him that it would be a great idea to start some buzz with the swells, hire some ex-Hollywood talent (think 1970s TV stars – after all you can hire Pedro for your party for a mere $2k), and create a fake play, musical, etc.… Continue reading "They stole my idea – that never happens in Hollywood"

A few years ago I read an article (well, a graph if you want to be technical) in Wired Magazine about the plans NASA had made in the 1960s for the future missions of the agency. Needless to say, they may have been a little high on themselves coming off of the recent Apollo missions because it was being compared… Continue reading "Well, Finally!"

Anarchism is usually synonymous with atheism, of which, I am obviously very opposed. It’s a fine line I walk. – Citizen Cain

Apparently Les Stroud’s Survivorman was a little to tame (and honest) for the viewing public as now we have something to fill the needed gap between the hokey “Survivor” and Stroud’s humble and realistic take on making it in the out-of-doors. In Man vs. Wild, seasoned adventurer Bear Grylls strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves… Continue reading "Man vs. Wild – To the Extreme . . ."

I know, I know – it’s Christmas Eve-Eve, but I wanted to get one last chance to play before we all get smacked by the Yule log of seasonal happiness. Let me know who can play and also if you’ll need to borrow gear. We have a few guests already signed up, so let me know very soon if you… Continue reading "Paintball this weekend at Miller Ranch – Saturday, December 23rd"

We’ve caught some flak in the past for our “no kids” rule. Some of it has to do with the maturity of the player. Some of it has to do with the size of the impact in relation to overall body mass . . . Oops – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5DQdxX6ttU

We are playing this Saturday, December 9th at 10am in Dripping Springs. We’ll plan on getting started right at 10am, so arrive with the time you need to get set-up. We may try to do some campaign-style games, so make sure to bring a backpack/rucksack/duffle and portable water source(s). For more info on campaign style, check out this blog from… Continue reading "Paintball this weekend in Dripping Springs"

Ok, so you’ll have to read between the lines a little bit here. NYPD Installs “Sky Watch” In Harlem Neighborhood The NYPD has installed a patrol tower in a Harlem neighborhood in an effort to cut crime in the high-risk neighborhood. The two-story booth tower, called Sky Watch, gives the officer sitting inside a better vantage point from which to… Continue reading "NYPD – Now Using Deer Blinds"

Just a quick update on the paintball plan for the next couple of weeks. We are not going to have our regularly scheduled game this Saturday, but rather are going to be having a campout/paintball weekend at Miller ranch on Nov. 24-25 (the weekend after Thanksgiving). We’ll have a game Saturday morning at 10am. We’ll have a game Saturday evening… Continue reading "Paintball weekend at Miller Ranch – Nov 24-25"

While perusing my favorite online knowledge repository (for the 10/16 posting that was actually finished a few hours ago), I came across an entry cross-referenced for Gun Kata – the pseudomartial art that dominates the film Equilibrium. Here is how the concept is described in the film: “Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the… Continue reading "Everybody was Gun Fu fighting"