December 2001
December 2001
Dec 30th - I have an email from my Bro's back in Virginia. They explain a type of paintball game called W00-Ball. "WOO-BALL is played in an enclosed, open area. Any number of players starts off on the edges of the field, equal distance apart. Somebody gives the countdown and then you all start shooting. No teams. Since it is a close range game and you are not allowed to take cover it requires some John Woo-like skills not to get hit. Last man standing wins. It’s a fun game. What do you think?" I think is fast and furious... I like it. In fact, I'd like to play it. Maybe if I get another paintball marker this spring and you guys come out for awhile, we will go for it. I have not played paintball for about 4 months now. I sold my customized WGP 2001 Autococker and all of my gear. Well, all accept my mask. I have a gunmetal grey V-Force Shield goggle system. This system is da bomb. There is NOTHING Better. I'll play with a borrowed marker and stuff - but I wont play without my V-Force mask! I'm not sure what kind of marker I'll get next... but I do know it wont be some F'ed up blowback like a Piranha or Spyder. Maybe another 2001 or newer Autococker or maybe an Automag. Nothing fancy - just a good one.
Here is something that a lot of guys have thought about. I can't quite figure it out, but I suspect the issue isn't as large as it appears.
Dec 29th - Family Day at the Range. Just for fun Mrs. Ogre and I packed up the Jeep full of kiddies... all 5 boys, along with the .22 rifle and a 500 round brick. (And a little 50 round box of Colibri hushed rounds) And hit the trail. We went up into the mountains and set about shooting and having gun-fun. All the boys got to shoot. I have a 1 year old, a 2 year old, two 5 year olds, and an 8 year old. Everyone got to shoot. The two smallest got to drop the hammer on the primer powered rounds and everyone else was lighting up on the CCI Blazers. It was an absolute thrill for the little boys. They loved it. We call it "making memories" and we sure did... I'll never forget the look on one of my twin's face after he fired his first real shot ever in his life. Can a father's heart hold so much pride? Mrs. Ogre... you should have seen her... shooting like a sniper with that .22! She NAILED this itty bitty piece of clay pigeon remains from about 50 yards that was just barely visible. It was seriously an Olympic class shot. Then she took after it with her .45. WARNING: DON'T MESS WITH MRS. OGRE. She was sending targets flying! Everyone had fun shooting the old Remington 514. This is the Remington that I restored not too long ago. Great rifle. Even the little ones were able to pull the trigger while Daddy held the gun... with a little help. I wish I packed the camera! Afterwards we went out to eat and filled our growling tummies at Golden Coral. They have this all you can eat buffet that is better than most out here. My boys instead of wanting noodles or other lesser foods wanted STEAK. They got it and they put it away with relish. I was in such a good mood I actually had a dessert. I never get dessert, but I thought it fitting for the joyful day. When we came home the boys laid down and watched kiddie movies and fell happily asleep while the Mrs. and I snuggled on the couch together and watched our own movie. What a good day! I was going to take my oldest to go see Lord of the Rings again but couldn't find the movie passes. Oh well... we had a better time anyway.
Email from Mad Ronin: "Hey Ogre, This message is being typed by 1 Mad Ronin but is being dictated by Mrs. Ronin. Hello Sir Ogre and Mrs. Ogre. It is my pleasure to announce the arrival of the newest addition to the Ronin gun family. I am the proud owner of the Glock 21c, not to mention 3 hi-cap mags, a Galco holster and lots of ammo. Just wanted to share my third favorite Christmas gift of all time with someone who could appreciate it! (This gift is only surpassed by Christ and the new niece-by a Ronin opinion the most beautiful baby in the world). Have a blessed New Year. Mrs. Ronin. Same here Ogre, have a good New Year. Mad Ronin" Good choice. The Glock 21c is a .45ACP chambered Glock with a ported barrel. Nice shooter. Good gun in a good caliber. Okay, Okay, I know... a lot of your readers out there are saying "Hey - Ogre doesn't like Glocks!" This isn't true. I put Glocks in the Top Three for production duty grade pistols. Along with SIG and HK. Ogre just doesn't like "The New" Glocks with the molded in finger grooves. These grooves do not fit my hands at all. If I was to get one, I'd be forced to take a file to the grips just so I could hold onto it. Other than that - Glocks do rock. They are easy to shoot and easy to shoot well with. You can "Make Hits" with a Glock without much trouble. In the case of the G21C, your easily making hits with a full caliber, fighting round.
Dec 28th - I think I am going to go do some shooting today... It's Friday, the work week is ebbing fast and I just feel the need to shoot my .45 - it's an itch that must be scratched. I'll gather the local fellowship and see if we can't hit Range Masters and grab some Brand-X burgers on the way back.
Email from my Brother back in Virginia: "So, you liked LOTR too. I knew you would. Star Wars who? It is still being sold out at my theatre, so I guess a lot of other people like it too. The Richmond Times only gave it 1 and a half stars, but gave Harry Potter 3 and half. That calls for death by burning I think. I've seen it 3 times now and it keeps getting better." Of course the Richmond Times only gave it a 1.5! (out of 5) 90% of the people in Richmond and 100% of the folks at the Times are fucking morons with not enough IQ points to read a book without pictures in it. They can't appreciate the magnitude of LOTRs. And I don't mean to sound racist, but they also wouldn't like it because there is not enough racial equality in it. They gave a better rating to "Exit Wounds" because it had DMX (some lame ass rapper) in it. That and an Exit Wound is something that the fuckers in Richmond totally understand. Something not well known... they don't report a shooting unless 3 or more people got shot. I remember a drive-by that I was caught up in. There was about 6 guys in that car and they all had guns BLAZING as they went past. I survived because I was able to dive for cover behind a large hardwood tree. My partner did the same behind another tree. The car was GONE within seconds but what remained was 2 other people wounded and the street was COVERED in empty shell casings. There was about a dozen cops milling about the aftermath with lots of people watching. The guys investigating put up these little plastic tags with numbers on them... they ran out and where using paper cups to mark the rest. All those paper cups... it was unreal. The street looked like the day after of Woodstock with all the trash. Nope... Nothing about it in the paper. What street was that? Rose or Dove street? That was Dove street I think. I hate Richmond. Nasty place. Stupid place. There are some good points to Richmond... every armpit has it's upside. There are some very good people there and some great places to hang out... Vito's over by the University has the best Calzones ever. Awesome food. You can eat a killer Calzone and then step out side and wrestle with the lead singer for GWAR who rides around on skates with a large foam rubber spiked club. You can't get that anywhere else. Now, Richmond isn't nearly as bad as Vernal, Utah. Vernal is a singularity that sucks the will to live and the brain cells right out through your nose. If your feeling depressed, go out to Vernal. You will soon gain a huge boost to your sense of intellectual superiority... these people in Vernal are so stupid as to make Mr. Bean look like a scholar. I went into an Arby's to grab a sandwich and observed (no exaggeration here) two people fighting about an order for Milkshakes. The customer ordered 2 strawberry and 2 chocolate shakes. On the tray was 2 pink shakes and 2 brown shakes. They couldn't figure out whether or not the order was right. I have a serious dislike to Vernal and most of the people in it. But then again at the same time Vernal is the home town for some of the best people I have ever met. I don't see how they can tolerate the place. I guess it's not so bad knowing your the smartest guy in the room everywhere you go.
