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http://www.cracked.com/video_19204_6-ways-gamers-have-taken-fun-out-gaming.html "They are the Sega of foam firearms..."

Maybe. As long as its counterbalanced with stories of kids kicking in their neighbor's windows, shitting themselves, and then covering themselves in hand sanitizer in their neighbor's garage. Seems like rolling the dice to me. If you're ever interested, ask me about "Coin Purse".

Heheheheh. The scene at the slave market where Daenerys bargains for the start of her army was a great chapter. I started to see where it was going when she offered the final item she did for the Unsullied troops, and was not disappointed.

Holy shit, I forgot what it's like being around Arabs with guns. Zero fucking discipline. It's been a long time since I just flat out refused to train someone who wanted it. I actually don't like to train people, but I like to introduce people to firearms and the culture, so if asked I will do a basic class. Young Arabic girl (related to my wife) wanted to learn while visiting. The third time she pointed the gun at someone because "it isn't loaded" I fought every instinct I had to punch her in her face and told her we were done. She didn't get to fire a single live round because she couldn't listen, couldn't stop playing with the gun, and had no interest in learning anything other than pulling the trigger a bunch of times. It was like the worst of an American teenager combined with the worst of Arabic culture. Gah.

If one reads Game of Thrones while sick, one's fever dreams are particularly interesting.

So far its been worth the entry fee. He got a few figures for Christmas and a few extra traps. There are areas we have to bypass, but it's not a huge deal right now as there's plenty to do. He really enjoys playing and its entertaining enough that I don't mind playing with him. We'll see how long it keeps his interest. I told him if he waits a few months used figures will start showing up and he can save a lot of money. He's ok with that.

I just started book #3. I liked the second one and its definitely pulling me along the story. Now that busy time at work should start slowing down, I'll have more time and be able to get through it a bit faster.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

The shotguns on his back aren't going to be much use since they don't have triggers...

I hated the shoutbox. I think its a better forum without it by far.

WTF? They are losing a lot o' planes.

DIY Shoot-N-C targets:

Was it at least porn?

What if *I'm* a bot? How would I know?

You might not, but nothing sounds like "casual" on her end. Go get an asian massage.

Uh... some of us remember the first Clinton in office and I would certainly vote for another Bush over that.

Here dedicated DUI enforcement is done by targeting high crash areas. The state loses money on DUIs for the indigent. The state pays for the jailing fees, pays the public defender, pays the prosecutor, pays the cop, pays the court staff, etc. The convicted gets declared indigent, has fines and court fees waived, pays a $185 drug and alcohol fee for mandatory alcohol/drug rehab sessions...and that's it. If it was about revenue, you'd just target upscale bars. People who aren't indigent can pay fines instead of doing jail time. There are only so many ways to influence human behavior, and since we aren't going to start caning people, financial loss or jail time is about all we have. The 80% stat is way out there. Most crashes don't involve any impairment at all, other than "head up butt" syndrome or misjudging distances. The two leading causes of crashes are failure to yield on left turn and following too closely. I don't have any breakdown on fatal vs non-fatal. Like I said, the issue with prescription drugs is one of detection. Alcohol is just easier to enforce. You can smell it on the breath, it produces changes in the eyes that are easily observed, breath machines make for quick and accurate measurement, and there are a butt ton of studies about how impaired someone is at a certain level. Prescription drugs are odorless, only detectable via blood test, AND require medical training to detect. That's why fatal crashes here are mandatory blood draws. Its just unrealistic to expect a cop to have the knowledge and equipment to detect prescription meds (although there are training classes called DRE (Drug Recognition Expert) that does this, a work up takes about 2 hours for one driver). Absent statues that make a blood draw mandatory, probable cause must be developed, and given the limitations described its very difficult to do so.

My ex-wife convinced me to donate to charity instead of doing gifts. It was one of the smarter things we ever did together. I don't know that a lot of the family got it when we gave them certificates for their favorite charities to donate in their name, but few of us are lacking for material goods and we didn't have any kids so it made sense.

Shooting into a crowd doesn't automatically mean you're going to kill someone either, but you are unacceptably increasing your risk of doing so and thus its illegal. The level of risk is commiserate with the level of punishment. Shooting the hypothetical gun into a crowd is a bigger risk, so its a bigger punishment. Driving impaired is a smaller risk, and is a smaller punishment. At least in my state, drugs (legal or illegal) are a grounds for an impaired driving arrest, but its generally harder to detect and requires a blood draw as it won't show on a breath test. Over 10,000 people killed in drunk driving crashes in 2012. 678 killed by "personal weapons" (punches, kicks, pushing, violent shaking, etc.) I think DUI enforcement is over politicized due to MADD and the like, but saying working on a problem that kills 10k Americans a year its based on quotas and revenue is ignorant. About 300 are killed with rifles, and the country goes fucking nuts about banning certain styles of rifles, background checks, etc. 10k die to drunk drivers, and enforcement is about quotas and revenue? Come on.

Done.

I'm no expert, but that strikes me as doing it wrong.

Very cool.

I took my family, including my sister-in-law who's visiting from Jordan, to Newport Aquarium today. Everyone had a great time, and besides the usual aquarium things, Scuba Santa was there. The aquarium itself is really, really cool. I've been probably 7-8 times over the years. They have all the standard stuff, but they also have tunnels that go through huge tanks and the glass is ground so there's no distortion. Fish are all around you and it looks like you're in the water. I haven't seen anything like it anywhere else. If you're ever in the Cincinnati area, check it out. Scuba Santa is there for Christmas. There's a story time show that's nicely done, and then there's a meet and greet where you talk to him on a microphone and can hear him talk back via the speakers. I love Santa and all things Santa related, so I enjoyed it as much as the kids.

We did the same thing this year. I got my sister in law a plane ticket to visit us, and that's what my wife wanted. Most of our Christmas swag comes from my aunt.