Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jan 22, 2012, 5:36 pm
... they fought to strike back at the murderous barbarians that attacked our nation on September 11, 2001. There the United States deposed the Taliban and allowed the Afghani people to establish their own ... the foothold of Democracy in the world and to strike blows against terrorist barbarians...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jan 4, 2012, 6:06 pm
Perhaps a better title is “Things I’d like to see but never expect to see”. That’s because while I think that these things would in the long run be good for our country the chances of my ever seeing them are extremely unlikely.  Even so a man can dream, can’t he? Eliminate Social Se...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jan 1, 2012, 5:50 pm
It’s 2012. Hopefully it will begin better than 2011 ended. Hopefully it will end better than any of the last four. Hope. Springs. Eternal.
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Dec 23, 2011, 3:27 pm
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy New Year.
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Nov 20, 2011, 2:52 pm
I like to talk about our unalienable rights, Life, Liberty, the pursuit of Happiness… you know.  I’m fond of them. I also like to talk about those rights that are specifically protected in the constitution, such as the right to bear arms and the freedom of speech. I also like to talk about the ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Nov 19, 2011, 12:30 am
“It’s hard to make a case for victimhood when you’re living in a meritocracy.” That’s one of my favorite quotes. I just which I knew who said it first. If only it were true. Or perhaps, we’re simply not living in a meritocracy? Although they never said it quite that way, th...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Nov 14, 2011, 7:55 pm
Sometimes, I think that people are just plain dumb – either that or they think everyone else is. Take, for example this, reported by The Salt Lake Tribune. As a result of a man dying overnight at Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park, Police Chief Chris Burbank on Friday ordered Occupy Salt...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Nov 13, 2011, 4:52 pm
Progressives and Obstructionists? Isn’t that pretty close to how the argument is framed? Liberals in politics often don’t seem to like being labeled as liberals – they prefer the term “progressives”. And of course, whenever they are balked in Congress their opposition are termed obstructio...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Nov 11, 2011, 10:15 am
T.F. Stern reminded me that whether the constitution permits it or not, the federal governments excessive size, reach, and intrusive power over our lives is a reality that we must deal with. David reminded me that to a politician, the end justifies the means, even if the means are ignoring the const...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Nov 10, 2011, 9:28 am
That’s the question someone on Facebook asked. At the time I write this, the proposition is winning 1.5 million votes to 73 thousand. I voted in the minority. That’s right. I don’t support drug testing to get approval to be on Welfare. But then, I don’t accept the premise behind the q...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Nov 9, 2011, 8:50 am
In a zero-sum economy if the rich can only get richer by making the poor poorer, then the OWS crowd is right. This assumes either that there is a fixed amount of property and or money, or that we are all nothing but consumers. But - what IS property? And is there only a fixed amount of it? &#...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Oct 29, 2011, 12:19 pm
It’s that time of year again when we teach our children the fine art of extortion and robbery. “Trick or Treat” is the hold-up line of the day. And who better to teach those skills than a pirate?
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Oct 15, 2011, 3:07 pm
Remember the old Nigerian 914 scams? I guess people never learn. And then, I guess that’s why people like this keep trying... Asalamalakum? Greetings, I am Safia Farkash, wife of embattled Libyan leader Col.Muammar Gaddafi, who is presently been embattled by the unfaithful oppo...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Aug 6, 2011, 8:32 pm
Today is the last full day I’m at home, and also the first day of the local renaissance and fantasy faire – this time held in Bonney Lake. This weekend’s theme? Pirates. OK… the whole stripy sock thing and pirates has little to do with the renaissance… but everything to do wi...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Aug 2, 2011, 5:15 pm
Every now and then my dad sends me e-mail with something funny but pertinent to our times. This, to me at least, is not an exception, even if some people are only beginning to recognize the symptoms and will hopefully begin their first dose of the cure “real soon now.” From the CDC:...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jun 6, 2011, 7:42 pm
(Yes, I skipped #3 – to my parents and #4 – to my sibling… deal with it). Dear Dreams, How did you get to be so unreasonable? And so unrealistic? I mean really? Hoping that our federal government would return to Constitutional limits? Practically no one expects that anymor...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jun 3, 2011, 7:09 pm
Hey Teree, I bet you never expected this letter (assuming you ever read it, one of the nice things about this challenge is we don’t have to actually send the letters). But I had a crush on you in high school. I always enjoyed talking to you, but I never really could get up the nerve to ask ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jun 2, 2011, 9:34 pm
