The thoughts, views, and opinions of some guy in Maryland.

NECA Adam West Batman 1/4 scale action figure

NECA Adam West Batman 1/4 scale action figure

Neca is coming out with a highly detailed, 1/4 scale action figure of Adam West as Batman.Continue Reading

Free Comic Book Day 2013

Free Comic Book Day 2013

Over the years, Free Comic Book Day has turned into a sort of combination of Black Friday and Halloween for nerds.Continue Reading

Senator Kelly Ayotte confronted over vote on background checks by daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal

Senator Kelly Ayotte confronted over vote on background checks by daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal

Although extending background checks on all firearm purchases would be a good thing, the truth of the matter is that they would have done absolutely nothing to stop the massacre at Sandy Hook.Continue Reading

Jason Collins announces that he’s a basketball playing gay American

Jason Collins announces that he’s a basketball playing gay American

If Collins coming out on the cover of Sports Illustrated has made it a little easier for even a single young person to come out to their friends and family, than Collins is a hero. Continue Reading

First Data Global Gateway Connect 2 donation page for WordPress

First Data Global Gateway Connect 2 donation page for WordPress

The sample code found in the First Data Global Gateway Connect 2.0 manual isn’t really easy to use with WordPress. The following instructions should solve that problem.Continue Reading

Manti Te’o not drafted in the first round

Manti Te’o not drafted in the first round

If Manti Te’o's (fake) dead girlfriend were real, she’d probably be really sad right now. Continue Reading

Boston Marathon bomber was on welfare

Boston Marathon bomber was on welfare

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspect #1 in the Boston Marathon bombing, was a recipient of state welfare payments up until sometime in 2012. Evidently Islam doesn’t have any laws forbidding its followers from being moochers of the government.Continue Reading

Prepare yourself for an Internet sales tax

Prepare yourself for an Internet sales tax

It looks like the ability to purchase something over the Internet and not pay sales tax is about to come to a close. Politicians in Washington, who can’t come to agreements over things like federal budgets or background checks for handgun purchases, are in agreement over states being able to charge sales tax on purchases made over the Internet, even when the seller doesn’t have a presence in that state. Continue Reading

The first Awesome Con D.C. was crowded, but fun

The first Awesome Con D.C. was crowded, but fun

The dealer’s room was so crowded, it was difficult to actually buy anything, which I think defeats the purpose of the dealer’s room. Not that there wasn’t commerce going on. It was just made more difficult by the narrow aisles and the number of people in them.Continue Reading

They got em!

They got em!

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the terrorists who planted pressure cooker bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, has been captured and is now in custody. The other terrorist, older brother of 19-year-old Tsarnaev, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed earlier today.
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