Category Archives: By Ourselves, For Ourselves

Wanted: Good Arguments

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Mollbot

I would like to ask the readers and contributors here at RNS for some help. Some back story: I’ve been married for almost two years now. Two teenage step-kids and a baby. We’re planning another baby eventually. About nine months … Continue reading →

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Do Dogs Have Aspirations?

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dave RNS Photographer
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Gasogene

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Alaska

          As a Sherlock Holmes fanatic, I’ve always wanted one. This even though like many Sherlockians (and even Holmesians across the pond) I had no idea what it was for most of my life. Well, the … Continue reading →

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Molon Labe

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Scott

For those who have never read the great hypothetical by Boston T Party, this is the kind of legislation created by the free state of Wyoming. Fiction is becoming reality because of the tyranny that preys on the emotions of … Continue reading →

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Why “high capacity” magazines?

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Scott

Because… The woman then shot him five times, but he survived, Chapman said. He said the woman ran out of bullets but threatened to shoot the intruder if he moved.

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End of The World Gun

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Alaska

I’ve got two, a Ruger Security-Six and a Rossi Winchester 92 clone in carbine form, both in Skeeter Skelton’s TEOTWAWKI cartridge, the .357 Magnum. I picked up the Rossi the other week instead of an AR because there was nothing … Continue reading →

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Let’s Assess the Situation

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Alaska

Lotsa great maps here. Read Quote of Ian McCullough’s answer to Hypothetical Battles: If every state of the USA declared war against each other, which would win? on Quora

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I can build that

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Alaska

Mine would look like crap, though. I do rough carpentry, not fine furniture.More here.

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Expired Potatoes? Yum!

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Alaska

I’m repeating this guy’s experiment. Same brand, same “best before” date of Dec. 2006. My instant mashed potatoes were stored in the garage for the last 6+ years, and our garage gets to 100 degrees-plus every summer. Only difference I … Continue reading →

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Two Steps From Hell

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Alaska

When you think about it, I have a very strange job. I am not a trial lawyer; I’m a corporate and regulatory attorney. But much of what I do every day bears the same relationship to a chess game that … Continue reading →

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