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I got a chance to shoot the Kriss Vector CRB today. I’d seen it on Resident Evil: Retribution, so when I saw it on the Blackstone Shooting Sports rental wall, I couldn’t resist.

Thou Shalt Not Don’t do your own cover art, the omniscient They say. Well, I thought I new what those inhabitants of the Q Continuum meant: let the artistic pros do their work to design and produce your cover. Easy! Just give them some details about your book, maybe even a chapter, then sit back… Continue reading The Cover Artist Myth – When to design your own

The brain of a goldenrod soldier beetle, that is. Scientists are studying the effects of the fungus Eryniopsis lampyridarum on soldier beetles. When it infects the insects, they make a bee line for flowers, their usual food. It then prompts them to lock onto the plants with their mandibles. As the fungus multiplies, the beetle… Continue reading STD Fungus in the Brain Creates Zombies

Love what you do, do what you love Who doesn’t like Negan? Jeffrey Dean Morgan just won MTV’s Best Villain Award for his portrayal of the brutal but fair dictator from The Walking Dead AMC TV series. According to a poll on Gold Derby, 76% of respondents say he’s the Best Villain of the Year.… Continue reading The Walking Dead Episode & Villain Review: “Hearts Still Beating” – Is Negan?

Because we don’t already have enough people on earth, we’re now trying to bring back the dead! That’s right, Professor Sergio Canavero, Director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, is planning on thawing out a cadaver that’s been frozen at -320 degrees Fahrenheit, removing the brain, and dropping it into a “donor body’s” cranium. 

If you haven’t heard of the giant cluster that is/was the Fyre Festival, you’re missing out on entertainment gold. Rundown: The first “annual” Fyre Festival was supposed to be an exclusive 2 week concert in the Bahamas. Guests, mainly my fellow Millennial, paid $4,000 to over $250,000 for tickets. The event organizers had built a tent… Continue reading Trapped on Fyre Island

I found a great article on We Are the Mighty about how the US military would handle a rebellion in San Francisco. It’s the article author’s educated guess on how the government would respond to the Calexit if Cali ever got its act together and seceded violently. It’s not a pretty picture. It’s interesting to… Continue reading If the US military went to war with San Francisco

The carnival is all about thrilling the senses. Tastes, sounds, and sights wash over you as you walk down the lanes. Right now you’re probably remembering what that soggy fried Snickers tasted like, what that carny called to make you drop $10 on a stuffed animal, and how gaudy but intriguing and exciting everything looked.

All those thrills are a facade, albeit one we happily accept. Hey, it’s fun! We can rationalize spending big on “cheap” thrills and eating garbage. It’s the fair. It’s the carnival. It only comes once a year. It’s all fluff, but we know it, so we’re willing to go along for the ride.

Imagine going through your whole life looking like him!

Depending on the context and inflection, that statement can mean two very different things. At its heart is a question: What is normal? In the X Files episode Humbug (S2:E20), Mulder and Scully find themselves on the other side of normal.

What’s your deepest desire? Would you trade your soul for it?

When Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show rolls into town at 3 am, its mysterious leader Mr. Dark will force the locals to answer. Two 13 year olds named Will and Jim learn that getting what you want has a cost when…Something Wicked This Way Comes.

What can this tale of darkness, danger, and despair show us about succeeding in life? Let’s take a walk through the carnival and see.