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Movie Review Eleven Years Late: Ender’s Game

Posted on May 5, 2024 by rthtgnbs

I spent a good part of 2013 on deployment, and so missed my chance to see Ender’s Game in the theaters. But I had a few hours to myself today and decided to watch it. My opinion? The movie is … Continue reading →

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Exploring the “There’s no such thing as Palestinians” line of thought.

Posted on April 20, 2024 by rthtgnbs

Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel, spoke these words in 1969: “There was no such thing as Palestinians. When was there an independent Palestinian people with a Palestinian state? It was either southern Syria before the First World War and then it … Continue reading →

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Keep the US out of Gaza

Posted on December 6, 2023 by rthtgnbs

A policy wonk with no actual military or foreign service experience in any biography blurb that I can find wrote a “disaster is looming unless we DO SOMETHING!” which was published two days ago: https://breakingdefense.com/2023/12/the-case-for-an-immediate-us-led-stabilization-mission-in-gaza/ If you want to read … Continue reading →

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Hunting, BJJ, Chess, and the interconnectedness of humanity

Posted on November 8, 2023 by rthtgnbs

This past weekend I was sitting in my friends deer stand which he lets me use, and hoping to get a shot off before legal hours ended. When I sit in a stand, I often put in ear buds and … Continue reading →

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The value of words

Posted on September 22, 2023 by rthtgnbs

Painter and sculptor Embellish life’s sceneryMusician and poet, time. I guess one day I hope to write a simple haiku that might be considered thoughtful. Poetry has a way of staying with a language, or culture, the way Shakespeare still … Continue reading →

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Movie review, “Fury”

Posted on September 2, 2023 by rthtgnbs

I finally got around to watching the WWII movie “Fury” which has an all star cast. Only nine years late reviewing a movie….lets just say I’ve still got a long list of movies to watch. What it got right is … Continue reading →

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BJJ Adult Green Belts, Pink Belts, Combatives Belts….

Posted on June 21, 2023 by rthtgnbs

There are a lot of adult rank belts awarded in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that don’t fall into the White/Blue/Purple/Brown/Black competition categories as sanctioned by the IBJJF or NEWBREED. NAGA also recognizes white/blue/purple/brown/black but lumps them slightly differently. The Ribiero school … Continue reading →

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Hardware Reserved RAM issue

Posted on June 13, 2023 by rthtgnbs

My son and I assembled a gaming computer for him, and we ran into an interesting issue with the memory. If the dual 8gb sticks are in the “optimal slots” as per MSI, the motherboard manufacturer, Windows 10 decides it … Continue reading →

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The AM4 is an empire in decline, but that might be an opportunity for you.

Posted on May 27, 2023 by rthtgnbs

Windows 11 will eventually be the only supported windows operating system available from Microsoft for most home computer users. And currently Microsoft has stood firm on the security features required for installing and using Windows 11, which means a relatively … Continue reading →

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Overcoming the Dunning-Kruger peak of Mount Ignorance

Posted on May 17, 2023 by rthtgnbs

I once took a class with Craig Douglas, ECQC, and he opined that “every ‘action man’ thinks he’s inherently good at fighting, driving, and f*cking.” And he’s right, at least in my experience every action guy (cop, soldier, spy, etc) … Continue reading →

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