Dear George, Melody, one of the angels over at The Trouble With Angels has issued what she has labeled One big-ass month-long challenge. Basically the challenge is to write a blog-posting every day in the form of a letter that you would have or perhaps should have written to a particular pers...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - May 24, 2011, 8:45 pm
A friend of mine sent me this in e-mail, so “why not?”. My dog sleeps about 10 hours a day.  He has his food prepared for him. He can eat whenever he wants, 24/7/365. His meals are provided at no cost to him. He visits the vet once a year for his checkup, and again during the year...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - May 23, 2011, 9:27 pm
A friend of mine from my old “BlogShares” days – back when I actually played that is – posted this picture to my Wall on Facebook… My older son has a dog that looks somewhat similar, and it got me to thinking… should I? Now if only I knew who posted this in the first...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - May 17, 2011, 8:15 pm
O.K. Bad pun. Still, I promised video of the jousting at the Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire… First up… Sir Joseph rides by the crowd. Then, we get into the jousting. There you have it. And, just like drag racing… lots of waiting ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - May 16, 2011, 12:03 am
I went to the fair again today. I’ll probably go next weekend too. It was fun again – although a bit windy and dusty this time. Several of the vendors tents blew away overnight, and some of them lost some of their wares. Since it’s a Renaissance Festival AND Fantasy Faire, I had the opp...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - May 9, 2011, 11:07 pm
It’s a poor workman that blames his tools. But, better tools do give better results. Or, perhaps I ought to say, the right tools give better results. Or something like that. Maybe it’s just faster results if you take the time to get good results with the tools you have on hand. Com...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Apr 27, 2011, 6:38 pm
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.– That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving t...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Apr 26, 2011, 4:54 pm
Well. Obviously the convention is over. I had a good time – but I refrained from using my camera for the most part. There were a lot of interesting workshops – particularly on medieval arms and armor. I attended all of those that I could as well as a few writers workshops. The convention ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Apr 22, 2011, 6:01 am
Norwescon that is. Today (I guess now it’s yesterday) I took Lucas and Zachary to the convention. They wanted to play Lazer Tag – until they saw the course that was set up. Then they decided they wanted to hang out for the panels instead. We finished off the night with the Midnight Movie – Lad...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Apr 16, 2011, 1:01 am
Well, almost. I have to pick up my prescriptions in the morning. Then I have to stop at the bank on the way out of town. I’ll be driving home this weekend. Two weeks at home and then it’s time to drive back here to Utah. Man! I’m looking forward to seeing my family again. … and...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Apr 13, 2011, 10:47 pm
OK. So it’s Latin and nobody actually speaks Latin in everyday life anymore. But some of us know what it means… “Let the buyer beware”. It’s ancient wisdom to be sure, but wisdom nonetheless. Why would such a warning have once been thought necessary, and why has it persisted through the ag...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Apr 6, 2011, 8:22 am
That’s right… Time to break out your kilt! Congress declared April 6 to be National Tartan Day. It’s a day to celebrate Scottish heritage and to wear your tartan (plaid, typically in a family or clan pattern). I’d wear my kilt to work, except my boss’s boss wouldn’t approve. Now I...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Apr 5, 2011, 11:28 pm
I’ve been somewhat frustrated with my laptop computer recently. I’ve had it for just over a year now and it has recently begun acting up a bit. It’s got an Intel Core i7 processor inside, running at a fair clip (2 to 2.5 Ghz) and it has plenty of memory. It should be able to handle comp...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Mar 27, 2011, 10:37 pm
While Betty is here with me in Utah I’m having fun hanging out with her. Today we went to Antelope Island. The island is named after one of these… This was my second trip to Antelope Island, but the first time I actually saw any antelope. Usually all you see are these…
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Mar 25, 2011, 10:50 am
I finally finished the haubergeon last night - by adding the sleeves. On to the second pattern in 14swg galvanized steel.
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Mar 16, 2011, 8:26 pm
Simple challenge… post a picture of yourself as a teenager. Not so simple in the execution. I don’t have many pictures of myself as a teenager. But… I finally found one.
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Mar 6, 2011, 9:19 pm
Well, my plan was to finish my haubergeon today. Other things got in the way. For one, I had to work late Friday night – which wasn’t really an impediment, since I left the office early with a late-night deployment in mind, and I managed to get some work done on the haubergeon before I had to lo...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Mar 4, 2011, 9:46 am
I must say I’m impressed. Yesterday I noted that UPS Worldwide Expedited shipping had apparently turned into 6 day shipping. As of last night, their tracking site indicated my shipment wouldn’t arrive until sometime Monday. This morning I checked the site again and wow. A LOT of activity....
