Humor
Hotel AtmospherePost
October 5, 2011
"When the hotel room is old and it smells, is that 'atmosphere'?"
Teach If You Know It
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September 29, 2011
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September 29, 2011
"Those who can teach, should. Those who can't, should sit down and stop embarrassing themselves."
Tactical Nuclear Device
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August 29, 2011
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August 29, 2011
Back when 300 baud dial-up was new – yeah, that’s a long time ago, all right – we had a “guest” login to a mainframe where a friend worked. He had administrative privileges and, being the generous sort, we were “in”.
Lots of ZeroesPost
August 28, 2011
"Ignorance is like the digit 0. You can fill your head with 'em, but you still know nothing."
GritsPost
August 24, 2011
"So goes your grits, so goes your day."
Change the TowelPost
August 17, 2011
"When the towel you're about to use _after_ the shower smells like you did _before_ the shower, it's time for a new towel."
Shiney Brass, More Xs
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May 16, 2008
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May 16, 2008
Shiney brass makes for more Xs.
It works like this. A shiney piece of brass will press a smoother surface onto the sides of the bullet. When such a bullet is then fired, it becomes subject to external forces and one of those is the impact of photons being reflected from the target face.
Surrogate Shooting
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October 23, 2005
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October 23, 2005
A Bullseye-L email list member wrote:
"It is an absolutely perfect sunny Saturday here in Northern California. Unfortunately, my wife has the flu....so I stay home doing my best imitation of Klinger.
Would a kind soul among the BE Listers please shoot 10 rounds for me on the short line and let me know how I did by the end of the day?"
I was happy to oblige as follows.