I have a defensive nature honed by years of bitter disappointment and betrayal, and I don't mean to exercise that nature by taking it out on Halfbakers. However, if it happens, it happens, and I really am sorry... unless you deserved it, and I'm pretty sure you know, deep down, if that's the case.

If it I see an idea posted that I've seen before, I'll call you on it. This happens pretty frequently, and some folks seem to think I'm full of shit because I couldn't possibly have seen as much in my relatively short life as I claim to have seen. If you are one of those folks, please consider the following: I've lived in 6 states, 2 countries, and 6 USAF bases, served 2 years in the USAF as an aerospace maintenance crew chief, and have held 18 jobs since in a variety of fields, including sales, construction, customer service, security, loss prevention, painting, pizza delivery, and landscaping (though not in that order). I've experienced a lot and seen a lot more in my life, and my journey has only just begun. If I'm not certain, if I have any doubt that I've seen your idea before, I usually say so. Please don't get offended, and don't ever insinuate that I'm lying. Why would I?

Also, just in case you're wondering by now if I'm a raging hypocrite... I've deleted literally scores of my own ideas, when it's been pointed out that they were already baked, or fit into one or more MFD categories. I ask no more of anyone else than I do of myself.

Anybody wanna talk to me, gripe, complain about my insensitivity, chat, discuss an idea or how I could've handled an argument better, feel free to contact me.

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- E-mail me at

talonc rew chief @ g ma il . com (no spaces)

Ideas I think were boned for illegitimate reasons:

-----Caveman Sanctuary

-----E.A.T. Lead Rounds

-----Anti-In-Law* Landmine Blanks

-----BuzzGuard 3000

-----Pez Mines

-----Reverse E-Brake for Manual Transmission

-----SmartBox

-----WiiGMote

Below are some links that'll help anyone new to the Halfbakery gain a better understanding of this place, and my role in it. ________________________________________________ Krelnik's Guide to the Halfbakery (I recommend reading this to new visitors) http://krelnik.home.mindspring.com/half_faq.html#1

My ideas (sorted by votes): http://www.halfbakery.com/view/fu=24052:s=U:d=Univ:dh=2:dn=25:ds=3:n=:i=:t=21_20Quest

Some web literature I find quite amusing: http://www.drmcninja.com/archive.html

Photos of Triple Nickle (the aircraft I was assigned to when I served in the USAF): http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=64-0555&distinct_entry=true ________________________________________________

THE LEGEND OF THE UNABUBBA -March 09, 2009 (a true story copied and pasted from an online news site, MSNBC)

CANBERRA, Australia - When a dark intruder smashed through his bedroom window and repeatedly bounced on his bed, Beat Ettlin at first was relieved to discover it was a kangaroo.

"My initial thought when I was half awake was, 'It's a lunatic ninja coming through the window,'" the 42-year-old told The Associated Press on Monday. "It seems about as likely as a kangaroo breaking in."

But his relief was short-lived. As Ettlin cowered beneath the sheets with his wife and 9-year-old daughter at 2 a.m. Sunday, the frantic kangaroo bounded into the bedroom of his 10-year-old son, Leighton Beman, who screamed, "There's a 'roo in my room!"

"I thought, 'This can be really dangerous for the whole family now,'" Ettlin said.

The ordeal played out over a few minutes in the family's house in Garran, an upmarket suburb in the leafy national capital of Canberra.

Ettlin, a chef originally from the Swiss city of Stans, said he jumped the 90-pound marsupial from behind and pinned it to the floor. He grabbed it in a headlock and wrestled the thrashing and bleeding intruder into a hallway, toward the front door.

He used a single, fumbling hand to open the front door and shoved the kangaroo into the night.

"I had just my Bonds undies on. I felt vulnerable," he said, referring to a popular Australian underwear brand.

Trail of blood

The kangaroo, which Ettlin said was around his height, 5 foot 9 inches, left claw gouges in the wooden frame of the master bed and a trail of blood through the house. The animal was cut when it came crashing through the bedroom window.

Ettlin, who had scratch marks on his leg and buttocks and was left wearing only his shredded underpants, described himself as "lucky."

The kangaroo vanished into a nearby forest whence it likely came. Wildlife authorities confirmed Monday they had received a phone call saying an injured kangaroo had entered the caller's home and left.

Greg Baxter, a Queensland University lecturer on Australian native animals, said kangaroos rarely invade homes but have done so in the past when panicked.

"It is very unusual, but when kangaroos become panicked, they lose all sense of caution and just fly for where they think they can get away," Baxter said.

Eastern gray kangaroos are common around Canberra's forested urban fringe. They are so numerous at one defense department site in the city that officials want to cull hundreds of the animals to stop them ruining the habitat.

Although it had been a harrowing experience, Ettlin's wife could see the funny side.

"I think he's a hero: a hero in Bonds undies," Verity Beman, 39, said of her husband.

Some random stuff that amuses me:

http://sketchup.google.com/

http://web.archive.org/web/20060501233054/www.halfbakery.com/idea/Cashebo_20Effect

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dejarik