E D Skinner

Fiction, facts, and philosophy

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Cry First, Sing Second
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5/19/12
"If you can't sing it, then you haven't cried enough."
Long Gun Pics and Range Report
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5/18/12

She’s 100%.

That’s 100% in function, appearance, parts and on the target.

Mingus Mountain, Arizona
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5/16/12

But it has a problem.

Long Gun
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5/14/12

I bought my first long gun Saturday.

Tuna Eyeball Juice
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5/13/12

On the evening before the last day of class in South Korea, the sales guy from the company I work for took all of us out for dinner. He called the place a “tuna restaurant.”

Shooters (plural) to the Firing Point (singular)
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5/12/12

Is it one?

Zero?

To Boldly Go Where …
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5/11/12

The “limit” of the speed of light is an observational, or relative to something else, limit. That is, if you stand in your backyard and, looking up at the sky, observe something that is moving extremely fast (relative to you), you will be unable to measure (perceive) its velocity as greater than the speed of light. Also, at that same relative-to-you velocity, you would measure its mass as approaching infinity and, if there were a clock on-board that fast moving object, you would see that clock as nearly standing still.

God Chooses
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5/10/12
"That is, if this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work; how is it possible to think of holding men responsible for their deeds and thoughts before such an almighty Being? In giving out punishment and rewards He would to a certain extent be passing judgment on Himself. How can this be combined with the goodness and righteousness ascribed to Him?"

Now, I am hardly going to purport myself smarter than Albert Einstein nor wiser than all of humanity which has struggled with issues of God and man’s role in a larger plan, or even that such a plan exists. But I am going to say that I differ from the conclusion above because it results from assumptions that are, in my opinion, incorrect. I think anyone who ascribes to scientific method and the application of logic might follow my thinking in this.

Categories is Good
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5/9/12

I’m an “Expert Outdoors” shooter.

Another Moon Picture
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5/8/12

This image, with all camera controls on manual, is about 24 hours after the “super moon” maximum.