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Oct
20th, Monday: 2300hrs:
Forgive me for not updating earlier.
Today was extremely busy. I have nothing substantial to post
today. This means Emails and or Filler. Filler first.
My little work called "Crossing
Kansas" is here for your enjoyment. This was an exercise in
narration. For some reason I decided to take a step out of my
normal writing "voice" and into HP Lovecraft. I am told that it
worked.
Emails have been coming in supporting my move to these revolvers...
especially for the 696. I can't pick one out as an example...
well, this one was a notch above:
"Hello
Mr. Ogre! I see that you are now the owner of an S&W 696! Awesome! You
are absolutely right in that it just "feels" good in the hand. I have
owned mine for about three or four years now I guess and just love it!
Nothing wrong with a big bore snubby to bring an end to evil
intentions! I carry Cor-Bon 165grain plus p's in mine. Make a nice
boom, real accurate, and I believe that Cor-Bon rates them at a little
over 1100fps from a three inch barrel. Lots of smack with a heck of a
lot less "ouch" like some of those itty bitty .357's! Congrats on your
696 and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine. By the way, your
website effin' rocks! Take care Mr. Ogre. - Michael M."
I
especially love the ending. Thanks for the email. Well, I
went out and in-between my other tasks made a stop by Basin Sports.
They only had 1 flavor of .44 Special ammunition... so of course I got
that. I have 1 shop and 2 pawnshops here and of these three
joints, only one of them stocks ammo. Wal-Mart has some... but
not .44Special. Federal Classic is what I got. This is a 200
grain at 900FPS kind of load. Tepid. This is too
moderate... too mild. Should be an easy kicking load considering
this is less than a stout .45ACP. I want something a bit more
tub-thumping. I'll have to stock up on a few boxes of good stuff
when I go out to SLC some time in the future. Ammo... empty
brass, slugs, powder, and primers.
I only had one
class tonight... in it are some students from the high school.
These students are supposedly the brighter "advanced" students or
something. If this is the case, I am truly frightened for
America's future as a nation. Most of these kids are just
shockingly stupid. Not just ignorant of knowledge... but flat out
meta-stupid. Stupid to a level that if this was a measurement of
temperature.. would rate "Absolute Stupid".
In this class we
have a girl. Normally I consider women to be just as intelligent
as men, but more cunning on average. Not this one. She is
not only stupid, but she likes to brag about her stupidity. If
she was a body of water, her depth of character would be equal of that
of the
Sea of Tranquility. To quote her is to take a hammer
blow to the mind... bypassing the skull and brains and smacking you
square in your very soul. The class discussion was on the social
discrimination based on appearance... not race or sex or age... but on
just looks. This is evident in who gets Anchor jobs and who
doesn't. There is a psychology report out that shows attractive
people are perceived as being more intelligent. Interesting
stuff to a point. So our girl here (Who is attractive, btw, cute
with a nice figure, so you might think her intelligent) opens her pie
hole. "Yeah, it's like girls are so into hot guys, but lots of
hot guys can be like, total jerks, like, you know?" After
that comment, the whole class was silent until I mutter something under
my breath. "Wow, that was almost deep for her." I guess my
voice carried a little too far and most of the class laughed.
I didn't mean to
be cruel, but I think this girl needs to be taught a simple lesson.
If you two synapses accidentally bump into one another and you get a
spark... you don't have to voice it. You could almost pity her if
it wasn't for the fact that she is a spoiled princess who's Daddy buys
her absolutely everything she asks for... including a new truck just
weeks after him getting her a new car. Well, she really didn't
like the car after she got it, like she thought she would. Right.
I want to meet
this father of hers... and slap the shit out him for not wearing a
rubber. She is getting this college class for free...
I had to apply for a federal grant to take this class. Forgive an
Ogre for acting according to his nature, but tax dollars are being
spent here and I am obligated to do my very best in class - so I don't
have time to listen to Spring-Break Barbie. No, that wasn't the
only comment she had made in class... she made a lot of others of equal
lucidity. My cerebellum sent me an email, asking to please
lobotomize it so it didn't have to comprehend the vast chasm of vacuum
that spans the gap between her ears. Evil Knievel wouldn't even
attempt that jump on a Rocket-Bike.
Don't even get me
started on the Ken Doll that is in my History class. *shudder*
Oct
18th, Saturday: 2300hrs:
"You got what!?" Evidently my Wife is shocked at my going
for revolvers. Email from Reader is likewise:
"Congrats on the set of smith revos. I never NEVER would have
figgerd you for a revo fan by any stretch. You made very wise choices,
and I think you will be one contented ogre pistolero with your new
toys. Luck, -B"
Why are you guys so surprised at this move?
Look at the 4th question in my FAQ. I recommend a revolver there.