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Mar 3, 2011, 11:52 pm
The girls at The Trouble  With Angels have a new game, and so I decided I’d play along. This one is called “A picture is worth 10 answers.” I challenge you to answer all these questions by typing your answer into Google Images and picking the 1st through 10th images as you...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Mar 3, 2011, 9:01 pm
Well, the time is fast approaching when I will run out of jump rings again. On Tuesday, I ordered 800 more stainless steel jump rings and 400 more blackened steel jump rings for my haubergeon. I paid a premium to have rush processing and The Ring Lord shipped them out the very same day! “Impressiv...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Feb 28, 2011, 9:44 pm
OK. I’m seriously considering leaving the conversation again. It’s a shame too. A person that I considered a friend made a recent posting. I made some comments, essentially disagreeing what this person had said. The response to my comment was, in my opinion, borderline irrational, ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Feb 24, 2011, 12:22 am
OK. Writing yesterday’s post took a while – time that I didn’t spend working on chain maille. I did spend a good part of my three day weekend working on it though. You’ve seen the front and the yoke. This is a sleeve. So it might not look like one yet. The top row will attach t...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Feb 23, 2011, 12:14 am
OK, I know it’s been a while since I wrote anything “serious” here. Lately it’s all been pictures and updates on my chain maille projects. Live with it, OK? This is after all my site, and I have made it plain that I’ll write about what I want to, when I want to. What follows here is a bit ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Feb 15, 2011, 8:35 pm
The first thing I did upon arriving at my temporary domicile this evening was to check my e-mail. To my delighted surprise I found that my order from The Ring Lord had arrived. The last I had seen when tracking the order was that it would be delivered by the end of the day tomorrow. So, I went down ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Feb 14, 2011, 10:03 am
Well, as I anticipated, 10,000 stainless steel jump rings wasn’t enough by a long shot. I had at least hoped it would be enough to finish the yoke and the front piece, but I was short about 120 rings or so. Last Sunday I ordered another 7,200 of them. Last night, I used the last of my initial stoc...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Feb 2, 2011, 1:09 am
Well, it was earlier tonight anyway. I’ll see if I can get someone to take a picture of me wearing it during the day. That’s right, I completed the yoke portion of my first haubergeon tonight. I put a couple of weeks into it, time during which I wasn’t even sure I’d be able to fit the...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jan 23, 2011, 12:14 am
Layla wonders where I’ve been. Then she speculates that I’m working on another chain maille “masterpiece.” Well, I don’t know about masterpieces, I’ve still got a long way to go before I even come close to that quality of work, but I have been hard at work on my primary maille projects. ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Jan 9, 2011, 4:07 pm
Well, now that I’ve finished the projects for my kids, I’ve gotten back to work on the ones for myself. A few minutes ago I finished the inlay that I will be using on the front of my mail shirt. The piece is 12 inches wide and 8 1/2 inches high. I made it using 5/16 inch inner diam...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Dec 24, 2010, 5:48 pm
Well, my small dragonscale project is done, and just in time to put it under wraps too. I’ll be starting another one on Sunday. In the meantime, here it is… thrity-nine inches of DragonScale, one and a half inches wide… and a mail-order biker buckle. We’ll probably replace the ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Dec 21, 2010, 3:20 pm
I just read a posting by T.F. Stern titled As long as grass is green and the sky is blue… It got me to thinking about the recent financial crisis, and the things that led to it, as well as the responses to it. It also got me to thinking, once again about the questionable priorities of politicians ...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Dec 12, 2010, 7:43 pm
Several days ago I showed you my first efforts at weaving dragonscale. Yesterday, I mentioned that I was going to make a few fairly long sheets of it for a small project. It’s kind of a rush job, because I will be heading back home on Friday night and I’d like to get it finished before I go. I m...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Dec 11, 2010, 3:10 am
Sounds odd, doesn’t it? How about stainless steel that has been chemically treated to convert the surface layer to magnetite, a dark gray ferrous mineral? And coated with just a little bit of oil to make it appear really black? Yes, the rest of my rings from The Ring Lord arrived today. &...
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Perri N. posted an article on Perri Nelson's Website - Dec 9, 2010, 1:17 am
I took the laptop to work today, to do some fidelity testing on a new piece of software I’ve been working on. So that left me with the old re-worked desktop machine at the apartment. More on that in a bit… Near the end of the work day, my boss told me to “Go home and bend some wire.” ...
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