Wednesday, May 30, 2012

3 1/2 Time Outs (Vol 2)





My second volume of this meme is the Daddy Wars edition.  Prescinding from pointless pugilism, one can propose a plethora of paradigms, plenty of which palliate our pounding parental lobes.

I. Five responses:
     1. Stomp hard on the toes, then run.
     2. I like a .410 for the under 10.
     3. What's a video game?
     4. No comment.
     5. When you're right, you're right - Fr. Eric's duct tape is classic and stylish.

II. Five questions (and to make it easy, these are T / F):
     1. Flip flops are lame.  Unless they're color coordinated with the hat.
     2. If some is good, more is better.
     3. The first rule of non-cooperation is hit it with a hammer.  The second rule is see rule one.
     4. The maximum number of rooms in a house that may be painted any shade of pastel is two.
     5. Symmetry is unnecessary.

III. Opening the second front:
     Baseball has a certain aesthetic charm, and as a communal event, outside in the summer, it's almost unmatched (carillon concerts, although rare, are a higher caliber of charm).  However, as a sport, it's effete.  Manliness in sports resides on the ice.  If you can limp, you can play.  Also, God is a goalie.

III-point-v: On Maneuvers:
     Football in the snow is a close second. 

Thursday, May 24, 2012

3 1/2 Time Outs (Vol... ummm... 1)


It's not Tuesday, but it's not Sunday either, so I'm gonna jump into the raging 3 1/2 Time Outs meme started by LarryD. He also started Fantasy Bishball, and I hope that makes a comeback this summer.

This is the Memorial Day version.

1. Here's an F4F, circa 1942. This was called "Wildcat."
It was armed with .50-cal machine guns and could also carry rockets and bombs.

2. Here's an F4F, circa 1972. This was called "Phantom."

It was armed with a variety of missiles and bombs.

3. Here's an F4F, circa 2012. This is called "Constitutional Defender."

3 1/2. The F4F "Constitutional Defender" is armed with these:

...and these:
...which makes this most recent F4F infinitely more powerful than either of the first two.

(All images are used non-commercially, and believed to be in the public domain, or otherwise permitted.)