Look at the top 10 handgun list in the weapons section. #10 is a
snub nosed .357 Magnum revolver. So me getting a .357 Magnum
should not be a surprise to anyone. Even one of my quotes above
my photo says "You can't argue with a .357... well, you could, but you
will end up bleeding a lot." The only surprise that I could see
would be in the caliber - maybe. Well, a 200 grain Keith bullet
loaded to 950FPS has a solid wet-pack (soaked newspapers) penetration
of 24 inches. That's pretty damned potent for a non-magnum.
In fact, to hit harder than that, you would have to be shooting some
seriously stout stuff.
Here is the S&W 696 .44 Special: 
Here is the S&W 66 .357 Magnum:
Now the question is, which one rides on my hip all
day as Primary and which one is Back Up? I've mentioned .357 a
lot, so you might think that. Then again, I've mentioned my
desire for a big bore as well. The 696 is built on a larger frame
than the 66... so even though it has a shorter barrel, it's a bigger
gun all the way around save length maybe. The K frame 66 smacks
of the Model 10 I used in the Police academy, but it has a longer
barrel then what I used over a decade ago. Same grips though!
I guess I shall have to try them both out and see how they fit. I
don't think the grips between these two would swap - but if they did,
that would be sweet. Eventually I'll get pretty wood on them and
one of them will be my BBQ Gun. Too early to tell. Feels
like Christmas eve is coming in October! Speaking of
that... I have a rant coming on here...
I'm feeling festive. Mrs. Ogre came
back from the store with a jug of Egg Nog. I only drink it during
the holidays and we are getting closer to the season. I had a
glass... delicious. The thing that disturbs me however, is that
this season we are already seeing Christmas decorations. It's not
even Halloween yet, and already there are fucking Santa Clauses all
over the damn place.
I remember when we had Thanksgiving
decorations. Do you guys remember those? Cornucopias,
turkeys, Pilgrim hunters with blunderbusses and Pilgrim Wives with
pumpkin pies... decorations made from corn with multi colored
kernels... Kids running around in Indian costumes. Those are
totally done away with. I haven't seen that stuff for the last 7
or 8 years. Last couple of years, the Christmas stuff would break
out the day after Halloween. Are the retail-asswipes trying
to bypass Halloween now? My Hell! Pretty soon the 4th of
July is when Santa rides his sled around passing out flags and sales
flyers.
The commercialism of the holidays is totally
disgusting. What's worse is the fact that people eat it up.
The day after Thanksgiving is known as "Saints Shopping Day" or some
shit. Last year I was at place, and early in the morning, before
the doors opened, there was a HUGE line. Made me sick. It
really did.
Yes I was in a retail establishment for 6
months one time - OMG I am so glad I am not doing that anymore.
Every day was more unhappy than the last and anytime a shopper had a
bad day - it was my personal fault and my asshat manager would chew me
out for it. I guess he wasn't really an asshat. He was just
a Retail Manager and I wasn't cut out for the job. I'll admit it.
You don't want me to deal with your customer issues, if the customer
was a retard that caused his or her own problem. I'm the guy you
have to tell that customer to fuck off. That's about the extend
of my retail qualifications. No, really my Manager there was cool
enough.. I just don't see how I held on without quitting after 2
months. Oh, wait, I know... I was looking for another Tech Job in
Utah during the "Great Salt Lake Depression". I still think
all my friends were placing bets as to when I would walk out.
Hey, where the hell was I? Ah, Holidays...
So I drank down a glass of smooth tasting Egg Nog.
You know, one glass of that shit is a meal. Cold, frothy, eggy(?)
refreshing contentment. All in one glass. What I want now
is some Missile-Toe, Mrs.Ogre... and I'll leave it at that.
1800:
This morning I woke up and remembered that a S&W 696 is heading my way.
I am very excited. Other good news is there is a possible S&W 66
.357Magnum. I have put my iPaq up for sale and this offer came
out. The iPaq is going up because I realized that since it was
stolen and recovered - that I really don't need it and didn't even miss
it while it was gone. I hardly ever use it at all anymore.
Well, on Sundays while in church I'll play solitaire... and I really
shouldn't be doing that anyway, right? Might as well turn it into
something that I will enjoy more regularly. My father in law has
a reloading set with all the dies and everything ready to go for both
.44 Special and .357magnum... I also have a couple boxes of Speer
LSWCHP waiting to get loaded. For a poor college student with a
family, if I want to do some shooting other than .22 then this is the
way to go. I am excited. You know, I haven't had a
revolver since 1992, and now I have 2 coming. Ogre is now going
to have to do his patented Happy Ogre(TM) dance.
I have photos of both guns, but I'll post them after the guns arrive.
To celebrate:
A toast! Drink up!
Looks like I am not the only one upset by the actions of Cheesedick SLC
Police Chief Rick Dinse.
The
call has gone out for Dinse to resign his post as Chief. This
is a call I whole heartedly support. The group behind this call
is the CCRKBA. I've never
heard of them before. They are not based out of Utah, so this
call is essentially meaningless. I would very much like to see
this call carried out. This isn't just a SLC thing, but a Utah
thing. I think the way to pressure this cat to step off is to
pressure the cat that appointed him. Rocky "See, Utah has Coffee
and Beer Too!" Anderson. This will take some effort.