Last night I tried out a game called "The Sims". WTF is this? It's playing "House" for the PC, that's what it is. You build the house or buy one... furnish it up... and move the family in. Send them off to work and then spend the money that they make improving the house to make the people happier. It's actually interesting to a point. But that point doesn't take a lot of time to get to. After playing it for awhile I quickly realized that life in the Sims is just as mundane as in real life. What is the fun of that? If I wanted that, I'd go home and look at the bills. Life sucks and putting that on your PC sucks too. When I play a game - it's to "Cave" and escape my life. Excuse me - I'm going to play some Undying now.
Email from Doubro: "No, I've never read Lord of the Rings. I can't read all those big words. Hooked on Phonics doesn't cover that stuff." No kidding?
Archived most of December, you can see it here. Looking at the counter I found that if you have a 28.8 modem and want to pull down the page, it would take over 600 seconds. If you have a 28.8 dial-up connection... go to the store and buy a 56K modem. Please. Seriously... you can get one for only 40 bucks. If your waiting 600 seconds... well, lets just say that with my DSL connection the same page takes about 1.5 seconds to load. A World War One fighter ace was quoted as saying "Speed is Life" while referring to aerial combat. The same applies to using the Internet. There is no point in waiting longer for the page than it takes to read the page. Life is too short. Actually, I don't think anyone that reads MadOgre.com still has a 28.8. Well, maybe Doubro does.
Dec 26th - Well, it was indeed a very merry Christmas. I wont go into details of it all, most was very personal and very special to me. The best things we received were a number of framed prints, all very religious in nature... they are wonderful. I can't wait to help Mrs. Ogre hang them up.
I have finally seen Lord of the Rings. I watched it Christmas night with my wife. I'll be putting up a page just about LOTR observations and thoughts... to sum it up in a nutshell, LOTR is the best film making I have ever seen. Period. To take the best book ever written and to turn it into a movie takes some serious balls. To make that movie both true to the book and to do it in such a breathtaking way... It is a miracle. Star Wars has for about all my life been the best movie ever. It's now #2. I have a couple books I got for Christmas and I will be reading them as fast as I can for the sole reason that I want to read LOTR again! If you have not read LOTR, then you have to. Seriously. If you want to appreciate the movie, then you have to read the book. Twice. BTW, LOTR was written as ONE BOOK in 3 parts... it isn't 3 books. Hell, I even consider The Hobbit as a Preface. It's a big book with lots of big words, but you can get through it. If Doubro can read this book - then anyone can. Or you don't have to read the books... you can cry like an idiot when Gandalf falls off the edge in the mines. While those of us that read the book know that The G Man will be returning - the morons that didn't read it just balled up and blubbered. I hope I didn't "spoil" anything for you lame asses that have not read it yet. Now, before you see the 2nd movie, you have to read the 2nd part. Why? One word for you: ENTS. This film is a MASTER PIECE of movie making, just as the book is of literature. However the movie is not perfect. Here are some discrepancies:
This list comes from what is perhaps the finest of J.R.R. Tolkien related websites called
The Encyclopedia of Arda. This site is a font of knowledge about Tolkien and Middle Earth. For you die hard fans, its a treasure. I have placed a link to this in my LINKS page... because it is so very deserving.
Dec 22 -
I'll be off-line for some time... Back before New
Years. Everyone - Have a Merry
Christmas. And I mean that. Yeah, I got pissy yesterday, but you would too
if you had to go to the mall and fight those mall-rat jackholes just to enter a
store. It's not Christmas that I don't like... it's retail merchants and
malls and the people that constantly go to the malls. So, I've explained
it... that's how I can say
"Have a Merry Christmas!"
Dec 21st - Okay, so I am the only guy left in the state of Utah that has read the books more than once and still have not seen Lord Of The Rings, Fellowship of the Ring. Let me just say, sucks to be me. I remember when I would put Lord of the Rings in my scripture case and take it to church... People thought I was studying the bible when in fact I was talking with Treebeard and the hobbits... and racing across fields with the Riders of Rohan. I must see this movie soon. If you think you know LOTR, you need to take "The Tolkien Quiz."
The most frightening page on the internet.
Here it is.
This guy is said to be 48 and is acting like a 7
year old girl. This guy is scary. I thought Clive Barker was
creepy... this guy takes the cake.
It may not be a well known fact, but Ogre dislikes Christmas. Ogre would rather have 2 or 3 Thanksgivings rather than have a Christmas. Why? Because it bugs me. The stupid decorations, the tinsel, the trees, and the stupid lights, all the shopping and all the stress... and most of all - SANTA. I don't like it. Christmas is a Christian Holiday. That's right, Christmas is a religious holiday for Christians. If your not a Christian and you have a hang up about the whole religion thing... kiss my ass. This is a celebration of the birth of Christ the Lord. This means if your Hebrew, or Muslim or Buddhist, then I am sorry if you don't get the Nativity thing. This is a Christian thing for a Christian holiday. If you don't want to participate - then just leave it alone. School can't even take the traditional Christmas Break from school... They now have to take a "Winter Break". There is no difference in what you call it... it is still the Christmas Break, okay? Putting a generic non secular iconic cartoon in place of the Savior is disgusting to me. If you don't like the idea of Jesus - then you shouldn't celebrate Christmas. Sod Off. Now, for those that give lip service to the idea of Christmas... yet fight with a stranger over the last Tickle Me Elmo on the shelf... then you can Sod Off as well. You don't know what Christmas is. Or if you used to know - then you forgot. I remember this time of year from several years ago and I would hear "Merry Christmas" about a hundred and fifty times a day. Now days? I've heard it twice out in public and both times was from a "Store Greeter". That's right... the person paid to stand near the door and say something cheerful in hopes it will make you all goo inside and you'll spend more money. Because the store doesn't care if you are Merry or not... they only care if your going to buy a lot of expensive shit that your really don't need. So, no, I don't like Christmas. I'd rather have another T-day. Now there is a real holiday! Kick back, stay in a nice warm Ogre Cave and eat like a pig all day long. That is the way it should be!
I'm still looking for a new logo.
This current logo speaks Shrek to me for some reason. I don't know why.
It's not the "Ogre" that I am looking for.
