Lost a man a few days ago.

He was a Leader, family man and a widely respected individual.
We'll miss you, sir.










:(
-Jdude

UnibrowStache

Everyone's seen someone with a unibrow. Yesterday, I saw a guy with a unibrowstache. He appeared to be growing his own ninja mask.

The speed of information may be making me dumber

A few days ago, I had a need for a formula to calculate compound interest. It's not a terribly difficult formula if one learned math as a process to discovery (most math is taught in a "memorize these formulas" method which is ineffective and a rant for another day).

If I had internet access at the moment, I could simply type "formula for compound interest" or even "compound interest calculator" into the search bar and have the machine do all of the work for me.

I decided to work out the formula on my own. I'd seen it hundreds, maybe thousands of times. It is math years behind what I (supposedly) know.

It took an embarrassingly long time to work it out.

If I had internet access, I would have had the answer in moments. I read excessively and retain a lot. But when I needed to figure out the equation on my own, I was left with a vague idea of what it should look like and an inadvertently scantily used "figgerin' stuff out" process.

I did eventually work it out.

I then did some introspection. Anywhere I regularly did work that did not use readily available answers, I still quickly and creatively came up with unique answers to interesting problems.
Anywhere I had come to rely on the internet to see if someone else already solved the problem, my skills have waned. Including those in math.

I fear my skills may further deteriorate without action of some sort.

I am going to find some online courses and start working those cobwebs off of the ole' cogs and wheels.

-Jdude

Ammo cans

I was recently asked about ammo cans. Specifically, what kind of ammo cans to use to separate ammo and where to get them.

I thought, for a bit, and realised I haven't purchased any ammo cans in years!

It's surely not for a lack of ammo. I just keep the stuff on a few shelves now. It's impractical to keep all of the stuff in cans any more.

Courtesy of ammunitiontogo.com

A few Afghanistan pics

Our interpreter's mother hand made this food for us.


 There are meatballs, rice, fresh cut fruits and veggies, and mountain dew. It was really really good.
Hand made bread:

 Meatballs, rice, some sort of meat stuff

This here is from another day. It is a picture of my friend's beef wrap sort of thing.

Oh, sweet! A dirtbike!

Wait... what?

I am surprised at how good the food was. I would eat it again without hesitation.
If you are wondering if they have something similar to a health code... ever eaten at a Mexican restaurant? ;) There are some things you just don't want to know, and how this was prepared is one of them.

I love my job. :D

I was mid argument, and realised

This person isn't debating me because we disagree on opinions... this person is trying to shout me down and beat me with aggression. He started this argument to inflate his ego and look good in front of his friends. His entire response to my counterpoints have been "Nuh-Uh" and an insult.

I decided to stop wasting my time and cut my losses.

A few moments ago, I ran into this excerpt from a poem which states my position quite succinctly.

~

It is best not to argue,
But if you do at all,
Never do so with a fool.
A fool can defeat all.

She does not care for the facts.
She does not know debate.
She’s a stranger to reason.
Logic she can negate.

In the end the fool will win,
Her logic is so strong!
Decides what she does not like
And then it must be wrong!

It’s better to keep quiet
When challenged by a fool.
Else, to prove her own wisdom,
She will make you a tool.

It is hence my policy
To not respond to those
Who ask questions not to learn
But to be bellicose.

~ Extracted from a poem by Dr M C Gupta

CCMG Tactical Bacon

Someone figured out how to take the best stuff on earth and put it into a can. Here you go, dear readers:

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