I remember the first time I met Rocky. I had just left the
gunshow at the Salt Palace back when he was campaigning. I was
dressed in a bowling shirt, jeans and blue sneakers. I was also
wearing a more prominent earring than what is in my photo over there in
the right side column. I was carrying a shopping bag that looked
like it could have come from any of the small shops around the area.
The way I left the Salt Palace, crossing the parking lots in the back
(because I got lost for a minute) had me approaching a fellow standing
in front of a camera crew. My intentions were to walk behind the
crew, pass them quietly, and be on my way. This didn't happen.
I guess Rocky thought I looked like the image of the modern liberal
that he wanted to promote in Salt Lake City, because he stopped me.
He asked me what I thought of gun show going on right behind me in the
Salt Palace, where guns where being sold. I could tell he was
hoping for a liberal response "Guns! How horrible!" Nope.
Rocky didn't get that. Instead, what he got was the Ogre Litany
of Counter-Liberal Rhetoric(TM). Every word I spoke
caused a new vein to pop out in Rocky's forehead. I explained
that Utah's own State Constitution specified that the Second Amendment
follows the Individual interpretation here in Utah and that gun
ownership was a right - not a privilege - here in Utah. That the
law abiding people in the show had all the resources for any and all
background checks needed, that there were more police officers and
undercover federal agents there than in the rest of the entire state,
and that this area of the city was the safest place a guy could
possibly be. I showed the camera my bag full of high capacity
magazines and the boxes of ammunition and other goodies I picked up.
It was like from the movie "Scanners" and I thought Rocky was about to
pop on me. The guy behind the camera had an ear to ear
grin. This was supposed to be on the evening news... I watched.
It wasn't.
So I have a feeling that Rocky would require some very serious pressure
to move on this issue. However, SLC is still in Utah.
If EVERY conservative citizen in SLC stood up - they would outweigh the
Noisy Few that put him into office. Utah has a very bad
streak of apathy when in comes to politics. Too few people here
bother to vote. I bet we have a much smaller voter turn out than
any other state in America... maybe next to Idaho. Some folks say
that Idaho only exists to make people in Utah feel better. This
may be true. However, to be honest, I would love to live up in
Northern Idaho. That area is gorgeous... It's like Pacific
Northwest, but without all the Starbucks.
Today I worked on my Mid-Term exam for my Psychology class.
It was a take home exam, but that really didn't help any... all the
questions were trick questions of a sort, so you had to re-read the
entire book for each question. I'd have rather taken a
regular test.
*DOG-BLOG ALERT* Something arrived for Ranger in the mail
yesterday and we are working on setting it up. A 50 foot dog
trolley with a 20 foot lead. This will beat the regular chain he
has to wear when he is not by my side. He will be able to rove
around a much larger area and play with the little ones with a good
deal more freedom. Happy dog!
Oct
17th, Friday: 1800hrs:
The deal is finalized for the .44 Special, but the gun in question is
not a Taurus 431, but a S&W 696.
The 696 is a bit bigger and feels better in my hand. I ran to a
couple shops around here and looked at a 431 and looked at a 4 inch
barreled L frame but it wasn't the 696. The L frame the "Medium"
size, and it felt just right. With a 3 inch barrel like the 696,
it will do very well as a CCW for me. The Taurus 431 looked to be
a very nice gun indeed, but it was too small for what I was really
wanting. Holding the L frame, ooohhh yeah. It just "Felt"
right. Not just in my hand, but deeper. A 3 inch L frame
will be *PERFECT*.
This gun isn't blued, but I can live with that.
What I was wanting was a good shooting big bore good against 2 legged
critters. .44 Special is also a decent cartridge for Cougar.
Bonus. I'm no expert on revolvers, or revolver cartridges... I
know ottermatics. So just what to feed this one will be something
fun to work out. The blued wheelgun with wood grips... what I
really want for that gun is a .41 Magnum... Like a S&W 28. One
that screams "classic", but in a rip-snorting caliber. Such as
gun can not be had as a trade for what I was offering. That gun
will be my long term goal. Now that I have a .44 Special on the
way... time to study up on that cartridge. See, I'm funny this
way... this is 1/2 the fun of owning guns. I can not even
remember all different kinds of guns that I have owned. I
have been chastised for not finding that one gun and marrying it.
I'm already married to my wife... so I might as well fool around with
the guns.
I just said "rip-snorting". What the heck was that?
1100hrs:
There is an offer on the table for a trade for .44 Special Taurus
Snubby, a model 431.
I'm about ready to take it. Wood grips, blued, it's a good
looking handgun. As for the brand, Taurus... I'm fine with them.
Taurus is making some great guns these days, and the Revolvers are what
they do best. I've never heard much of anything about any
complaints when it comes to them.
Another email about the format:
"Ogre, I second John's comment. I
had grown accustomed to typing Ctrl-A (select all) to make your sight
readable. Now I don't have to. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
-Bill"
You hit "Control A" too?