Real Ogres are mean, disgruntled and generally pissed off individuals.
These are not to be confused with the less intelligent Trolls or the commonplace
and much weaker Orcs. Goblins are generally Orcs but the name is different
depending upon where your from. Now, Ogres you see are very smart folks.
They are quiet and will generally leave you alone as long as you leave him
alone. Pestering an Ogre is a very good way of getting fucked up.
Now, this isn't saying you can't talk to an Ogre... or even ask an Ogre for a
favor. Sure. You can even hang out with an Ogre and share a bit of
humor... just two things to be aware of. One, don't overstay your visit
and Two, don't make as ass out of yourself. (for example eating the last
of his chips and salsa. Or asking for the favor but being busy when it's
the Ogre's turn to ask a favor. If something is asked for and given...
something will be expected in return. You don't want to piss off an Ogre...
because the world is a very small place and Ogre's can hold grudges for a very
long time. Ogre's also have both guns and shovels to go along with a good
knowledge of secluded areas to plant your sorry and annoying ass.
That is the type of logo I am looking for. If you can make a logo that can
communicate all of that in a simple and scalable way... then I'd like to see it.
December 20th - Yeah, Gun Control works! Check this out... Scotland Yard is facing an explosion in gun murders fuelled by a cycle of revenge killings among drug gangs, detectives say. According to latest figures the number of gun murders in London has leaped by 90% this year. In April to November 2001 there were 30, compared with 16 in the same period last year. This year, 16 of the murders were "black-on-black" killings compared with nine last year - an increase of 77%. Now, forgive me for being ignorant... but are not guns banned from all of Great Brittan? Obviously these British Gun Owners need more strict gun laws! Ban everything! Huh? What? They already did that? Damn. So maybe... just maybe... GUN CONTROL DOESN'T WORK AND IS A BAD IDEA. While I like the concept of Gun Control if it remains defined as to keep guns out of the hands of criminals... It just doesn't work. Look at the UK. There are few guns left. Even England's Olympic shooters have a hard time even practicing. But criminals being the criminals that they are - can still get guns. They have plenty of them and can get more. Yes, it is illegal, but they are fucking criminals... doing illegal shit is what they do. That is WHY they are called criminals. What England needs to do is to ARM the GOOD GUYS. The UK needs to pull their collective heads out of their asses and face the reality that criminals can only be controlled by the good guys standing up to them. But they wont do that... they would rather ignore the reality because to do otherwise would ruin their tea. It isn't proper to fight back. Such adventures can make one late for supper. Every English male that has a fucking backbone needs to go do whatever is needed to protect his family and those around him... How? It's easy. GET A GUN. I suggest a real gun and not one of those ninny little James Bond Walther PPKs... Get a real gun. If you have to have a Walther, fine... get a .40 cal P99 and be comforted that the P99 is Bond's new gun and you even have a bigger caliber. Carry this with you. Leave your family at home while you go to work? Get a damn 12 gauge for the little lady so she can protect your kids while your away. When you see bad shit happening in your area... put a stop to it. Stand up and take charge. AFTER the incident is over - then you can call in the Bobbies to clean up the mess. Why is this important? Because right now your really fucking lucky because the criminals are feeding on each other. Any moment now they are going to start feeding on you. You better be ready, or you'll be food.
Love For Sale - Okay, so she is a high priced, full time, permanent position hooker with eyes that are too close together. Never mind the fact that she is British (read – Stupid and doesn’t know how to cook). Did we have 2 wars with them? That’s a good start for a marriage! Her website sucks… several links don’t work and this is a professional site? What the hell is the lemon anyway? Oh, I get it. So she can keep bleaching her hair? I’d rather bid on rare and collectible coins. At least when you get rid of one they wont sue for 50%. She already has several bids going... In American dollars she is currently at 366,590.81! In all seriousness... are British men really this hard up for some tail? Or do they really think this chick is that hot? I'm not saying she is ugly... she is not. She is a solid FIVE... completely average. I had no idea mediocrity can demand such a high price. Look, there is only one going up for mid right now... but if your willing to spend that much cash on a chick there is a better option. Fly out to Bangkok and head into any bar. You can get them cheap and plenty and you can even try before you buy. If you don't like that, you can go to Las Vegas where better looking blonds are readily available... And with out idiotic British notions. "I thought that by creating an online auction I would be able to reach as many men as possible and hopefully prove that the Internet is not full of cyber-geeks, there are normal people out there, and I'm looking for one as a husband!" No, Miss Kay Hammond... Normal people don't buy Prostitutes as wives off of E-bay.
Here is another interesting bit of news. There are a lot of people out buying guns here in the US, a lot of new gun owners because of the Sept 11th attacks. With all these new owners with new guns... you would think that the US would be boiling over with accidental shootings and such... right? Nope. Accidents are down. The US is SAFER. I am looking forward to seeing the FBI's annual reports on crime statistics... I bet we will see a marked decline in crime as well. Generally there is what a 9% increase annually? I bet money that the numbers will be a lot less. Why? Because unlike the miserable UK, Americans are taking the responsibility our own safety and protection. I've given the French a hard time... especially French Canadians. At least they will stand up and take some pride. Read November 27th 2001 letter from Mathieu Thibault, a French Canadian. There you go! Some fighting attitude that is not in existence in the UK. No, wait a sec, there is that attitude in the UK... the BAD GUYS have it and the Good Guys don't. They would rather make fun of the NRA and ignore the guy walking off with the families TV set. We need to send 3 groups of people over to England... NRA Instructors, Gunsmiths, and some fucking Dentists. That's right, this is called CREST and these are called Braces. You know who we also need to send? Drill Instructor Hartman from "Full Metal Jacket" to freaking toughen those pussies up. Why? Because if we had the American Revolution right now, we wouldn't even have to fire a shot... we would just bitch-slap them all the way back to the boats. Fuck England.
Dec 18th - Review of
ALIENS VS PREDATORS II -
I've only played it for a few minutes, but already it has made an impression.
To make a long review short - GO BUY THIS GAME NOW. I will also be
reviewing another game... Clive Barker's
UNDYING. This is set out from the get go to be a horror game.
And it is... seriously. But I suggest playing Undying first, because after
you play AvsPII, you are not going to be playing anything else for awhile.
Dec 17th - It looks like the domain www.madogre.com works now. Instead of entering the /index or /news/html... it automatically finds the index and hits it. Sweet. No small thanks to Josh @ http://psionyx.net/. My connection speed is faster and my bill is even smaller. Very sweet. If you are a QWEST customer for DSL... Contact Psionyx. You will be glad you did. NOTE TO PSIONYX: You guys rock. Still have those email issues... but everything else is smoking! If anyone wants to email me - use "George@OnsiteConsultants.com"
It looks likes the Taliban has been defeated, finally. This is good news, but it's not time for the party just yet. Osama Bin Laden has not been found yet and his group has burrowed further underground. There is still work yet to be done there.
