Countertop has questions, so I've got answers.

• Though you now live in Northern Virginia, I take it you are originally from the Virginia Beach/Newport Beach Area. How restrictive did it feel to grow up in the belly of Marion "Pat" RObertson's Christian Right empire and considering how conservative that area should be, why does it still remain as anti gun (if not more opposed to concealed carry) as the worst areas of Northern Virginia?

Well, I remember rolling my eyes when they ran Hooters out of town. And our Brew Threw never really had much of a chance, with the powers that be mandating that people had to get out of their car to buy beer. (Because the process of putting the vehicle in park and then walking into the store virtually eliminates drunken driving.)

Other than that, growing up in Virginia Beach was pretty normal, although the Robertsons have lightened up. My sister had her rehearsal dinner at Robertson's Founder's Inn, which didn't serve alcohol, much to the chagrin of me and my father. But times have changed. Apparently the lack of convention business has really taken it's toll, because Robertson now allows booze. I guess Godliness only goes so far.

As for their anti-gun stance, I'm not really sure. Why would a gaggle of Beach policemen shoot a suspect 42 times in "self defense"? A question for the ages, I guess.

• We know you like Mustangs. Which gun in your impressive arsenal would you classify as the most "Mustang Like" and which would you call the most "Yugo like"? Do you have any biases against precision European sports cars that might also apply to precision European weapons? If so, what guns in particular are you thinking of?

I never really thought of guns in terms of sports cars. When I think of Mustangs I think of classic Americana. In that case, I'd say the 1894 Winchester fits the bill. It's a sporty carbine with plenty of power. It's not the most powerful gun on the street, but the power is there when you need it.

Most Yugo-like, I would say would be a 9x18 Makarov. Okay, so I don't really own one. But just like a Yugo is technically a car (4 wheels and an engine), the Makarov is technically a gun (it shoots bullets).

The only bias I have against European cars and guns is when they substitute technology for raw power. Being an American, I'm predisposed to thinking bigger is usually better.

• MAC or PC or Linux? Why? You can also elaborate on why Bill Gates ought to be kissing Steve Jobs ass too, if your so inclined.

Definitely PC. Whether Macs or Linux is better is definitely arguable. But who wants to be limited to a single aisle in CompUSA. I mean, Betamax was a great product too.

By far the best thing Jobs ever did for Microsoft and Intel was keeping Apple proprietary.

• You do a fair bit of jnuk science exposing on your site. What do you believe to be the biggest liberal hoax of the last few years, and what do you predict will replace it once that gig is up?

It has to be the ever evolving Global Warming/Climate Change agenda. These people have the best of both worlds. When it gets too hot, blame Americans, when it gets to cold, blame Americans. It's really just a huge anti-capitalist agenda hijacked by the former communists. Communism failed, so they flocked to environmentalism. When environmentalism fails, they'll find something else to flock to. Probably health care. It's hard to picture right now, but health care is a for-profit business that is slowing being converted into a "human right". Once you allow people to claim the fruits of someone else's labor as a basic human right, the slipperly slope comes up pretty fast. Why not food? Or shelter? How long before we have public housing? Oh wait...

• Just how drunk where you for the Steelers game? Have you ever achieved that level of intoxication since? Ever do anything else to tick your mom off as much as that?

Actually, it wasn't so much the game as it was the entire 6 day weekend. Most of the weekend is a complete blur.

I have definitely been that intoxicated since. A buddy of mine and I flew up from Atlanta one time to do some work in D.C. (before I lived here). We each had a $45 a day meal allowance and the hotel provided free breakfast and dinner. So our last night in town, we had about $500 worth of meal money to blow. We hit Georgetown and Adam's Morgan pretty hard. Before long we were buying so many drinks that we had a posse of about 8 people following us from bar to bar. All told, we exceeded our meal allowance by about $400, and I don't remember much of anything after about 10:30. As for pissing off mom, the Pittsburgh trip pretty much takes the cake. Except for maybe when I talk about her on my weblog.