Email about Spam:
"What is this crap? How did so many people decide that I needed a
bigger penis and why? If a had a sixteenth of an inch ---- Hell make
that a 64th of an inch for everyone of these I get! In a
month John Homes would develop a complex and I could handle every woman
in three states without ever leaving home? What is up with that? I men
hey, I know lots of people who will confirm I am a huge dick. Some have
even referred to me as a walking dick with arms. I’ve never had a woman
complain. Where do these asshats get off? You’re the psych major. What
is it? Are there really that many insecure folks out there that these
guys actually make sales? Just my blow of the day. But it sucks. I
must get 10 of these a day! - Captain Gordie"
Your dick is too
small, your teeth and your clothes are not white or bright enough, you
don't have enough mortgages on your home, and your credit cards are not
exclusive enough.
Marketing's first goal is to make you unhappy with what you already
have.
I'll just be happy to take your word for it about the whole dick
thing... Some things, Ogre doesn't need/want to know.
Oct
16th, Thursday: 1800hrs:
 Email
from long time reader:
"Ogre, I like it. I can read it without highlighting the text.
My old eyes thank you. - John"
Thanks for the feedback, J. Hmmm... This looks almost angelic
compared to what I have been looking at lately. I'll switch the
other main pages over to the new format at my leisure.
It looks like I am in a stage production now... a play. I'll
not give any details as to what it is, but it was requested to me out
of the blue that I was wanted for the part. I said "yes" and I am
now wondering what I have gotten into.
To pieces of good news have come up. One was a paper that
I had emailed in... Email back "VERY GOOD: A".
I'll be post this paper
in a minute. The other good news was something that I can not
yet mention, but I was excited to hear of it. This is only a
possibility, but just the possibility put a big grin on my face.
(If you can believe that) I'll only disclose this once it becomes
approved for public release. Both items add up to a good day.
Something I needed.
Now if I could just find that big bore snubby willing to come home with
me for the Mini-XP.
1600hrs:
Guys, I had to make a change here.
I just
couldn't do the green on black anymore. I was going cross eyed.
MadOgre.com started out like this, it will return to this. If you
really hate it... I am sorry. But this change had to be done.
SWEET! Check this out, one of my
favorite sites,
Bad Candy, is back.
This is one site has it all... it will
make you laugh, it will make you cry. It will make you afraid of
Candy.
Noon:
The subject of Rock Island 1911s has come up over at THR, and I thought
I would share my thoughts of them over here.
I like the Rock Island 1911s a lot. I helped a friend pick one up for
299, slightly used at a gun show in a private sale. I shot it for while
and had a favorable impression of it. The gun looked like a GI 1911A1
with a beavertail and a commander hammer. The fit and finish was very
well done for this level of gun.
Even at the average 350 dollar price, this entry level 1911 is a danged
good gun. No, it's not going to compare with 1911s that are 350 dollars
MORE... it's a disservice to compare it to such... If you are going to
compare it to other guns, let's keep it in its proper class. Guns to
compare it to:
Stars
Llama
Argentines
Norincos
When putting the Rock Island in this list, it hits the top in my
opinion, with the Norinco coming in at a close second. The big
advantage of the RIA guns is that they are not made in Communist China,
with proceeds having gone to the Red Army.
It's a good gun, as is. It's a great gun if you consider it a starter.
This is perfect for cats out there wanting to try a 1911, or who
doesn't have a lot of money, or the guy who wants a toy to tinker with
and or practice home gunsmithing.
CLASSIC OGRE:
From the Archives: You can see, I have not changed very much since
MadOgre.com was registered.
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand - It was suggested that I look
into Objectivism and that I might like it and agree with it. I have
been looking into it rather deeply for several weeks and I have come to
the conclusion that Objectivism has merit and is fine for those that
are suited for it... but not for me.
Objectivism mocks religion. While I am against Government abuses and
big government in general... and while I am not the go to church every
Sunday type guy... I am deeply religious and a proud member of the LDS
church. Yeah, I'm Mormon. I'm proud to be Mormon. I'll tell anyone I'm
Mormon. I don't care what they think about it. If they don't like it -
they can kiss off. Objectivism doesn't mesh with Christianity. It does
however have a lot of good points... but I don't have time to pick and
choose and what not - I like to take something as a whole.
Another problem I have with it is this: "In one way or another, both
conservatives and Libertarians repudiate the principles of a rational
philosophy. Conservatives by believing in an all-powerful, all-knowing
God repudiate existence, reason and any possibility of a rational
ethics. On that basis, claims to support individual rights can only be
regarded as lip-service. Libertarians hold the idea that there are many
roads to liberty, all equally valid and true, including religion or a
relatively new aberration, communitarianism. There is only one road to
liberty, one price to be paid for freedom, reason."