I have a few new games I am going to be reviewing: Aliens VS Predator II, Undying, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Galactic Battlegrounds. These reviews will turn up in the Ogre Tech section. Now, I am sure you can get the AvsPII and Undying as these games are "Shooters". But what about the other 2? Well, GB is a Star Wars game and it should be clear that I am a serious Star Wars Fan. Harry Potter? Well, I enjoyed the books and the flick... and so did my boys. This game is a gift for them, but I'll be trying it too.
Found a few things out on the web that I wanted to share: POLICE HUMOR and BONSAI KITTEN. These pages are both rather funny, and since I got a kick out of them... what the hell. Maybe you guys will like them too.
The new logo is up... Still looking for something better - but this one looked great and it fits. So, I am using it until I decide to change it. The author of this logo is THE BLUES MAN from TFL. Thanks Blues.
December 16th - I'm needing a new logo. The Mad Ogre logo that I have been using since the start of this site has grown tired and it is time for it's retirement. You all have grown fond of my skill at smashing words with a hammer... I'm not an artist. I need a hand. I need a new logo. Email me your proposed Mad Ogre Logo at: kodiac45@lycos.com I'm looking for one that will work with green and black and has an X-Files sorta feel. Back that up with one that works with Blue, and another one that would work on a white background with black text. Winning logo will earn the artist a nice shrine.
Most of the switchover is completed. However, I have not gone live yet with the new site. When I do - this page will just redirect you to that one. There will be some new things... and some old things will be changed or removed. I am considering putting up a discussion forum... or even turning MadOgre into a PHP site such as DefenseReview.com - which is something I have wanted to do anyways... and now may be a good time to do that. Hang in there people. My old email address - hgeorge8@qwest.net - is totally gone. I can't hit it anymore... email may not be bouncing... but I still can't get it. If you have sent me anything since Saturday Morning... resend it to my address below. Thanks.
For those that have the Qwest site bookmarked, you'll want to change that bookmark... The new page here is "http://www.madogre.com/News.html" For some reason the index.html isn't getting picked up and people are getting that ERROR 403 FORBIDDEN message. This is most annoying.
December 15th - We are transitioning over to the new server right now. If you have any questions - please email me at my alternate email address: George@OnsiteConsultants.com
Dec 13th - This is the day that I am swapping ISP's and Host for this site. My new ISP is going to be Psionyx. Lets see what happens... The host? I don't know.
Dec 12th - Last night I went to the Christmas pageant that my wife put on for the School. She did a FANTASTIC job. What gets my goat is that she could have had much better results if the school had given her just SOME support. Wind River School does a good job of offering basic fundamental education to the kids. In these areas its wonderful. Everywhere else it is just sad. They asked Mrs. Ogre to teach music and drama, to do dancing and to do these kinds of productions... and then they don't do anything else... or pay for anything else. It's all on her shoulders and she carried it off with flying colors. Mrs. Ogre ROCKS.
I've been conversing this last few days with a fellow called Doubro. I wont violate his privacy by posting his address or full name or anything like that. Anyways, here is the dialog. This is also a warning to him and dumbass mongrels like him out there that is reading Mad Ogre - DON'T EVER Email me. DON'T even READ my page. Remove my page from your FAVORITE list and if you don't know how - ASK SOME ONE ELSE. Why? Because morons like you bug me. If you can't score a minimum of 1250 on the SAT - Go the fuck away from me. If you have an IQ that can equal the temperature of any place in the USA at anytime of the year, then stay the fuck away from this web site. If you don't know what IQ or SAT means... then stay the fuck away from this web site. This Doubro fellow must be French or something.
Now, here is an email from a guy with some functioning grey matter in his skull! People like this can read Mad Ogre all they want. They can even email me with comment and question... Sounds like he must have scored at least a 1400 on the SATs but I would guess he scored more: "I agree with most of you concept of anarchy just as I agree that communism has merits as well- However both these sociological ideas will only work in an utopian society. They depend upon the goodwill and charity of others. In the communist society people would have to willingly work together for the common good with no reward other than to go on living. In an anarchistic society you would have to depend on the strong not preying upon the weak, that your neighbors will live in harmony with each other is ludicrous. Man as a rule is not civil. In a perfect world I agree that to me anarchy is the most appealing form of society, but the world is not perfect. Mark" Thanks for your email... Your correct. But I’d rather try living in an Anarchist country than in the Liberal ideal of a Democratic one. Even is this imperfect world we have here now. To those who have not read my dissertations on Anarchy - let me summarize it all into a nutshell for you. Anarchy means "Without a King" it doesn't necessarily mean "With out any rules" as some believe. Read more about Anarchy over here at the About Ogre page and the pages that follow it. Mark sent this as a reply: "I agree 100%." I told you... smart guy. Unlike some people.
Steve came by this morning to show off his new gun. He just picked up a new Charles Daly DDA 10-45. We stripped it down and examined it all from the inside out. Overall, the gun is very well made with just one small detail problem... The rear sight is plastic. Now, normally this wouldn't be much of an issue - Glocks use a plastic rear sight as well as others. The DDA's rear sight is a much cheaper grade of plastic with a horrible finish and in this case it was even installed slightly crooked giving it a much cheaper look that it should really have. The slide is milled very clean with very little in the way of tool marks even on the inside. The finish is great... bead blasted stainless that isn't shiny at all. His frame is the most notable feature... it is well made, solid and... uh... well... it's pink. You keep thinking, "Damn, that is a pink gun." but once you pick it up and handle it you forget about the color real quick and think only about how good the gun feels in your hand. Damn that is a pink gun. Not once while handling it did I have a desire to listen to any music by Rupaul, but I could image that if he had a gun, this would be it. Regardless of the color, which isn't really an issue of any sort... actually it is pretty dang cool and not even Pink but really a Fuscia. I could live with fuscia but if I was buying the gun I'd go for an Olive Drab Green. Steve likes the color and it will go well with his suit. He picked this gun up due to the problems that the Taurus Millennium series is showing... frame cracking and breaking. His Taurus is awaiting sentencing as we speak. I have suggested a return to Taurus and then a quick sale. This gun will become his new carry piece... and it looks like it will be a great one.
Check this news link out: Journalists Upset that Geraldo is packing a gun in Afghanistan. Now, I can not say that I like Geraldo... I think he is a git. But I do believe that self defense is a human right. Everyone over the age of 21 that is free of mental illness and free of convictions of violent crime should be able to carry a gun for the purpose of self defense... this includes packing heat in places like churches, hospitals, post offices, court houses, and in schools. Especially in fucked up places like Afghanistan. If I was over there - I would be packing a damned M-14 backed up by a Krinkov submachinegun and an automatic handgun... a guy like Shin Tao, Spectre, or Pvt Pyle - because Ogre isn't fucking around.
