Black Ops First Strike - Thank You Treyarch

Sweet! Not that I'm terribly bored with the original maps (god knows I don't play near often enough for that to be so), but variety is still the spice of life, is it not?

Don't really care about the new zombie level, but I guess there are those out there that are nuttin' their sweat pants over it. Whatever floats your boat guys, have fun. You won't see me there.

The multiplayer maps (the concepts anyway, since I haven't seen any layout s as yet) look pretty pimp. Can't ever have too much snow and ice (plus another smallish or medium would be nice; Summits good, but WMD kinda sucks: too many nooks and crannies for campers and their grannies), and the two urban style ones will be a good addition.

Not 100% sure about the Kowloon map (If its anything like the campaign, then Nuketown will soon be massively eclipsed by the amount of potential death and carnage. Possible name change to 'Massacretown?'). If it turns out to have all the roof hopping and open spaces of the single player map, it will probably be a good thing that Treyarch has hosed up the sniper class for the most part. That being said, there are enough solid players out there that you could end up being cross-mapped by some jackass with a revolver and do nothing but spawn, die, get pissed off and repeat. All theory and conjecture on my part of course, but we'll see what happens come 1 February.

Come to think of it, I'm not 1000% sure about Stadium either (based on the descriptions), but I'll try and stay optimistic that it won't turn into a fxxxing campers playground (meanwhile, back in the real world...). Might be a pipe dream, but time will tell.

Whatever, no complaints from me just yet. Looking forward to it.

RCBS Uniflow Powder Micrometer Adjustment Screw - Hands on Review

I'm going to jump right out and say this may be the best 40 bucks I have ever spent on a powder measure gadget. I initially made the mistake of getting the wrong size one for my particular drop (oops), but once I got the right one installed it was very easy to zero and adjust.

The adjustment screw is tight enough to prevent accidentally knocking the measure out of alignment. My only possible concern (and to be honest, its not really a concern, just a nit pick) would be that its a bit tricky to pull out in order to clean the inside of the powder chamber. Not really an issue, just takes a couple more seconds to accomplish.Super fine powders tend to clump up a hair after two or three hundred rounds, but that might just be me (re: my rant about Winchester Autocomp).

Overall, a great little upgrade for any powder drop. Definitely recommend it.

What other option is there?

 This whole rant will be in reference to this article.

Honestly, where do you think they are going to get the meds they need? Its not like theres a freaking pharmacy on every little COP, FOB and shithole everywhere in Iraq and Afghanistan. These guys can't just wander down to the local walgreens and refill their prescription. You either take along as much medication as you're going to need for the entire deployment, or you go off your meds and potentially become a fully-armed danger to yourself and others.

I know it sounds like a dick thing to say, but if you decide to overdose on the pills you're only endangering yourself. The ugly flip side of that is if you aren't receiving your treatment, you have 500+ rounds of ammunition with which to endanger yourself and everyone else. So let me see here.... Common sense dictates we strive to reduce casualties, so you judge for yourself: a) one suicidal moron kills himself, vs b) one suicidal moron kills or harms 15 of his battle buddies, before turning the gun on himself. Easy decision?