What the hell is that all about? She really doesn't know humanity as
well as she thinks. Pure REASON is an ideal that may sound good - but
is just not possible in Human Society regardless of culture. I don't
have the time to outline all my examples of this - but Humans are
emotional and violent people at the core with a great deal of restraint
and conditioning to try to live otherwise. Objectivism is trying to get
folks to walk around like Vulcans from Star Trek, but with a hell of a
lot more Self Righteousness.
Ayn Rand really doesn't understand what the price of liberty is... it
isn't reason. It's blood. Blood and the specific application of focused
violence. If anyone tells you differently - they are selling something.
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"
0900hrs: I
just heard that the SLC Police Chief has just joined a rabidly anti-gun
group.
This news disturbs me a great deal. I am pissed. The group says that
they are not anti-gun, but anti-gun-violence. Gimmie a freaking break.
That’s bullshit. I’ll not link to the group, but this is the group that
a couple years ago had a promotion to put signs in front of houses
stating that this house is a gun-free house. Not anti-gun… horseshit.
That is why they link to all the other anti-gun groups too? And this is
the police chief of SLC. What a shame. Utah is a great conservative
place to live… but SLC is turning more and more asinine and liberal
ever day. This shit keeps going on, it will be just like Denver in just
a few more years. This is just another reason that I dislike living in
large cities. SLC for a long while has been one place in particular
that I have never had much use for. This just put the nail it’s coffin
for me.
Nissan has a new truck out now, have you seen it?
It’s called the Titan. The truck looks good… awesome in fact. I like
it. Over 300 horse, full size… brutal looking front end. Has a lot of
potential. Speaking of trucks. I saw a Toyota Tundra with 4 doors and a
short bed. Now THAT is my truck!
Anne Coulter has the best take on the Rush Limbaugh case.
A lot of people have differing opinions on this case. The Liberals are
celebrating this. Everyone else are basically in two camps... 1. Rush
is needing help from this unfortunate situation, he'll get through it
and come out just fine. 2. Rush is getting a pass on this because he is
a celebrity, and if anyone else had this happen, they would already be
in jail. This is an unnecessarily cynical point of view. I don't listen
to Rush every day... but I do listen once in awhile. Why? Because I
only have 1 fucking radio station out here and if I had the choice, I'd
rather listen to The Glenn Beck Program. There was a time when I was a
Dittohead of sorts. That faded as I realized that I disagreed with Rush
a good deal of the time. I'm not a dittohead of any sort now. But as a
Conservative Leaning Independent, I still have a lot of respect for the
guy. He is the single most hated individual of all the Liberals out
there... and ANYONE that can garner that kind of animosity from the
Left, deserves all the Kudos he gets.
Tom “Dash-Hole” Daschle thinks he’s being funny or something?
“Nevertheless, Daschle confesses that he was troubled when Bush,
after expressing the hope that they could work together as closely as
Bush had with Bob Bullock, his Democratic lieutenant governor in Texas,
said, “I hope you’ll never lie to me.” “That statement caught me up
short. What an unusual concern to express in such a meeting.… I’ve
often wondered since then what George Bush might have been told about
me that would make him begin this conversation, this relationship, from
an implied position of mistrust.”
Maybe, Tom, it’s because you’re an asshole who has lied too many times
to count. It could also be that you are the political adversary of
President Bush. And it could also be that you are just about as
untrustworthy of an individual as can be found on Capital Hill.
“He credits Gore with acting in the nation’s best interests by not
challenging the results of the 2000 election.”
What? Oh, you mean after all the other challenges failed? This is
called rewriting history, you bloody git. You don’t do it very well.
I love the Horatio Hornblower series of movies by A&E.
I just saw an ad for 2 new movies… Awesome. A&E has a little trailer
for what’s coming up. Looks sweet! Check the archives; I’ve mentioned
the series before. In fact, it’s in my first archive. Then there is
another tall ship movie called MASTER and COMMANDER staring Russell
Crow. Looks freaking awesome. Something about these kinds of movies
and stories really speaks to me. I gotta see this one in the theatre.
Oct 15th, Wednesday: 1024hrs:
Let's do emails today...
A word of warning has come from one of the Horde:
“Do NOT go see this movie, Ogre. I mean, I like zombie movies. I
like campy, dumb zombie movies like Dawn of the Dead. I like serious,
techno-horror zombie movies like Resident Evil. But...House of the Dead
is like...it's like the director just HATES, you know, people. Me and
you, and your wife and your kids, and the President and the Pope and
everybody. He hates us, Ogre, and he expresses that hatred in his
movie. It was like getting dick-slapped in the face for two hours. Glad
I caught the matinee; it was cheaper. It was a Sega arcade game with
light guns. The Sega tie-ins with the movie are shameless and poorly
executed. This movie didn't get much TV commercial time. I can see why.
I'll bet the director hates Ghandi, too, and Mother Teresa. Probably
even Jesus. It's an offense to the Lord to make a movie this bad. Might
not be in the Bible verbatim, but I'm sure it's implied somewhere. I
found myself hoping the characters would hurry up and get killed so I
didn't have to listen to the dialogue anymore. It was just painful.