Dec
10th - Email
from reader:
"Compliments on a full-figured,
enjoyable website. I haven't read nearly everything you've put down here, but
I'm sure I'll get to it. I stumbled across your bit about interviewing with DSW.
I used to work there, and I heard they had massive layoffs in 2001. Did you ever
get hired? Do you know the current situation? Did they have to close one of
their floors at the Triad
Center? Details are very appreciated. (No, I'm not a
bitter ex-employee looking for dirt. I'm a happy yet curious ex-employee working
at a wonderful agency in Sioux Falls, SD.) Thanks! Bruce."
I wish I knew… No, I didn’t
take that position. They offered, but not enough to justify a commute from
Provo. Had it been just 100 bucks more, I would have taken it. Very interesting
company DSW. I really did want to work there. I heard about the cutbacks but I
have no details as to how it effected the SLC branch. Thanks for the complements
on the site. Somewhere in there I wrote 2 ads. one for Volkswagen and one for
Mitsubishi… Tell me what you think: This was written back in April on the 26th:
My new ad for Mitsubishi:
Close up of a WWII Jap ZERO pilot... Leather helmet, Goggles, White Scarf...
Through the window you see other pilots. You hear the scream of the engines as
green mountains roll past. Camera pulls back to reveal the
Red Circle on the side... Pulls
back further to show its a Car - the 3000GT VR4. Several cars in tight
formation... Camera pulls back further to show them zooming at very high speed
along a highway... in Hawaii... There is an exit... to PEARL HARBOR... One at a
time the Zero/Cars peel off to take the exit...
Many white clad sailors scramble to the Pontiacs and Mustangs that have hard
times starting... close up of one sailor - fear on his face as he is frantically
trying to start his car... a Zero/Car flashes past... flames start spouting from
the American car's hood... The Zero/Cars leave and all the American cars are
trashed... Sailors running around falling... lots of smoke...
Closing Title: Mitsubishi - The Rest is History.
My new ad for Volkswagen:
Panning across a parade of goose stepping German troopers (No swastikas - just
Iron Crosses)... at the lead of the parade is a new shiny black Beetle with a
sun roof... Crowds are shouting "Zieg Farfegnuggen Hiel!" There is a VW Salesman
standing in the sunroof waving with a straight arm... The parade is going past a
VW dealership. In front of the dealership is a podium with a Sales Manager
screaming into a mic shouting in German and pounding his fists and spitting...
Camera pans out across ruined freeways with groups of grey Beetles surging
across the screen... out of the sunroofs are jerry-helmed men low and glaring
and scanning for enemies... Carcasses of Neons and Civics lay strung across the
horizon... The logo comes across the screen: VolksPANZERwagon, blitzkrieging
the competition.
Okay, they are not that
funny... but I had a blast writing them up!
Dec 8th - Had another email from a reader. This one I put into the Ask Ogre section as I thought it fit better in there.
I beat Max Payne on the standard setting. My oldest son, 8, helped me beat it by spotting the clues that you need to act on... He enjoyed watch the game. Heck, even I enjoyed watching the game too. Before I got the game I had watched another fellow run through several levels. It's a good looking game. It's a good game and very challenging. It's only down side (besides the fact that the hero's face looks like he just sniffed Wayne Warner's latest fart) is that the story is railed... There is no branching. However a Max Payne 2 would be great with a well written and very branching universe to explore. Also, more weapon selections would be nice too. Is it too much to ask that a game NOT have a Desert Eagle pistol in it? It would be cool if the Bullet Time was just a little bit slower and lasted just a little bit longer and let you see the other guys bullets a lot more clearer... more Matrix-like would be nice. Having that hour glass with a limited amount of bullet time is something that perhaps an option switch could let you turn off... That would be great... because I always sucked up all my bullet time. Anyways... I really liked it. I wouldn't go and make a movie out of it or consider reading "The Book"... but it was enjoyable as a novelty. Refreshing. It look like there could be a part 2 to the story... The One Eyed Man and the Russian Mobster that helped you out are still alive and that opens up a lot of story possibility. Something to look forward to. I'm deleting it off the system... it was fun. But I'm done with it. Between this, Wolfenstein's level 2 Crypt mission... I am really liking that the game can creep you out. I think I'll try a horror game... Clive Barker has one out. Why not? I like horror movies! Why have I not looked into that before? DUH! Undying is actually a Steven Spielberg story based FPS game that someone left unattended and Clive Barker came around and just turned it fucking EVIL. I think this will be the next game for evaluation!
Dec 7th - Pearl Harbor Day. Please take a moment of silence for respect. Give it up for the heroes.
The Ask Ogre section has a new entry... I've stopped posting many of the questions because most are just retarded folks asking retarded questions wanting to get jollies off of getting published. Who is hotter? Screw that. This was actually a pretty good gun question and thus worthy of a response. Look, let me put it this way... any question that is anything like "Genie or Samantha (Bewitched)?" the answer will be BOTH. Get it?
Changing ISP / DSL. I've been a pretty good customer to QWEST for some time now. I've never been late with a payment, and I have never badmouthed Qwest's DSL service. They have had some pretty good reliability for me and I have to admit that I have mostly pleased. Now, there I go and open my mouth and be actually happy with something and then things have to go down hill fast. Qwest sells off the DSL service to MSN and now all the sudden I noticed that I have been getting screwed for the last 6 months on the bill. You know what? Screw Qwest! Guess what I did? Yup... I am switching from Qwest. What does this mean for MadOgre.com? Well - for one it means there will be a down time. And maybe a period where there will be little or no updates for a spell. If you have bookmarked my MadOgre - then the bookmarks may not work... But MadOgre.com should work once I get the site to the new location and update the redirection address. For example, this is MadOgre.com yeah... but its really http://www.users.qwest.net/~hgeorge8/News.html because Qwest is hosting these pages. New ISP, New host for the site... New everything on this end - but this site will pretty much remain the same as I prefer this layout. I remain loyal to the Hoplite-Literati-Digerati, a small group of well read, educated, and wired, low-brow, knuckle-dragging, gunslingers. We are entertained by some flashy sites but they really don't impress us unless they have got the content to back up the flash. Meaning that you have to be able to print out the weeks content and sit down for a good read while pinching a loaf on the throne in the "Library". Admit it - when your taking a giant shit - you like to read something. I know I do. Nothing foo foo with ads or lots of pictures of bridges or anything wimpy. I want raw text. That is what Mad Ogre is all about. Go ahead, print it out... read it. Just light a match and don't forget to flush when your done... alright? Thanks.
