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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 […]
In 2008, in preparation for my first hunting trip to Arkansas, I picked up a Kimber 84M Classic chambered in .260 Remington, and I topped it off with a Leupold 2-7x3mm scope. I wanted something that was lightweight and not excessively powerful for the slightly smaller whitetail deer in the south, and that’s exactly what […]
WARNING: Women are likely to find the following opinion offensive or at least demeaning. Your agreement is neither expected nor required. I make these observations not out of some misogynistic bitterness, but in an effort to better understand the world in which I live. Women are irrational people. I am only attracted to women. Ergo, […]
One of the problems with wearing t-shirts that have esoteric computer geek things on them is that periodically airhead girls will come up to you and tell you they like your shirt, and you’ll spend the next five minutes explaining that they have no idea what it means, and whatever they thought was funny about […]
Like many states in the region, Indiana has not allowed deer hunting with rifles. Shotguns, handguns, muzzle-loaders, and bows are allowed. Some say this is intended to make the hunt more challenging, thereby promoting growth in the deer population (particularly several decades ago when deer populations were low). Others say it is intended to limit […]
I did a photo shoot recently, something I haven’t done for a long time. A friend of mine has a vacant house with a very dated interior, including a bedroom with old floral-print wallpaper. When I saw it, I told him I just had to do a photo shoot in there, and my friend agreed […]
For years, I did my photo editing with the GIMP and BreezeBrowser Pro. About a year ago, I finally made the jump to PhotoShop CS5 because I needed more control over RAW conversion, and I have been very happy with it. I have gradually been getting more serious about video. Up until recently, I had […]
A gigawatt is a real thing. It is a billion watts, which is the metric unit for energy conversion. According to the English rules of pronunciation, a G followed by an I is pronounced as a hard G, like “girl” or “gift” or “git to school and learn to talk American.” Most people are familiar […]
As a direct result of Apple’s announcement, I went out and bought an Android phone. Almost three years ago, I bought an iPhone 3G. It was sort of an impulse buy, in the sense that once I understood its capabilities, I was sold, and I went out and bought one immediately. Of course, that was […]
A few months ago, I bought a used Ruger 77/22 chambered in .22 Magnum. I was quite disappointed in the accuracy, and I had decided to sell it again. Then I was referred to a web page about replacement 77/22 barrels, where I learned that the barrel does not screw into the receiver as is […]
