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Allow me to present the formula for creating a bad-ass film superhero (or super-villain). Step 1: Design a bad-ass costume, one that seems faintly suited to combat, one that tightly fits and augments the figure, and has a few high-tech gizmos. Add boots. Add a minimal mask that hides or obscures the area around the […]
Every now and then, people talk about pick-up artists and deplore the deceitfulness they perceive. These are generally people who have heard about the pick-up community and maybe read a little about it. They don’t really understand it, they don’t really believe it works, and they certainly feel they wouldn’t want the techniques to be […]
Once upon a time, I bought Pro Tools, which is software for recording and making music electronically. I spent a lot of money on it, and when I got it home, I discovered that it won’t even work with a sound card. (It can, with a piece of software that emulates an ASIO driver, but […]
I have photographed numerous bands on stage, and it took a while for me to develop the skill. This is a summary of what I’ve learned. I hope it will be useful to others who want to produce good photos of bands performing live on stage. There are three basic challenges to overcome: Bands Perform […]
In some ways, I have a strong sense for music, and I am fairly clueless in other ways. For example, there is always music in my head, running in the background, often unnoticed. I have fairly broad musical tastes. On the other hand, I usually don’t pay much attention to lyrics, and my memory is […]
Is the Constitution of the United States a meaningless document? The other day, I was driving down the highway and listening to NPR on the radio. On it was a discussion about re-integration of criminals after their incarcerations. The producers of the program were interviewing people, and one of them rather shyly admitted that he […]
I receive this question frequently when discussing CCW with new people, and it throws me every time. It comes from so far outside of my everyday thinking that I can’t come up with a spontaneous explanation that bridges the gap. However, the next time someone asks, I will have this answer ready: No, I’m not […]
The standardization of the .338 Federal cartridge was announced at the end of 2005 and made a reality during 2006. It was a popular wildcat before that, being a .308 Winchester case necked up for .338″ diameter bullets. Federal claimed the performance of a 7mm Remington Magnum but with notably lower recoil. This was made […]
Several years ago, when my father retired, he moved up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Escanaba, where he has a house on the lake. He quickly came to understand that hunting is very important to the area. As my interest in hunting was budding at the time, he suggested that I should visit […]
I watched a good film the other day, Michael Clayton with George Clooney. Afterward, I was thinking about why the events of the story were presented in the order that they were. One reason is that it set the stakes of the conflict early. However, the more interesting reason is that it solved a storytelling […]