Speaking of
Qwest - Got a letter saying I need to upgrade the code on this Cisco router
here. I'll have to get STAINLESS STING to take a look at this... I didn't
know a 675 had "Code". I should probably get this done before the 13th,
the day I get switched over to Psionyx.
BTW, Girls... Steve is still available for a limited time... Call Now!
Dec 6th - What happened on Flight 93. I read this article almost holding my breath. I can't image what it would feel like to be in that kind of a situation and have loved ones at home waiting for me. I think EVERYONE should read this.
Email from reader: "Ogre - While I agree that the presence of bin Laden's ugly mug on Time magazine's cover is repulsive, the "rules" that Time has had in place since 1927 (1st Man Of The Year, Charles Linbergh) are that the person on the cover has had the most impact on that year. Other slimeballs over the years have appeared on that cover, and rightly so, such as Hitler, Kruchev (sp?), the Ayatola Khomeni, Josef Stalin, etc. Should Time Magazine change their criteria? That's another discussion. Based on the rules they have in place now, I must agree that no one has made a greater impact on the world in the year 2000 than Osama bin Laden. Scott in Orem." That's very true Scott... those rules have included some seriously evil people in the past... but then again there was one year when the nominated an environmental lobby group. I think the name was "Free Earth" or something. The other jackholes have all been actual valid world leaders whether we liked it or not... Laden is just a thug. I know the rules as written do not exclude "non-leaders"... but it also says most impact in the year... This would be George W Bush - who has been in the news since Jan 1st 2001 and continues to be covered. Some would say that he is only reacting to him now... Sure, that's true, but we are also not stabbing people in the back and then cowering in a cave. Now, for the Man of the Year, you would think you would have to have a spine. George Bush should be nominated and if Bin Laden is the one - it is only TIME using SHOCK to try to sell more rags.
Email
from reader: "I just linked to your site from geeks with guns. I
think you made a good choice with the
Springfield. First of all the .45acp round is a fight stopper. It is
controllable in the larger frame gun and you can carry 8+1 rounds which should
do the trick. A 1911 can be made to be the most reliable and accurate handgun
out there, and most from the box are ready to use without any work (Kimber &
Springfield). I have owned several handguns, Berettas, Sigs, Glocks, Hi Powers,
Walthers etc and I always went back to the 1911. At times I have owned and
tried at different times the same models over again, Beretta 92's, Glocks 21's,
17's, and Sig 220's and I always end up trading it off again for a 1911. As a
matter of fact I currently only own 1911 models.
Email from reader: "Ogre, If you are worried about the smell of pot in your jeep if stopped by the constabulary. Go the supermarket and look for a product called Ozium. It comes in an aerosol can and it isn't cheap. But it totally removes the lingering Pot odor and any other odors. When my mom was in a nursing home I bought some for her as her roommate was incoherent and had to be changed by the aides. They loved it so much they had me buy it for them. Totally took the stink out of the room. A couple of my competitors told me about it as they like to toke in their vehicle before doing Termite jobs! They would use it and not "offend" their customers. Of course being in the pesticide industry I get the professional size cans. Use it to remove the smell of dead rodents in buildings. It is an air sanitizer, not a masking agent. Which means it actually takes the stinky molecules out of the air instead of perfuming the air to cover the smell. Don't overuse it or it will choke you, only a light spray is needed. Not that I am advising you to break the law or anything :-) Geoff" Thanks Geoff... No - I wont be turning to pot in this lifetime. "The Coven" is already working on Potions... Snape would be taking notes. However I will be getting some of this Ozium stuff for other things... When you have 5 young boys - you can get some very new and interesting smells going on! Thanks for that heads up!
This is a letter from a Marine in Afghanistan:
Published: November 11, 2001
Author: Saucy Jack
The following was read on the Sully and Scooter (Radio KOGO in San Diego) Show
Saturday, November 17th.
Just outside of Ab Gach, in the northwest panhandle of Afghanistan between
Tajikstan and Pakistan:
November 11, 2001
Bizarre,
It's (expletive) freezing here. I'm sitting on hard, cold dirt between rocks and
shrubs at the base of the
Hindu Kush mountains along the Dar 'yoi
Pomir River watching a hole
that leads to a tunnel that leads to a cave. Stakeout, my friend, and no pizza
delivery for thousands of miles. I also glance at the area around my ass every
ten to fifteen seconds to avoid another scorpion sting. I've actually given up
battling the chiggers and sand fleas, but them (expletive) scorpions give a jolt
like a cattle prod. Hurts like a bastard. The antidote tastes like transmission
fluid but God bless the Marine Corps for the five vials of it in my pack.
The one truth the Taliban cannot escape is that, believe it or not, they are
human beings, which means they have to eat food and drink water. That requires
couriers and that's where an old bounty hunter like me comes in handy. I track
the couriers, locate the tunnel entrances and storage facilities, type the info
into the handheld, shoot the coordinates up to the satellite link that tells the
air commanders where to drop the hardware, we bash some heads for a while, then
I track and record the new movement. It's all about intelligence.
We haven't even brought in the snipers yet. These scurrying rats have no idea
what they're in for. We are but days away from cutting off supply lines and
allowing the eradication to begin. I dream of bin Laden waking up to find me
standing over him with my boot on his throat as I spit a bloody ear into his
face and plunge my nickel plated Bowie knife through his frontal lobe.
But you know me. I'm a romantic.
I've said it before and I’ll say it again: This country blows, man. It's not
even a country. There are no roads, there's no infrastructure, there's no
government. This is an inhospitable, rockpit (expletive) ruled by eleventh
century warring tribes. There are no jobs here like we know jobs. Afghanistan
offers two ways for a man to support his family: join the opium trade or join
the army. That's it. Those are your options. Oh, I forgot, you can also live in
a refugee camp and eat plum-sweetened, crushed beetle paste and squirt mud like
a goose with stomach flu if that's your idea of a party. But the smell alone of
those "tent cities of the walking dead" is enough to hurl you into the poppy
fields to cheerfully scrape bulbs for eighteen hours a day.
And let me tell you something else. I've been living with these Tajiks and
Uzbeks and Turkmen and even a couple of Pushtins for over a month and a half
now, and this much I can say for sure: These guys, all of ‘em, are Huns. Actual,
living Huns. They LIVE to fight. It’s what they do. It’s ALL they do. They have
no respect for anything, not for their families or for each other or for
themselves. They claw at one another as a way of life. They play polo with dead
calves and force their five-year-old sons into human cockfights to defend the
family honor. Huns, roaming packs of savage, heartless beasts who feed on each
other's barbarism. (Expletive) cavemen with AK 47's.
Then again, maybe I'm just cranky.