Haven't seen a movie this stupid in the theaters since "The Hunted",
and this one supplanted "The Hunted" as the worst theater movie I've
ever seen. (The Hunted, in turn, de-throned 3000 Miles to Graceland.)
It wasn't, of course, the worst movie I've ever seen. I've seen
Mitchell, starring Joe Don Baker. I've seen Eegah. I've seen...
*shudder*.. "Manos", the Hands of Fate... Let my fate be a warning to
others...it's too late for me, Ogre...I only hope that my soul can yet
be saved. But warn them, so that others might be spared my fate!
Seriously, though. Hella stupid movie. Completely ruined the good movie
vibe I got when I saw Kill Bill yesterday. Kill Bill was dumb, but it
was TRYING to be dumb. It was campy fun. House of the Dead was about as
fun as a bone marrow transplant.”
I think this says about as much as needs to be said about this movie.
“House Of The Dead” a movie based on a video game. When will they
please stop doing this? Are screen writers in Hollywood really that
fucking stupid to think that they can make a movie out of a damn game?
Tomb Raider is perhaps the only semi-successful adaptation and even
though we all liked Angelina’s huge chest, we have to admit that the
movie was meta-stupid. I blame Hollywood for not kicking the writers
squarely in the nuts.
You know what was a really good movie? Equilibrium. That movie rocked.
Not just because of the action or gunfoo… it was Yeats. Let me back
this up a bit. Yeats was a poet and a theatre scholar. He said that the
most important part of theatre was the dialog’s voice. The strength of
the voice was the pinnacle of the art. I think he was right. If you
watch Equilibrium, you watch the acting… it all maximizes the strength
of the dialog’s voice, with many layers of subtly. Yeats was right.
Equilibrium is fantastic and if it was done any other way, it would
have failed. You get the voice not by talented actors alone. The actors
have to have good dialog. Dialog is critical. Dialog is what makes the
movie important. Dialog is not something you can get from a video game.
“All your base are belong to us.” I don’t think so.
Email from a recent new visitor:
“At first I didn’t click on Ogre is my daddy, because I felt it was
very arrogant of you to say that. I am suddenly taken to a homosexual
website. Is this some sort of joke? Are you a homophobe? I can tell
from your fixation on weapons of destruction that you must be a
homophobe. You have problems Mad Ogre. You are not my Daddy. Seek help.
– name withheld”
Well, you did click the link didn't you? You agreed that I was your
Daddy, and then you clicked into the Weapons Section, and then you
clicked the Contact link... and selected "Not for Publication". Out of
courtesy I am leaving your name and email address off... but I was
tempted to post it... as a punitive measure against your asshatted and
judgmental remarks.
I hate to break it to you… I am not a homophobe. I have no problems
with homosexuals. And the link goes to a page about cross-dressing, not
homosexuality. I know the differences are hard for judgmental,
mono-synaptic imbeciles like yourself to sort out, but there is a
difference. I’ve worked with several gay men and even a gay woman. Made
no difference to me. I even worked with the very definition of a
“Metrosexual” once… but he wasn’t gay. I thought he was gay for a long
time… he looked and acted just like “Jack” from some NBC comedy. Nice
guy. I liked him… thought he was a hoot to work with. No, I have no
problems with homosexuals, faggots, or queers… however you want to call
them.
However, I do have a problem with those of that orientation who make
their sexual preference an issue that I have to deal with… by
constantly referring to it, putting it in my face as an issue, or worse
yet, claiming some sort of moral high ground or intellectual
superiority because of it. If you search MadOgre.com’s archives, you
will find that I have said this before. Your sexual preference is
meaningless to me. Does it matter to you that I prefer women with big
tits? Large and full breasts... mmmm... beautiful... You have a problem
with that? No? But you probably would if if I talked about it all the
time, wouldn't you? So why is it okay if a gay guy talks about his
sexual preference all the damn time?
Just because Christopher Lowell is homosexual, doesn’t make him a good
decorator, and just because he is a decorator, it doesn’t mean he is a
homosexual. Chris, is a flaming homosexual who really sucks at
decorating. But just because he is gay no one has had the guts to tell
him, “Chris, your décor is gaudy and horrific. It looks like a little
girl’s color crayon nightmare.” Gay-Eye or Queer-Eye is not some sort
of exclusive power of observation that comes from sucking dick. Gimmie
a break. Homosexuals are fine. And most of them have a better sense of
humor than you do, Mr. nameless.
And this one: "Hi
mad ogre: what can I say, I really want to right click Angelina Jolie,
but i cant!!! What's that about? STIG :)"
BECAUSE SHE IS MINE! You can't have her! All mine!
And the last one for today:
I had this one in Outlook before I switched to Eudora and Mozilla Mail,
so it's a few days old... I am still trying to decided between the two,
Eudora's Light version because I don't think it's worth 40 bucks for
the full and I don't want the advertisments, or Mozilla's Mail client.
