Recently I’ve been reading a lot about guns. First, there’s Andrew talking about how he’s really into guns now. Then there’s esr’s Ethics from the Barrel of a Gun about how guns are our ethical duty to own. Finally, there’s that Cho kid from Virginia Tech that everyone keeps talking about. So guns have been metaphorically waved in my face quite a bit recently.

All three events have made me think about why it is I don’t own a gun. There are myriad reasons. For starters, I would be highly annoyed (to put it mildly) if someone broke into my house and killed me with my own gun. I’m too lazy to do the research in this case because I think that gun control is like abortion - all the information out there is total BS. Each side claims to have irrefutable reasons as to why they are right. However, the anti-gun people always counter the pro-gun intruder defense by saying that the intruders kill people with their own guns. How often does this actually happen? No one knows. Second, I’m afraid that my kids (well, when I have some) will find it and kill themselves or someone else. Again, there are tons of stories about kids killing each other event if the parents told them they weren’t allowed to touch it or had the bullets somewhere else or both. I know someone near my family died this way, but I don’t remember who - it was my parents’ friend. Third, related to these two is the scenario where I kill my own kid because I think he/she is an intruder. I’ve only heard this in that stupid chain letter and I know chain letters are BS. However, I could totally see it happening - it’s why was always careful when I woke my dad up in the middle of the night. He had a machete by the bed. (It’s a Cuban redneck thing)

Tai Shan gets to stay until 2009! The Chinese Government decided to let us keep him for two more years!

(I’m writing this on the 21 around midnight, but I have a lot of posts coming up so I time-shifted this to the 24th)

If you’ve read my blog long enough, you know that I believe in events transpiring when they should. In other words, God places things in our lives at the right time. If you call it luck, what is luck, but another name for God? You’re still ascribing it to an unexplainable force.

A neat concert going on in the Chicago Cultural Center

Aida’s Life: The Interview on Vimeo 3 Likes

250: Vimeo News! on Vimeo 3 Likes

DRM on Vimeo 1 Like

Existential Ponderings on Vimeo 1 Like

The Creative Commons on Vimeo 1 Like

Don’t forget to be careful of what you write in your blogs, myspaces, etc Express your opinion and interests, but be careful not to give away enough information that criminals can use it against you. Don’t talk about vacations ahead of time or what time you get off work normally and other such things. It’s hard and I’m sure I’ve made a mistake or two, but keep it in the back of your mind and the your time on the Internet will be much more pleasant.

After months of neglect, I’ve completely redone my homepage. Check it out at http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com

I don’t know wtf is going on with Google, but according to my web stats, 66 of you came here looking for info on anime conventions (this month alone). I’ve never talked much about them except to put up a picture of someone from an anime convention. It was this one or two:

Apparently there aren’t too many other blogs/sites out there talking about it or I wouldn’t get so many people coming here looking for it. The above pictures are probably responsible for the 32 people coming here looking for cosplay. (The second top search term) Another one that brought about 20 people here is the Order of the Engineer, which I blogged about the day I got it. Since then I haven’t mentioned it until today.

War is Hell on Vimeo 2051 Views

Anime Hurricane on Vimeo 1397 Views

Unnecessary Tuffness on Vimeo 898 Views

Pao Bhangra 1 Disc 1 Part 1 on Vimeo 865 Views

Kung Fu Fighting (Super Smash Brothers Melee) on Vimeo 825 Views