I'm freezing my (expletive) off on this stupid (expletive) hill because my lap
warmer is running out of juice and I can't recharge it until the sun comes up in
a few hours. Oh yeah! You like to write letters, right? Do me a favor, Bizarre.
Write a letter to CNN and tell Judy and Bernie and that awful, sneering, pompous
Aaron Brown to stop calling the Taliban "smart." They are not smart. I suggest
CNN invest in a dictionary because the word they are looking for is "cunning."
The Taliban are cunning, like jackals and hyenas and wolverines. They are sneaky
and ruthless and, when confronted, cowardly. They are hateful, malevolent
parasites who create nothing and destroy everything else. Smart. Pfft. Yeah,
they're real smart. They've spent their entire lives reading only one book (and
not a very good one, as books go) and consider hygiene and indoor plumbing to be
products of the devil. They're still figuring out how to work a Bic lighter.
Talking to a Taliban warrior about improving his quality of life is like trying
to teach an ape how to hold a pen; eventually he just gets frustrated and sticks
you in the eye with it. OK, enough.
Snuffle will be up soon so I have to get back to my hole. Covering my tracks in
the snow takes a lot of practice but I'm getting good at it. Please tell my
fellow Americans to turn off their TV sets and move on with their lives. The
story line you are getting from CNN is utter (expletive) and designed not to
deliver truth but rather to keep you glued to the screen through the
commercials. We've got this one under control. The worst thing you guys can do
right now is sit around analyzing what we're doing over here because you have no
idea what we're doing and, really, you don't want to know. We are your military
and we are doing what you sent us here to do. You wanna help? Buy some
(expletive) stocks, America.
Saucy Jack
I have some emails from readers that I will be putting up shortly. Thank you all for the well wishes. Don't send me any money - please. If you did I would only buy another Jeep and thus only compound my problems.
Future Gun Articles coming up: 1 is about buffers and 2 is the AR vs the AK "Clash of the Titans!" and 3 is the about the .45 Super cartridge. Hey, I am still a gun nut so these things have to be done. There are a couple others in the works as well... WHY OGRE HATES THE AR-15 FAMILY... and a HEAD TO HEAD competition of rifle designs pitting seemingly unrelated long arms against each other in a Mini Olympics. But, I promise - NO ICE DANCING.
No, I have not written much about Flashpoint or Return to Wolfenstein. Main reason is that I have been caught up in MAX PAYNE for the last few days (when not dealing with Life and Jeep issues... meaning when I should be sleeping or eating). Now, Max Payne isn't your everyday run of the mill shoot'm up game. Max Payne is special... it's different in most every aspect and deserved a good close look. I'll write a good review on it later today or tomorrow. Max Payne is every Action Movie ever made all rolled up into one. It mixes Hong Kong Action with Sam Spade and Mike Hammer with a little The Matrix thrown in (even if the makers did the slow motion a year before the movie came out). This game is unique and very well done. A high quality product. I hate to say it - but Max Payne scores a solid 10. This is one to purchase retail... or off of E-bay. From me - that is saying a lot. There are very few games worth spending money on... most game makers crank out total shit and then demand 50 bucks for it. No... I only pay for it if I like it and that is AFTER I play it. Sorry, but fuck the Software Policy... I am the same way with books. Look, you can go into most any bookstore, grab a book, pull up an over stuffed leather lounge chair, drink coffee or Italian soda and read the damn book cover to cover. THEN, if you chose to do so, you buy the book. Here is the kicker: You can even buy the book, take it home, and if you don't like it - YOU CAN RETURN IT. Software? NOPE! You can't TRY IT, you can't TEST IT, and you certainly can't RETURN IT. People, this policy is fuqqed up. With computers, your buying a more expensive product that you have probably never tried before and you don't even know if it will run on your computer system at home... even if it doesn't even work - you can't take it back! And the stores that DO let you return it - it is only to exchange the title for the SAME title. WTF? If it wont work - a different disc of the same thing wont work either you fuqqing retail zombies! Luckily there are a FEW stores that know what the hell they are doing. The problem is that they are in THE MALL. I can not stand The Mall. The downside is that these stores are often as much as 10 bucks more than most places - but at least it isn't a gamble purchase. If the game sucks or it doesn't work - you CAN return it. It is better to pay a little more for that insurance isn't it? Hey, was that a rant? Sorry... WTF was I talking about? Oh yeah... Anyways... Buy Max Payne. It is that good. The only games I have said that about are Operation Flash Point, Rogue Spear and it's family of expansions, any game from Blizzard, Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator... and that is about it. I kinda like Mech Commander, but I really can't justify why... I picked up a used disk off eBay for a couple of bucks... that is about it... Every other game out there is nothing but rehashing other shit that wasn't that great to begin with. There are other games that are not in this category that are original and worthy of mention some place - but I don't like them.
Dec 5th - Got this in the Email today... it is very much worth printing here:
Subject: If you think Jane Fonda is a real humanitarian read this: It's
one thing to try not to become obsessed with someone's treachery; it's quite
another to honor someone for it. Jane Fonda defies any criticism of her actions
to this day. Her "explanation" to Barbara Walters was an incredible display of
arrogance. Leave her to Heaven, but don't praise her! Does she belong as one
of the 100 years greatest women? Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the "100
Women of the Century. "Unfortunately many have forgotten and still countless
others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country,
but specific men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam. Part of my conviction
comes from personal exposure to those who suffered her attentions. The first
part of this is from an F-4E pilot.
Now, this is one of the reasons that I am so enraged at the idea that Osama Bin Laden gets Time's Man Of The Year status. Fuck Bin Laden and fuck Jane Fonda as well... The media should not give these people so much air time. Doing so gives these jackholes justification, celebrity, validation, and global support. These people should not get fame... they should get flame.
Lots to talk about today! Yesterday I got the Jeep fully repaired. It is running better than ever before. I could not have done it with out the help of one seriously cool guy - his name is Blain and he rocks to a shockingly high degree. Check out his webpage here. If your in the Wasatch Front area and your in automotive trouble - Give him a call and tell him George Hill referred you to him. Seriously, the guy is good. I got stuck, gave him a call and BOOM 30 minutes later there he was under my hood and inside 10 minutes it was DONE. The coolest thing is that HE COMES TO YOU. No Towing. HELLO! Can you say AWESOME? I knew you could. Here - write this number down: 801-427-5189. Put that number in your glove box because one day your going to get stuck and need a hand. Call him. He is that good.
Last night my wife and I went out for our anniversary. We didn't have a lot of time as it was already late due to Jeep issues (see below). We did a few minutes of shopping and had some Rodizios for dinner. It was nice. She gave me a very nice watch - I love it. It's a Skagen watch from Denmark that uses Swiss time inside. Inside it's titanium shell. Yeah baby... Titanium. The watch is so cool. My wife rocks. She is the best. I love her. Did I get her anything? Yeah, the new Diane Gibaldi (sp) book that is the latest in the "Outlander" series that she just loves. She likes the book - but man... A book? Hello! She gave me this cool watch and I give her a lame ass book? Looks like I shall have to do a little more shopping for her.