Both are solid... I'm still going back and forth between the two. Oh,
where was I? Ah, Robert of the Horde's message:
"The V22 crap pisses me off to no end, and so does the
Striker…sorry, “Stryker.” This has M!6 written all over it. They’re
going to get more troops killed, a lot more, and cost a fortune doing
so. I wonder if Ashcroft is going to have to give a direct order to our
troops to use them? I sure as @#$% wouldn’t want to be in one. Bah, the
more I think about the government the more I hate it.
As for the big pussy, sounds like something that 00-buckshot would
solve. The most I’ve dealt with is coyotes, so I’m not going to comment
on WHAT it is, nor question your ability to deduce the friggen’
situation even though I have little more info than what you say (where
the hell do some people get off?), but I will say that nothing beats
solving the problem like 00-buck. Wildlife control sounds more and more
useless everyday. My Dad hated it, and that was like 30 years ago.
Figures. They don’t do anything until the little one is mauled or you
have it on a pike. Pah!
Oh yeah, why the hell are sites calling you a DOG BLOG? Is there some
idiot going around searching for any relevant information on dogs and
if there’s any, BAM you’re a dog blog? Sounds so retarded to me…
Thanks, Robert"
I have a #10 Migraine headache pounding me right now, so I really don't
want to get into the V-22 issue again or the blood vessels behind my
eyes will explode.
Oct 14th, Tuesday: 2230hrs:
I have not lashed out at Michael Moore lately, namely because he is too
easy of a target.
He is a moronic, communist, slob that really doesn’t deserve any of the
airtime he gets… but gets it he does, because he is an all consuming
one man liberal spew factory. And those are his good points. Personal
note, Mike... if you can't grow a beard, shave daily. Your face looks
like a flaccid unwiped ass.
He has a book now called “Dude, Where is my County?” Not only does this
illustrate a total lack of imagination, but also his deep level of self
delusion. Hey, Mike – This was NEVER your country. This was OUR
country. I swore an oath to protect this country and it’s freedoms…
including those that you enjoy in using to vomit your bile into the
ready mouths of the Media…. But, Mike, you are pushing the limits. I am
about to come over there and kick your fat ass and take back every
minute I served defending freedom while wearing a uniform as a pound of
your rancid flesh.
Let me tell you something, Mike. This country is not just LA, Chicago,
and New York. Everything else you fly over… all the people so far away
that you can’t see them as you cruise overhead, taking up two seats,
clogging the toilets, and consuming everything on the cart before it
can get past you… they all hate you. This isn’t your country.
America at its core isn’t Liberal. Look at the map of all the counties
during the 2000 Presidential election… they are all for Bush. If you
look at the map from a distance… you can’t even see Gore’s blue areas.
You liberal wankers may have hold of the big cities… But the whole
concept of “America” is skewed there. You guys thing America is all
about finding a parking space, or about ordering delivery. I think many
of the city dwellers are starting to wake up and realize just how
stupid they sound. The are feeling ashamed of having listened to guys
like you and Alec Baldwin… having been made fools of by supporting Bill
Clinton and in turn losing all credibility. This reminds me of a more
civilized, larger scale version Nat Bacon’s Rebellion. We are starting
to take it all back. We have crashed your gates and torn down your
barricades. Soon we will have razed your cities, leaving only scorched
and salted earth. Your moral outrage has no currency with us. There is
no resonance to your cries. You are wrapped up in your own fabricated
webs. Watch out Mike… We conservatives are coming for you!
America is, as a whole, Conservative. Many of us who can look at the
whole spectrum of political issues may well be called Centrists… We
might give a nod to some liberal issues once in awhile… but on a whole,
we are basically conservatives... We lean to the Right. We value our
families. We value our faith. We value our privacy. We value the good
old days. And we value our Country.
You asked “Where is my Country?” I’ll tell you, Mike. It’s in France.
Go there. In fact, even though I am a poor college student with a wife
and five sons and two cars that both need more work than they are
worth… I will PERSONALLY - out of my own pocket - buy you 1 first
class, one way ticket to France on the airline of your choice… on one
simple condition. That you NEVER return to the USA, and if you do, you
have to pay me 10 million dollars. Cash. That’s the price. But hey, you
love France! You probably haven’t seen it for the last 3 decades, but
it’s obvious you have a hard on for France. It may be very tiny and a
funny color, but you do… Why not just give in to it? Go there. Feed
your love for those cheese eating surrender monkeys till your gluttony
is sated. Just like you feed when you are at an all you can buffet.
Your country awaits you, Mike. Give me a week upon your agreement and I
will have the ticket for you, ready to go.
I’ll even drive you to the airport. I’ll rent the largest U-Haul I can
find to transport your gigantic ass… I’ll have to line up a forklift to
help you get in… but you can roll out of it at the unloading zone. To
sweeten the deal, I will have a giant jug of Starbucks and a pile of
fresh boxes of Krispy Kremes in there waiting for you so you can eat on
the way to the airport. Okay? Come on, Mike… I know you want it. Do we
have a deal? Oh, and if you do go, please take your asshat buddy, Ed
Asner with you. Of course you would have to fly in separate aircraft
because one single jumbo jet couldn't get off the ground with you two.
