A Little Off

So I was sitting in my discrete structures analysis class today when a student asked a question about the homework. It went a little like this:

Student: How should we format pseudo-code in the homework?
Professor: Ah see pseudo-code is in that grey area. It’s somewhere in between code and english.
Professor: You see me do it one way in class, the book does it another way and the homework assignment does it an even different way.
Professor: Think of it this way, pseudo-code is a lot like pornography: you’ll know it when you see it.
Professor: So I’m not very worried about how you do your pseudo-code as long as I understand it.

The other cool thing that happened today was that I found out the owner of my favorite coffee shop is a pro-gun person. Apparently some of his relatives own a gun shop and he’s done some shooting competitions. All very cool. It definitely explains why none of the employees ever freak out about me carrying my 1911 which looks giant on my hip compared to others. I’m a tall skinny guy if you didn’t already know.

So my brother being as awesome as he is decided that I needed to have a gun for my birthday (and christmas and next birthday and so on…). He’s been watching this Charles Daly 1911 on an online gun auction site here in Arizona. The guy wanted $350 for it and he decided that was a good deal and that he’d pay to have it refinished and get a few of the internals replaced, a few of them needed it pretty badly anyway.

The very first thing I bought for it was some new grips a la http://www.vzgrips.com/ which are awesome by the way. I also cleaned it thoroughly in the first few days I had it. I discovered that the hole the extractor is in has probably never been cleaned and was filled with crap. So my brother seeing as how he works at a CNC mill agreed to take the slide in and clean it in their ultrasonic bath. What he didn’t tell me was that the parts-wash would remove the finish on the slide too. So now it’s got this awesome “I’ve been used in several wars” sort of look to it. Luckily that won’t last for too long since it’s going to eventually get refinished.

It also looks like I’ll be joining my brother at the NRA exhibition in Phoenix, AZ this coming weekend as well as my gunny friend Pete who’ll be there with a press pass.