Finally saw it last night.

Meh. I was less-than-impressed. By a lot.

I’d also like someone(s) who has seen it to explain something to me. It’s not really spoilery, since it’s kinda the theme of all of the movies:

Is there a legitimate time-travel-theory explanation for how John Connor could have existed to send Kyle Reese back to impregnate his mother? I think of time linearly (failure of imagination, I know) so I conceptualize it such that the first time history played through, John wouldn’t have existed, because he didn’t exist in the future to send Kyle back. And since he didn’t come to exist, he wouldn’t have been able to send Kyle back, so he never would have existed.

So. If this makes sense in time-travel theory, someone explain it, because I don’t have enough nerd cred to get it.

If it doesn’t make sense, then I guess I just suck at suspension of disbelief.

Oh, and two more questions/annoyances that are spoilery:

- If they’d figured out a signal that would deactivate machines, why the hell weren’t they playing that thing everywhere they went?

- When they destroyed Skynet HQ at the end, if that was an actual nuclear explosion, wouldn’t there have been an associated EMP that would have killed their chopper?

Oh, and it also took me until 2010 to realize John Connor = J.C. Gee, can you think of any other savior-types with those initials?

I already wasn’t going to be doing any foreign travel, because my child doesn’t have a social security number and is thus ineligible for a passport.

Now, it looks like I won’t be traveling anywhere by air, ever.

I have put up with a lot of the post-9/11 security theater. I’ve thrown away my lipgloss, been wanded, taken off my shoes, put all my liquids and gels into an appropriate little baggie. I have allowed them to pick away at my privacy and dignity, bit by bit, with full knowledge it’s all a meaningless circus meant to give the sheep the illusion of security.

No more.

I’m a citizen of the United States and the state of Idaho, and I will not be subjected to this bullshit. Period.

I just introduced a friend of mine to the magic of RSS. He was asking where I get my news, and how I make time to be (relatively) politically informed.

We don’t have TV. I have my homepage set to news.google.com, so I glance at that a few times per internet session (like every time I open a new tab). I also hit up SaysUncle for the high (and low) points of the politics I care most about.

I have a ton of other worthy blogs in my reader, but if I’m taking a bare-bones look at where to get the news, those are my top two choices.

Where do you get your news?

Wild Deuce, in the comments:

As long as a party can always count on your vote, they will NEVER be obligated to listen to or respect your wishes.

Continuing to vote for Republicans simply because they are not Democrats, is like the battered wife choosing her abusive husband over the rapist because the husband at least says, “I love you.” There are other options.

Palin: Tea Partiers “Have to Pick a Party” – CBS News

“Now the smart thing will be for independents who are such a part of this Tea Party movement to, I guess, kind of start picking a party,” Palin said. “Which party reflects how that smaller, smarter government steps to be taken? Which party will best fit you? And then because the Tea Party movement is not a party, and we have a two-party system, they’re going to have to pick a party and run one or the other: ‘R’ or ‘D’.”

I wanted so badly to like her, for her to be what I wanted her to be, and I think that makes her even more intolerable to me at this point.

Win! That’s a Springfield Armory 1911 Champion Lightweight Loaded, which are a pain in the ass to find anywhere right now. Good thing I’m good at teh intarnets.

Thanks to:

a) You guys, for making me contemplate the Loaded v. Operator long enough for this one to magically appear on Arfcom,
b) Riverofguns.com, which searches several big gun forums/sites for the item you’re looking for, and is how I found my preciousssss,
c) A very nice cop-turned-lawyer in Texas (DFW), who intended to FTF this sale but responded to my groveling and begging by agreeing to ship to my FFL,
and
d) GUNPAL, through which I could openly purchase a firearm and donate to the Calguns Foundation in the process. Talk about an improvement over PayPal. I have my tip jar set up with them, so I’ve both received and sent money now, with nothing really notable to mention. (Actually, I’ll note that if your recipient isn’t already set up with GUNPAL, it can take several days to complete the bank account verification/link so they can withdraw the money you send. Same for senders, though linking a credit card is more or less instantaneous. Just something to keep in mind, since lots of people are new to the service.)

Range report coming as soon as I have one, which should be tomorrow, ammo acquisition permitting.

Because, you see, I am a huge nerd.

H/T Lance, who really needs to start the blog he keeps threatening to start.