1100hrs:
BEST FRICKEN EMAIL I HAVE HAD ALL WEEK:
"Ognificent One, Desert Eagle Question: Ok, I hope you haven't been
asked this a thousand times already... I know that the DE has an
infamous reputation for jamming (aka, sucking; the bad, inconvenient
kind of jamming).
I can rationalize the cause of this jamming when it comes to .357 or
.44 loads; the umbrella stand type shell casings were designed for
breach loader or revolver cylinder, not a slide action. However, the
.50 AE casing is different; It is akin to the types of casing used in
most auto/semi-auto applications (it looks like a .45 ACP on steroids).
Rationality, it seems like it should work better, but rationality can
only take you so far.
So, empirically, here is my question: "Does the DE .50 AE perform as
poorly, especially with regards to jamming, as the DE .357 and .44 do?
- Tony"
Good question, Tony. But first, I want to congratulate you on being the
first person in a long while to write, that knows how to write a
letter! OUTFUCKINGSTANDING! Now, to your question...
There is some improvement in the .50AE's reliability. But for other
reasons that the the rimless cartridge. The DE was designed to feed
rimmed cartridges, so the mags are angled differently, to allow the
rims to stack. The .50AE, without the rim stacks the same... so it's no
big deal.
The thing about the Desert Eagle, is that it is ammo sensitive.
Seriously ammo sensitive. 2 reasons for this.
1. The gun is gas operated and not recoil operated or blow back... so
there has to be enough gas pressure to work the action. The gas
actually delays the slides cycling so if there is too much gas
pressure, it could cause problems too.
2. The gun uses a star shaped bolt similar to what the M-16 uses. So if
the gun isn't cleaned and lubed properly, and it's not cycled at the
proper energy levels... it's going to have problems with locking and
unlocking.
There are many folks out there who have had good track records with the
Desert Eagle. Reliability is something they know how to work out. It's
a matter of knowing the gun.
For example, the Porsche 911 Turbo. It's a fast car. But the balance
and handling under load is different from other cars... it pushes from
the rear wheels and the engine is back there too. This results in a lot
of guys on the race track ending up with the car off into the grass...
You can seem them leaving the track backwards. There is nothing wrong
with the car at all. Pilot Error. The drivers that know the car and how
to handle it right have no problem taking advantage of the 911T's
potential.
The Desert Eagle is the same way. Right loads and the right TLC, and
the gun will work fine.
I just about died laughing when I heard this… check this out.
To resolve my automotive situation, I decided to do the
easier/cheaper fixes first and see I can get away with something simple
without having to sell my soul. Fuel issues of most sorts, first
thing to do is to check the fuel filter. You check it, pretty much by
just replacing it. Done. However I noted something. The manual says
that the fuel lines are under pressure. I had no pressure. Well, I had
some, but it was a tiny bit. About like a 20 Ounce Dr Pepper after it's
gone half flat. I had a lot more pressure in my Jeep's fuel line, and
that was said to NOT be pressurized. I think the issue just may be the
fuel pump. I also think that cold weather is part of the problem so I
am running a low grade oil... moving from 20W-50 back down to a 10W-30
Synthetic. I'll do that as soon as I find my jack handle. That should
also help in some things too. While I was at this, I decided I'd also
just swap the PCV valve, and I am glad I did... The old one was
completely gummed up... the new one should help out some. Maybe not in
starting, but in the general engine performance. I'll do the O2 sensors
next week. Well, after putting in the new fuel filter, I have noticed a
great increase in performance... Feels like I have an extra 25 horses.
The old filter must have been totally choked out. But I am still
concerned over the pressure thing.
Update: Did a drive around town... the car is a lot happier. Between a
fresh oil change with lighter oil, PCV valve, and a new fuel filter...
the car feels better than when I first got the damn thing. Hopefully
this will have resolved the starting issue. We shall discover the truth
of this in the morning. It's only after it sits for a long time - like
over night - that it has problems. This morning's start up was almost
impossible. I had to hook the jumpers up to the Jeep to let me crank it
enough to fire up. I think this may have done it... and if it did, then
that means it was indeed the fuel filter. To be honest, I have never
had a fuel filter do this... Another thing. I've never had such an
expensive fuel filter before. 8 to 10 bucks... fine... but $25? What is
this thing? A freaking Ferrari? It's just a Subaru!
Oh, and there is indeed a cougar here. Big, tan, sleek. I saw it.
Magnificent animal. Seems to be after a calve or one of the sheep in
the area. I'll let a farmer blast it. Its ignoring the houses and dogs
in the area and keeping a distance. If I didn't have a dog, the boys
would not be allowed to play outside. Range would be able to hold off a
cougar until I line up a shot, so I am not worried. I also have another
little puma here... on my shoulder. Her name is "Spiro". Oh no... Now
I'll be listed as a "Cat-Blog!"
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