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Humor
The Art of the Dynamic Nerf Blaster
Oldest got a Nerf N-Strike Stampede Blaster ECS-50 from Santa.
It’s fully-automatic, battery operated. Runs on 18-round “clips” (I hate that they call them “clips”… they’re magazines). I LOVE that it has a vertical fore-grip with integrated bi-pod; the design is a 100% nod to the Grip Pod. It fires at a fairly good rate, functions well (no malfs yet, and I love the nod to the AR with the selector switch), and is pretty accurate for what it is… tho with that “blast shield” you can’t really get down to do precision aiming. Still, for what it is, it’s good.
And of course… you burn a “clip” of darts and as TXGunGeek would say, it just tips your giggle box. 🙂
Even better? I have a couple of the 35-round drum “dart clips”. We slapped those bad-boys in and it’s nearly-endless full-auto fun!!
On top of that, oldest also got one of the N-Strike Tactical Vests, which holds loads of spare ammo. As well, it has a sheath on the back of the vest to hold a Nerf Sword. Yup, we’ve got a couple of those. We like Nerf around here. 🙂
Where did I really geek out? There’s a spot on the back of hte ECS-50 that looks like it could allow attachment of a single-point clip sling. Oldest also has some “handgun” Nerf blasters. I start talking to him about how he just needs a sling, he can run the full-auto, reload, reload, reload, then when he’s out of ammo just let go of the ECS-50 and transition to his hand-blaster. Of course while I’m describing this I’m showing the kids the movements… and they’re all just looking at me like I’m taking it way too seriously. But hey, tactics is tactics. 🙂
So look out neighborhood kids. Oldest is armed to the teeth! You shall not survive the Nerf onslaught!
Question from Daughter
“Dad, why do dogs and cats get black eye boogers and we get tan ones?”
This is what Daughter asked me this morning as I wiped the black eye boogers out of the eyes of one of the cats.
So of course, I Googled it. Apparently dog and cat tears contain a pigment called porphyrin, which makes them dark.
Boobs Boobs Boobs
Note to self.
Using “boobs” in the title of a posting leads to increased blog traffic.
Of course I knew that… thus why I did it in the first place. 🙂
I see snow!
But only because I’m looking at my blog.
WordPress.com has a cute little feature for blogs where you can turn on “snow” to fall on the blog pages.
It’s fun. Why not? Closest I’ll probably get to seeing falling snow this season. 🙂
Chia Christmas
Never owned a Chia Pet.
These days they seem to get heavily advertised around Christmastime.
Commercial was on TV last night and I thought… why not? Buy one for each of the kiddos. It could be fun.
Of course I know the end result is the cats will eat the plants, then throw up green whatever on the floor soon afterwards… and not just because they were eating from the Obama Chia. 😉
Maybe I should get the kids a mood ring or a pet rock.
HA!
I wonder if future generations of children will play “TSA Agent” instead of “Doctor”.
An Experiment
Bluesun starts the experiment (in earnest).
And now with my linkage to them, I guess the chain continues.
Y’all pick it up.
Irony
Big package comes in the mail yesterday. It’s a bunch of “gifts” from the NRA because I gave them money.
And they’re all “Made in China”.
Not that I have a problem with where things are made, just there’s some irony in this big “Pro America” group handing out such things.
Of course my favorite is seeing the logo on the Harley-Davidson Motorclothes saying “An American Legend” and a “Made in China” tag stitched underneath it. Just say aloud those two phrases together: “An American legend, made in China”.
I have to wonder what the Chinese worker sewing that together thought while sewing it.
Something to make you smile
The Carlton Dance.
🙂
Happy Friday.
Updated: OK, that sucks… they allow it to be embedded, but then playback is restricted from certain sites (I guess wordpress.com is one of them). Whatever. Just click through and watch since it’s a great compilation of Carlton’s greatest dances. 🙂
Stuff From Hsoi 