X-Cop Fly Company

I was almost there. Really. I was very close. The dissatisfaction was nonexistent – and reality, even less. After hours of refusing, I was slowly forced to accept that this disproven fantasy of hope no longer existed. I couldn’t pretend anymore – despite the self-induced illusion of past feelings of hope, I had to accept [...]

Haven’t had any new posts in almost a week. Here is what’s going on in my life: 1. Started going to Bingo at my local church two weeks ago. Last week I won 3 games. 2. Went to a Tea Party march yesterday. I was surprised how many people honked and cheered for us on [...]

While watching, also pay attention to how afraid interviewer Mike Wallace is to talk about this issue: Morgan Freeman on Black History Month (via Catholic & Enjoying It)

Yes, this marks the first year anniversary of this blog! On June 30th, 2009, 2:21:01 AM EDT, the first post to the “Azz Pizz Institute” blog was made. This predecessor to the “X-Cop Fly Company”, this blog was named after an inside joke. It was a personal journal coming from an immature humor perspective – [...]

The State of Oklahoma’s Title 21. Crimes and Punishments->Chapter 9 – Offenses Related to Flags->Section 374 – Display of Red Flag or Emblem of Disloyalty reads as follows: Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to [...]

Wikipedia’s mission of becoming an Internet-based user-edited encyclopedia is looking pretty grim, as its article count is shrinking by the bulk. They give you the deletion page to look at, where you can see that the decisions are made by a democratic process run by obvious teenagers. If you thought Wikipedia was inaccurate before, it’s [...]

    Nerd Test 2.0:       You Are Brutally Honest Hey, the truth hurts, but that’s not exactly your fault. You call things as you see them and pull no punches. You believe that you shouldn’t be punished for speaking your mind. It’s a lot better than being a liar. In fact, you [...]

The front page of Andrew Schlafly (son of Phyllis)’s Conservapedia had a link to an article about gender-neutral Bible translations, having previously mentioned an upcoming revision of the NIV Bible. The column cited the "Inclusive Version": "For God so loved the world that God gave God’s only Child, so that everyone who believes in that [...]

From the British Telegraph: Rudolf Vouk, their lawyer, said the family has lodged a request for the repeal of a 90-year-old ban that prohibits its members from being elected Austria’s head of state. "Such a disposition is no longer justifiable and contravenes the right to free and democratic elections" as well as the principle of [...]

All of a sudden I turn my head and left side of my ham radio transceiver’s LCD display has just gone dim! The frequency and mode are still visible, and everything else seems to work fine (though I haven’t tested transmit since my semi-homemade Morse key broke last week). But the radio being from the [...]