im considering a transfer to the army as a combat medic, im qualified and since im an emt i can skip 6 weeks of mos training, theyd make me do basic again though which is lame,

http://twastawut.blogspot.de/

Dug this up and posted something IMFDB related idkwat. Plz dun sue me.

e./

Whenever I see the quote in my signature I chuckle.

what the hell is this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...w.jpg:original

http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2004arms/se.../arvidsson.pdf

so Halo is now more realistic than real life the world is over

On the subject of video games, I'd like to see more genres try for an ultra-realistic take just to see what comes out.

I mean, ARMA is the most famous in realism right now. But so many of the "This is as realistic as possible" games happen to be military in origin. It's almost like an offshoot of the mil-sim airsoft concept. Why not a realistic Western game? I was reading accounts of various gunfights of the Old West, and it could be plenty exciting to make a realistic shooter in the setting rather than the typical stylized work that intentionally emulates the old films. There's realistic sci-fi and space works, but they all deal exclusively with the space travel side and simulating the physics behind it (like Orbiter). Why can't we make the ARMA equivalent of Mass Effect or Star Wars?

I actually think that despite being based in space operas, Star Wars would go well with a more realistic and adult take in video games. The closest they've come is Republic Commando, but it was still a fairly arcadey game. They always come out as sanitized arcade shooters. I don't even know if 1313 would have actually gone all the way to making a good adult Star Wars game, rather than just being vaguely dark but still firmly PG like The Force Unleashed. And trust me, an adult Star Wars game WOULD sell. There's already an infamously large market for M-rated games in recent years, to the point where it's unusual for the top games of the year to be below an M rating. It's a market that could be tapped into.

Cleaning up today, I found a long lost Swiss Army Knife, the kind with a cork-screw and phillip's head driver, under a pile of socks and ACU t-shirts.

Talk about a good day.

My school will be adding a women's rifle team next fall.

Good deal.

The fact that the co-CEOs of PBR have bought Hostess and plan to bring back the Twinkie may have just restored my faith in humanity.

Would I be taken seriously if I emailed Diane Feinstein asking her, "If I painted a chair camouflage and hit somebody over the head with it, would it be considered a 'military-style assault weapon'?"

Probably not. :rolleyes:

I would consider it in my book. ;)

That is awesome.

So my sister got a tattoo. Don't know quite how to take that.

Where is the tattoo located?

Left side, sorta above the hip

At least it's not a tramp stamp on the lower back just above her pant line. ;)

True. But uncomfortably close, just the same. :D

Best way to take it is to think about why you care.

Yeah, and it would be rather hypocritical for me to say anything.

One of the first things I did upon returning from the A-Stan was to go to Rangers Joe's and get my Bde patch tattooed on my shoulder in roughly the same place that you would wear the combat patch.

Another conversation from the SPEMack household:

Mom: "So let me see your tatoo"
Sister: *Raises her shirt to show it*
Mom: "Well, it's not as bad as I thought..."
Sister: "I'm going skydiving in June."
Mom: "I thought you had your rebellious phase at 23."
Sister: "Mack and Daddy have done it."
Me: "Not willingly" (peer pressure to go to Ft. Benning is a bitch)
Pop:"Hey, my airplane was on fire."

Tom Knapp passed away.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpv0yZC3iMM

I really wish Sony would make PSN cards in increments less than $20. I really don't want to buy a $20 card because I'm 17 cents short of the $9.99 price tag for GTA III. :mad:

Can't you PayPal smaller increments on the console? I know on Xbox you can buy 100 points at a time if you want.

Seriously?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8RhAp-m7bk

The smallest amount you can transfer is $5 by credit card.

But even still, five whole bucks for 17 cents? One dollar cards should be a given. Imagine if the US treasury decided that one, five, and ten dollar bills weren't needed? "If you're willing to pay a dollar for something, you should be willing to pay twenty for it!"

IIRC, it's because below a certain amount, it costs them more to make the transaction than they actually make in it.

Glad to see you guys, I´ve been offline for a year.

Really? I didn't notice. :confused:






Nah, I'm kidding. :p Welcome back.

Hey, Mark. Glad to see you back around.

Would you guys judge me if I admitted to a slight crush on Emily Miller?

So, I'm going to the NRA convention

Me watching Paparazzi before joining IMFDb: "Wow, this is an awesome movie!"

Me watching Paparazzi after joining IMFDb: "Wow, how does the LAPD miss the fact that the Glock planted on that photographer is a blank-adapted movie prop?!"


I just love the influence this site has had on me. :p

NRA convention was fun. Met the owner of Boberg Arms (them're good people at that company), decided I really want a FNX-45, messed around with a bunch of neat stuff

My dad is playing Red Orchestra 2. Or at least he is trying, pretty hard for a classic Call of Duty fan :p .

More like Bad Luck Brian IMO.

Nazi Germany's final assault on common sense.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...4.jpg~original

The 355.6mm (ie 14-inch) recoilless aircraft cannon. This is a real thing they actually tested.

It makes a lot more sense than mounting six recoilless Rifles on a frigging speedboat.

the bob erg does look cool

I am (most likely) going to find out tomorrow if I got selected to attend Air Force Officer Training School. Coincidentally, it had to happen at the same time that President Obama is visiting, which means that I won't be able to enjoy his speech because I'll be constantly checking my phone waiting for my recruiter to call/email.

(insert comment about how it's impossible to enjoy any Obama speech here)

Well, best luck of to you, sir, or future soon to be sir, hopefully.