The Gun Salesman Journals.

Been a long time 40k fan and the great news about the universe is you don’t even have to play the game or spend $$$$ to build an army to get into it. Last time I actually played a game was probably…Obama’s first term? But between the massive amount of books and video games out there I still get to enjoy it all the time:

If you ever just want a good read to dip your toe in the Eisenhorn trilogy by Dan Abnett is one of my favorites. Gaunt’s Ghosts, The Soul Drinker series, The Horus Heresy series are also great.

Actually pretty much anything Dan Abnett is hard to go wrong with, but there’s a lot of other solid reads and storylines in the universe that should have digital copies now even if the books are out of print. I’m just a physical media believer so spent way too much money on my humble 40k book shelf.

As far as games go Rogue Trader is basically 40k does Baldurs Gate and I’m waiting for the expansions to do another playthrough, and I’ve been hooked on Space Marine II. I’ve heard good things about Darktide as well.

There’s also a whole slew of YouTube and TikTok channels dedicated to the lore you can easily get lost in.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Today is a special day. June 4th 2019 marks the 15th anniversary of the Killdozer’s rampage through Granby Colorado.

Sit down kids and let me tell you a tale, about a reasonable man driven to do unreasonable things.

Marvin Heemeyer was a man who owned a muffler shop in Granby Colorado. The city council ordained to approve the construction of a concrete factory in the lot across from Marvin’s shop. In the process this blocked the only access road to the muffler shop. Marvin petitioned to stop the construction to no avail. Petitioned to construct a new access road, and even bought the heavy machinery to do so himself. Denied.

The concrete factory went up in disregard to the ramifications on Marvin’s business. To add insult to injury, the factory construction disconnected the muffler shop from the city sewage lines. An indifferent city government then chose to fine Marvin for this.

His business and livelihood were in ruin. Rather than lie down and die, Marvin chose to fight back. Over the course of a year and a half Marvin secretly outfitted the bulldozer he bought to save his business with three foot thick steel and concrete armor, camera systems guarded with bulletproof glass.

On June 4th 2004 Marvin Heemeyer lowered the armored shell over top of himself, entombing himself inside the Killdozer to make his last stand.

He burst fourth from the walls of his muffler shop and straight into the concrete factory that ruined his business. Over the course of the next several hours Marvin drove his Killdozer through 13 buildings owned by those officials that had wronged him, including the city council building itself.

Swat teams swarmed the dozer, but it proved immune to small arms fire and even explosives. Another piece of heavy machinery was even brought out to fight the Killdozer, but it too fell to the dozers righteous fury.

In the end, Marvin’s Killdozer became trapped in one of the buildings it was built to destroy. Marvin chose to take his life, the only life he took that day.

Today we celebrate Killdozer day and Marvin Heemeyer, the last great American folk hero. A man driven to the brink who chose to fight back against an indifferent system.

From notes left behind after his passing:

“I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.”

Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Russian President!

O president, Russian devil and damned devil’s kith and kin, secretary to Lucifer himself. What the devil kind of knight are thou, that canst not slay a hedgehog with your naked arse? The devil shits, and your army eats. Thou shalt not, thou son of a whore, make subjects of Ukrainian sons. We have no fear of your army; by land and by air we will battle with thee. Fuck thy mother.

Thou Muscovite scullion, Karelian wheelwright, brewer of Novgorod, goat-fucker of Yekaterinburg, swineherd of Great and White Russia, pig of Ossetia, Transnistrian thief, catamite of Siberia, hangman of Chechens, and fool of all the world and underworld, an idiot before God, grandson of the Serpent, and the crick in our dick. Pig’s snout, mare’s arse, slaughterhouse cur, unchristened brow. Screw thine own mother!