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April 18th, 2005 A long time ago - in a galaxy near and dear to all of us, I created some Bible study templates for MS Word. Jennifer mentioned them to a bunch of people yesterday in her small Bible study group. If you're looking to download them, look here. They are MS Word Templates, which are really just .doc files with a .dot extension. If you double-click on them the default action is to create a new .doc from that file. I store mine in the templates folder where Word is installed, which puts them in the New Office Document dialog automatically. If you need help, feel free to e-mail me with your questions. There's only a few surprises - Speaking of long ago far away galaxies, I often go up to the bookstore near work at lunch. They have the Star Wars display out, to promote their wares related to the new movie due in a month. One of them was the comic book adaptation ($12.95, if you're interested). I know the secrets. Lets just say it lives up to expectations. Pejman had an interesting observation after he read the novelization:
Oh, the things we shall see... Of course, since the Star Wars saga is about Anakin Skywalker, there is no reason to make episodes 7-9. But then again, that doesn't mean there won't be other endeavors. Yay for me - Tarzana Joe mentioned the Carnival of Poets in his segment on Hugh's show last Friday. Now I feel really special. Of course, Murphy's Law still rules, as I hadn't wired up a SiteMeter reference before I published Carnival #1. So I have no idea just how much of an impact his plug had on the site. Peacefully Explosive Childhood Memories - Season Two is available. Enjoy. Movies to avoid - We rented What the bleep do we know? this weekend. It was a fairly large disappointment - its like they come up right to the edge of making one of the greatest leaps forward in science - the acknowledgement of God's influence on our world, and how we can detect it - but they miss it because their preconceived notion, that God doesn't exist, blinds them to the observation. Haven't seen that before. Save your time & money, avoid this movie. Cardinals fans not in AZ or St. Louis - The Cardinals are meeting to pick the new pope. Pray that they do exactly what God wants them to do. Of course, Fox is all over the event like white on rice - now that the Vatican is the center of their attention its 24-hour pope to pope coverage again. I generally like their coverage, but dang it, its a little much sometimes. We get a little bored watching each and every one of the 115 Cardinals take the secrecy vow. Isn't there something else going on in the world? Oh, wait, there is: Michael Moore is running for pope. I feel the need to go take a shower. This linking to Michael Moore crap makes me ill. Guns - speaking of things that would make Michael Moore ill, the gun o' the week is the MP5:
This is the dominant counterterrorist weapon in use today. Most SWAT teams and high-quality security forces use them (like the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and the Secret Service), or are at least familiar with them. Its popular in the movies as well, being used by Keanu Reeves in the first Matrix movie. Made by the Heckler & Koch company, it fires the 9mm cartridge at a full-auto (infinite size magazine) rate of 800 rounds per minute. While I normally recommend people carry something with a bit more kick if they're going to pack heat, the 9mm is a good choice in this application. While underpowered for most pistol applications, the longer barrel of the MP5 gives greater velocity to the round, which makes for a harder-hitting punch. Of course, the ability to put three rounds on target with one trigger pull means that the target is going down, as 300+ grains of high-velocity copper & lead will put the hurt to anyone. The trigger group is fairly complex, as it has to support four different configurations - safe, single shot, three-round burst, and full-auto fire. This makes for an expensive price for such a small weapon - about $900, generally. Of course, if you are able to get one in the first place, you may not mind. Its recoil-operated, which means that it doesn't have the same problems with fouling as the M16 does, and the 9mm chambering prevents it from having the controllability problems of larger cartridge weapons. The collapsible stock makes it perfectly sized for just about anyone, though a model with a fixed stock is also available. Unfortunately the only experience I've had with this weapon is shooting it in Rainbow Six, which only makes me want to get one more. |
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