I once had a roommate who liked to engage me in intellectual conversation and debate. He was a few years younger than I, and I was happy to talk to him not just in an attempt to make him think more like me, but simply to practice my persuasive skills for future audiences, should they ever materialize.
We had an immediate problem.
For some r…
A License for Muh Sky Roads!
I'm not a fan of the FAA. Before I could go into business, I had to take an FAA Part 107 UAS Exam. Makes sense, right? They want to make sure that I can operate my equipment safely in accordance with existing protocols for flight operations in the US.
That's not really what the test is about, though (well, it kinda is, just not for drones). It…
Do we need to subjugate each other to live together?
One of the best things about my political philosophy is that it allows competition. Though I personally am an anarchist, I understand that some people might not want that much freedom. That's okay! If you would like to live as a socialist or a democrat or syndicalist I certainly can't tell you otherwise. I do not, however, consent to those systems…
Big-Small-Government Spending
Today I'm going to start talking about hypocrites.
Hypocrites are everywhere. I see them. I hear them. I live in a town with an extremely large military presence as well as a nearby hippie enclave so I get both main varieties of government spending hypocrites, especially from the right. At least the left is honest enough to say that they want …
My Silly-Ass Dogs
I have two. A Chorkie (that's Chihuahua/Yorkshire Terrier) and a Mini (or Toy to some) Australian (American to the AKC) Shepherd. I was confused for a while myself, since I'd always heard they were from the US anyway... bygones.
My two dogs.
The Chorkie, Tricksey, was a dog-sitting gone terribly wrong. An old family friend of Milady needed…
Your Rights and YOU!
It seems that there are some folks out there that want to change the meaning of words to whatever makes them feel better. Today the word I've chosen is Rights. I saw a Bernie tweet talking about rights. Not just rights, but Human Rights:
Bernie Sanders@BernieSandersDental care is a human right. Mental health care is a human right. Reproductive …
Political Power
I'll probably revisit this theme quite a bit, but here's the long and short of it; coercion is wrong. By this I refer to any person having the power to compel behavior from another, willingly or not. From what I gather, a lot of people feel this way with one enormous exception:
Government.
Government, it seems, is one part of life where it s…
A Quick Thought
Life in 2019. If you believe the mainstream media's reporting on social media, you'd think we were heading for a cliff.
Who knows, maybe we are?
I doubt it, but I'm willing to entertain the notion. If the shrieking we hear from our extremes (which, let's be honest, are the only ones who get any press) is correct from either side of the tr…
My Youtube and Airvuz pages
If you've somehow stumbled onto this work in progress of a website, please take a look at my Youtube and Airvuz pages. I've been flying fpv for a while and I post videos (usually the same stuff) to both but occasionally there are differences or additions to one or the other for reasons.
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A little bit about me
Today I'll touch on some of my history, and why I'm starting a website and blog. Maybe it'll make sense when I'm done. Maybe it won't. Roll the dice and see, won't you?
My dad introduced me to the juvenile Robert Heinlein novels when I was but a wee lad, maybe ten or so. These adventures perfectly captured the young me's imagination and ignited…