The other day CNN asked the question "should John Walker be tried for treason?" My answer is yes. A short trial followed by a long execution via a deli slicer. This guy's Mom was in the WTC when the attack went down and he still went over to Taliban to fight for them. This guy seriously sucks. His US Citizenship sould be revoked. When I first heard of John Walker in the news, I thought of another John Walker, I think of the spy John Walker. Don't know who he is? I have some reading for you then. He is probably the worst traitor this country has ever had next to Bill Clinton.
Oh - and this is just fucking CHOICE. Time Magazine does the Man of the Year issue, and they are choosing Osama Bin Laden as TMOTY. WHAT THE FUCK IS TIME MAGAZINE THINKING? I hope this is just a rumor... Man Of The Year should be either George Bush because he is kicking ass and taking names... or Bill Gates because he finally got his Microsoft crew to make a good version of Windows. Lot's of people call Bill Gates evil. Sorry guys, he doesn't qualify. He does a lot of good. Sure, as a businessman, he is a jackhole. But he is just a very good businessman. What has Osama done? To be the Man of the Year I think you should have to do something GOOD. Osama is a sick and evil motherfucker that deserves some special medieval kinds of torture. If this Man of the Year thing turns out to be true - any Mad Ogre readers that come across an issue should douse it with some form of liquid accelerant and ignite it on the spot. Time Warner has proven repeatedly that they officially suck satan's ass... but this is a new low for even them. Those planes hit the WRONG BUILDING. They should have hit the IRS and the UN buildings as well - but that is just my opinion.
Dec 3rd - Here is the details: What happened was when my wife left school on today, something happened and the power steering pump exploded and the pulley slipped forward and hit the clutch fan… This seized the engine completely. Now, I got most everything fixed – except one small part. The power steering pump. I have a new pump, and all that has to be done is to take the old pump out of the housing and put the new pump in, attach the pressure lines, bolt it back in, and then reinstall the serpentine belt. Easy huh? The problem is in the old housing and the new pump. I can not get the old one to separate due to two bolts that have “cold welded”. I can’t get these apart at all. A shop with an impact wrench could. So that is where I am heading (on foot) in the morning. I am going to have the shop assemble the new pump into the housing and I am even going to have them put everything else back in as well… This totally sucks because this will eat all of our budget/savings. That and tomorrow is our wedding anniversary. Special day totally blown to hell.
The chicken burrito thing – check this out. After my appointment we stopped at the Rubio’s in Sugarhouse to get a bite to eat. ½ way through my chicken burrito especial, I bit into something hard and un-chewy. I spit it out and it is this big hunk of rubber. I kid you not. I go up to the counter because if I was going to puke – it would be all over the cash register. Anyways, while I am holding up this hunk of rubber, I see this employee at the grill holding up a spatula that is missing a huge hunk out of the leading edge. Nice. They gave me the option of another burrito or my money back… Like I could eat anything after that. This is when we came home – Wife went to school and I got ready for work and everything just went to hell in a hand basket from that point on.
The UPSIDE to today's events is that my liver has shown improvement and is healing nicely! Yeah! In about 2 more weeks I should be able to eat wheat again... I have meds that will solve the food allergy thing and by then I will be able to slowly reintroduce real food again. The bad part is that pain killers are totally off limits. This doesn't really go well with the migraine headaches I get. Since I can't take anything for the pain, I will just have to grin and bare it. Is there a doctor in Utah that subscribes grass for migraines? I don't know what else to do. I had one last night that left me incapacitated. Down side to pot for the pain? Let's see, a whole mess of legal problems and issues every time I got pulled over. The smell would initiate a search and that would mean jail... my work would do a drug test on me and I'd get fired. So, to sum it up - pot is not an option. What can I do? Call the Witch Doctors! My wife and her coven of sisters will brew me up an evil potion of gawd only knows what. I just hope it can take the edge off a migraine. I don't need it to kill all the pain - nothing ever has before. But if it can take the pain from a 10 to an 8 - then I can cope.
Dec
2nd -
Ogre
has a digital camera now. It is the funniest little thing. My
wife picked it up a Polaroid Digital 320. It is to most ghetto little cam
you've ever seen.
Some jackhole sent me the Badtrans virus. Nasty bugger. Some guy from England. Thanks a lot... Jerk. Actually, I can't say that. He was a victim. The virus is one of those that will replicate its self through email to other folks automatically. My NAV caught it and killed it as soon as it came in. THANK YOU SYMANTEC! I had just updated my NAV this morning and today it hits me. Nice. Love that auto-update!
More on this camera... if you have the chance to buy a Polaroid Digital 320 - DON'T. Here are a couple reasons why: 1. It has very low resolution. 2. If the subject of the picture is moving - you will get a blur. 3. The software is embarrassing. 4. The light sensitivity is pathetic. 5. It makes the old 110 cameras LOOK GOOD. Really the only reason to get this camera is only to say you have one. But really, what can you expect for under $20? Well, that is about all I have to say about that.
No, that is not a porn-star - that is the Genuine Mad Ogre, right there in the flesh. NOTE: The shirt is from Larry Correia, AKA Correia on TFL. You can order these shirts through him. These are high quality cotton shirts that attracts the hot looking ladies.
December 1st - Today was a very special day for my family. My oldest son had turned 8 years old and wanted to be baptized, so today was that day. We had all the closest (not in miles) family come out. It was awesome. Then we went out and the whole troop went to see Harry Potter, and then out for dinner. It was a good day. What a special thing to be able to baptize your own son. I couldn't keep my eye quite dry. I have baptized other people... about 20 other folks... but today it was like I had never done it before. I was nervous and forgot everything. It was awesome. I have a cheap little digital camera that has some pics in it... I'll put some of them up after I down load them. (Would already be up but this cam and software does not work with Windows XP! Will do it at work)
Down side to the day? I now have a cold. But hey, the upside is that I am already going to the Doc on Monday anyways!
People have been asking me how to get through Operation Flashpoint. I may have to write up a walk through my self. Until then - here is what another fellow put together. BTW, this guy's walk through may get you through the missions - but this lame ass had no imagination. There are much more clever methods to winning while earning a lot more points. Anyways, it's a bone I throw out to everyone out there that picked up OFP because of me.
Registered new domain... PowerhouseTheater.com. I have mentioned before on Mad Ogre this theater... It is AWESOME! Check it out and see for your self. This is some of the BEST live on stage theatre in the state of Utah. I am doing the web site for them as a Christmas gift.
The Month of November has been archived... you can find it HERE.
