TGO David

Dangit. Well... at least you did better than most men seem to do, and actually went to the doctor about it. Hope all goes well.

If Lollapalooza didn't already test that theory, Sturgis likely won't.

Nuking China?

The G45 is the best G. --Me, Always

Rare sighting of ChuckTShoes on the job.

CAN CONFIRM! Yesterday was the end of the first 24 hours and my shoulder was throbbing. Today the muscle is still very sore to the touch at the injection site. My wife, a nurse, says that it's because the pH balance of the shot is quite a bit different than my body's normal pH and that caused it to burn and continue hurting. I, on the other hand, now a true believer in "The Science", am quite certain that it hurts because the wires from the microchip have burrowed deep into my arm and are now receiving VLF signals from China. One of us is right and the other is wrong. I know who my money is on.

Speedy recovery! Going in through the throat is an interesting surgical approach but I'm sure it minimizes negative consequences of the surgical procedure itself. Kind of like how the IRS always goes for my wallet through my anus. But different at the same time. They minimize nothing in that procedure.

Status Update: Injection site in my shoulder was a little sore for most of the evening. Not a biggie. A little Ibuprofen and some self massaging ( giggity ) took care of that. I woke up this morning with a bit of a sore throat but no other problems. My energy level seems normal, no fever, and no aches that I don't normally have. I did notice that I forgot something rather simple while I was doing my normal morning routine, so I'll try to remember to pay attention to this and see if it's the same "brain fog" that I had with actual COVID earlier this year. I honestly wouldn't be a bit surprised to see some strange occurrences like that as my body's naturally-acquired immunity kicks in and punches the J&J payload in the balls. STILL no wireless charging capability. The government microchip I got might be a dud.

As I've been saying, people need to determine who they are going to trust for their medical advice (such as their doctor) and then weigh that heavily against all of the other noise being made about COVID-19. My doctor and I caught up with each other on the subject last week and he recommended that enough time had elapsed for me since I actually had COVID-19 back in February, and now, for me to give strong consideration to one of the available vaccines. His position was that the mRNA ones are most effective against the delta variant for someone who's never had COVID before, but that for me the Johnson & Johnson one would be fine. It would effectively be a booster for my existing natural antibodies. I got jabbed with a needle this afternoon. So far, no superpowers have manifested but I am hoping at least that the microchip the government surely implanted in me will allow for wireless charging. It burned like a mother when the nurse pushed the vaccine in, so I can only logically assume that means the 5G signals were flooding into my bloodstream. If I turn into a zombie, promise me you guys will aim for the head and not be cruel and shoot me in the .

I know it's a hard pill for folks to swallow, but there's not a single one of us who is going to make it out of here alive. We've all got a date with the Grim Reaper. It sucks that for some folks he comes as a virus, but there are a million other ways people die every day too and a lot of them have better forms of prevention than what we have for COVID-19. A person should seriously just listen to their doctor, analyze the risks, factor in their own risk profile, and make their own decision. I really hope the bleeding hearts don't hassle me the next time I have a cheeseburger or a glass of bourbon, or inhale some gun smoke. None of those things are good for you either, but I'm taking my chances. "Every man dies, but not every man really lives."

That is a really good idea.

I've never had a problem with an optic fogging, even on open-emitter designs like the RMR. I do put Cat Crap brand anti-fog on my lenses, same as I do my prescription glasses, but I also think the fact that the optic stays relatively warm while carried against my body helps as well. Even still, these days I find myself gravitating toward the closed-emitter designs like the Holosun 509T for a variety of reasons - antifogging being one of them. You might give them a spin if you get serious about the Dot Life.

Hopefully people are listening to their doctors and not the media, politicians, or the Internet. My doctor told me to wait because I've had the real deal. He also told me to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine if/when I decide to participate in this ridiculously unprecedented clinical trial. What blows my mind is the staggering amount of "Vaccine Shaming" that is wrapped around this whole issue. Even if I ever do decide to get vaccinated against COVID-19, I'll probably take it to my grave as a secret. And hopefully that'll be a long time after the vaccination and from reasons completely unrelated to the vaccine. This issue isn't just politicized, it's been "socialized" to the point where an alarming percentage of people actually want the government to force their fellow citizens to undergo medical treatment. FORCE. And here we are participating in an Internet community centered upon the one Constitutional amendment that was designed to keep the government... a government... any government... from doing that sort of thing to you. Weird.

I was mainly just testing to make sure that the new database engine didn't puke on a new post, a reply, etc. But now it's just fun.

True Story: I'll make eye jokes all day long and screw with people at work. We once were interviewing a guy who we had already decided was going to be a perfect fit for the team, from perspectives of qualifications and cultural fit. He was a messed up individual like the rest of us. When we took him to lunch, he asked how brutal the on-call schedule really was. I told him, "Look man... I had two working eyes when I started this gig." He paused barely a second and erupted in laughter. We hired him practically on the spot.

I mortify the people at Lens Crafters when I ask them if I get a 50% discount because I only need half of what they're selling. Those poor people don't know how to respond.

Yikes. I forget what the actual statement was by the doctor at the time, but I want to say my dad relayed that I was 4mm away from what would have been a fatal hit. If it had impacted just slightly lower it would have gone through the optical cavity and that'd would have been that.

On the heels of the software upgrades that have occurred over the past few weeks, today I wrapped up some upgrades to our database engine. Page loads, especially those involving traffic to things the majority of our members are doing at around the same time (i.e. searching for new posts, loading the index page, loading the most recent threads, etc) generally seem faster to me. Let me know if you encounter anything odd though.

I'm almost positive that my medical records list me as having been shot. The path the bullet took to get inside my head feels fairly academic other than that fact that the wall bled off enough of its momentum to keep it from killing me.

Yeah man.... safety glasses are a must have for me.

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Twice. Once when I was a young teenager, out squirrel hunting with a childhood buddy. He had a negligent discharge as we were walking and we both looked around to see where it went in the ground, as he was carrying muzzle-down. We then realized he'd shot me right above the ankle with his .22LR. The next time I was in my early 20's. My brother had a negligent discharge in my parents house on New Years Eve. The 22LR round hit a wall and ricocheted, striking me in the eyebrow above my right eye. The projectile glanced down, went through the top (white) of the eye and stopped in the optic nerve. I lost sight in my right eye because of that one. When people notice that I shoot handguns right handed and rifles left handed, this is the "Why?" behind it. Despite these occurrences, I still love guns and love shooting. What I don't love is shooting with other people - if I am not familiar with them or their gun-handling abilities. It takes gigantic leaps of faith, huge doses of fatalism and a desire for something significant for me to attend any sort firearms training classes. I generally pick out people have their #### together, and partner up with or shoot near them.