It’s just so damn… litteral.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the internet,
Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering experience?I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you?ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can?t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked.You?re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don?t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don?t be reckless with other people?s hearts, don?t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don?t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you?re ahead, sometimes
you?re behind?the race is long, and in the end, it?s only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don?t feel guilty if you don?t know what you want to do with your
life?the most interesting people I know didn?t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don?t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you?ll miss them when they?re gone.

Maybe you?ll marry, maybe you won?t, maybe you?ll have children,maybe
you won?t, maybe you?ll divorce at 40, maybe you?ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary?what ever you do, don?t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either ? your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else?s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can?don?t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it?s the greatest instrument you?ll ever
own..

Dance?even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don?t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

(Brother and sister together we’ll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you’ve been hurting, and I know I’ve been waiting to be there
for you. And I’ll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody’s free.)

Get to know your parents, you never know when they?ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you?ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don?t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don?t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it?s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

And here’s why.

I have a confession to make.

I ate mushy peas yesterday and enjoyed them. And I wasn’t even drunk at the time. Granted, they were mixed together with a bunch of other things so they weren’t that apparent. I tried the Black Duck’s ‘mushy pea fishcakes’, and they really weren’t half bad. A spoonful of mint jelly and a bit of mushy peas are mixed into mashed potatoes, then poached cod is flaked into the mixture.

This is formed into patties, topped with flour, dipped in egg, and then coated in seasoned breadcrumbs. Fried for about 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown, and serve with mayonnaise (and with chunky chips, as only the Black Duck Pub can create, of course).

Yesterday at work an ad came on TV for something which should be applied to the “intimate feminine area”. Now to me, this is one of two places: the shelf in my ex’s place shelf in the medicine cabinet where I keep my various soaps, colognes, band-aids, deoderant, potions, and elixirs, or the cupboard under the sink with all the cleaning products.

I have no idea what smearing Vagisil on either one of these locations is going to accomplish, though.

Semi-recently we had another Noob-Day for all of the new airsoft folk. Basically if you haven’t played a mil-sim or two before and WANT to, then typically we need to put the ‘new recruits’ through a day of the most basic of basic training. Teaching how to use callsigns, ambush and some other basic skills that aren’t used in just a ‘skirmish’ type of game.

So here’s some photos, enjoy!

Of course, this book looks good with me mounting it. I wonder what our offspring would look like…. anyone with decent photo-shop skills care to take a crack at it?

The Poz-man himself – G36C, M1887 Shotgun, Beretta 93R AEP, and of course, FLASHY t-shirt. Just what every airsofter needs!

The noobies. In the back (in black), you can see Mr. Cody – this guy just dove right in

I forget this guy’s name, but he certainly was helpfull during ambush training!

Mr. Nick – my right-hand man on the field for more than a couple games.

Mickey Wang – direct to you from Moose Jaw

Monkey Man & his Dildo Cannon (yes, it actually fires)

So there you go, a short little update for the masses. I’ll work on something big and exciting in the near future, but right now I’m getting ready for a fishing trip. Yay!