Knights of Bedlam

Inspiried by the Knights of Mayhem (Full Contact Jousting), I created some medieval fun with my boys the other day.

Joust on!

 

Hard hit!

 So hard the Princess feints!

Silly Slang Song

Lyrics here:
http://ericbogle.net/lyrics/lyricspdf/sillyslangsong.pdf

Marines Outshoot the US Army

The Department of Defense recently conducted a capabilities-based assessment (CBA) to establish the combat effectiveness requirements for rifle marksmanship. The standards for target engagement were defined in terms of “probability of incapacitation given a shot,” “range,” and “time.”

Given that the specified target surface areas on the Marine Corps course are considerably smaller, hits recorded by Marine recruits should represent incapacitating hits. For the task “Engage Threat Personnel With Small Arms Fire, From 201 to 500m [Meters],” the requirement established was greater than or equal to 50 percent probability of incapacitation per shot. Marine recruits achieved 62.86 percent incapacitating hits from 200 to 500 yards, all unsupported and with iron sights.

The CBA further determined that “[U.S. Army soldiers] lack the ability to achieve desired accuracy and incapacitating effects against personnel targets at ranges from 0 to 500m.” Based on postcombat surveys, 10 percent of the cumulative distribution of personnel targets engaged across all types of terrain are at ranges of 400m or greater. In Afghanistan there have been units that have completed very kinetic deployments whose direct fire engagements were all at distances of 500m or greater.

The Marine Corps is the only Service that conducts marksmanship training beyond 300m for all personnel.

http://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/article/challenges-imperiling-our-marksmanship-standards

Christmas Cards

A couple of options I was thinking of for this year...

whadda ya think?

Resume

At a recent career fair I was handed many resumes by prospective Atlanta area students.  The one that most stood out to me had the following paragraph (word for word) under the top section - titles "Qualities"...

"I am a loyal and dedicated individual who has a great deal of ambition.  Although I have an extensive experience in the fast food industry, however I love o learn new things and is always up for a new challenge.  I am a freiendly individual who gets along well with others, however I can still work well on my own.  I am seeking a position that I can develop and excel at my job."

Holy American public school system Batman!  You might ask, how does a person with such a horrific understanding of the English language come to be a student at a major Georgia University?  In fact, how can an individual who fails to proofread their work, even something as vital as their resume, come to have a 3.5 GPA at said school?

Then I saw it, on the second page of the resume...under achievement - "Captain of Basketball Team."

How sad.

A hard truth...

Fedor Demolished?

 

 "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"

Fedor v. the Reem should prove to be pretty good, if StrikeForce can make it happen.

HUGE spoilers for LOST.

Only read this if you want to know what is about to happen in the LOST universe.  I have read a full recap of the next episode: "What they died for" and here we go.

Remember - don't read any further unless you want to know some major spoilers...

The recap is found here:
http://spoilerslost.blogspot.com/2010/05/major-spoilers-episode-616-what-they.html#axzz0nuUyTYqZ

After reading it some things appear clear...


- Richard appears to die at the hands of Smokie- mayeb he is still alive though?

- Widmore works for Jacob.  Jacob told him to bring Desmond back.

- Zoe dies at Flocke's hand

- Widmore dies at Ben's hand

- Ben is back in the Flocke camp

- Smokie IS Jacob's brother

- "They" all died to protect the island

- Kate is still a candidate.  Her name was crossed out when she became a mom to Aaron, but now she is back in the running. 

-  When Jacob asks for a volunteer to take his place, Jacks steps up and drinks the candidate kool-aid

-  ALT Locke come to Jack and says its fate - he should have the surgery

-  Flocke and Ben reach the well, Desmond is missing.  Ben asks about Desmond.  Flocke says that Widmore told him that Desmond is Jacob's "failsafe" - if the candidates refused to be the new guardian, Desmond could destroy the island.  Locke decides to use Desmond to do just that.


This all seems to jive with those finale script pages that got leaked and the call sheet that was left lying around.

How a title fight should be...

Anderson Silva should learn a lesson from Machida/ Shogun 2.  Those guys delivered a great fight even if it only lasted one round.

Both men had obviously learned from their mistakes in their original confrontation.  I loved watching Shogun use his MMA Muay Thai aganist Machida - hopping front leg and all.  I also loved watching Machida check a low kick and follow-up with a karate kick of his own.

The knee that Lyoto delivered to Shogun's torso just before Shogun clipped him was brutal.

Warriors doing it how it should be done.

Major LOST Spoilers!

If you like to know whats gonna happen, read on. 

If you want to be surprised - stop here.

WARNING - Spoilers ahead!

ARE YOU SURE?

THESE ARE CONFIRMED by DARKUFO...

6x14 - "The Candidate"
- A shocking episode with deaths

- MIB tricks Jack to take a backpack with explosive devices; the sub explodes

- Sun and Jin die

- Sayid redeems himself and is killed

- Widmore dies

- It is made to look as if Sawyer dies, but is saved by Jack

- Kate is shot by Zoe in shoulder



6x15 - "Across the Sea"
- Jacob and the boy in black arrive to the island 23 A.D.

- They are *not* one and the same person

- They are basically brothers who have the same mother, but there is a twist

- They become adversaries in their late 20s

- We see how the Smoke Monster was created



Adam and Eve...

- Adam and Eve are MIB and his mother

- Jacob put them in the cave



Finale Call Sheet and Script pages...
http://lostrumours.blogspot.com/2010/05/rumour-script-pages-for-series-finale.html