Last night, I hunted my way through a metric ton of cable channels desperate for a comedic distraction from the frustrations of the day and the stingingly brutal defeat dealt to me by a 13 year-old foreigner on Call of Duty Modern Warfare [PS3 Version]. I finally stumbled upon a program that caught my attention ... it was an artsy-fartsy gig displaying the work of an artist named Donald Judd and the contemporary art museum [The Chinati Foundation] located in Marfa, Texas. I didn't catch the network, I immediately jumped to my laptop and started searching the web for art created by him. I really enjoy the clean, symmetric look of his creations, they are very unique, interesting and simple. I wonder where the heck Marfa is located?

/// At the center of the Chinati Foundation's permanent collection are 100 untitled works in mill aluminum by Donald Judd installed in two former artillery sheds. The size and scale of the buildings determined the nature of the installation, and Judd adapted the buildings specifically for this purpose. He replaced derelict garage doors with long walls of continuous squared and quartered windows which flood the spaces with light. Judd also added a vaulted roof in galvanized iron on top of the original flat roof, thus doubling the buildings' height. The semi-circular ends of the roof vaults were to be made of glass.

Each of the 100 works has the same outer dimensions (41 x 51 x 72 inches), although the interior is unique in every piece. The Lippincott Company of Connecticut fabricated the works, which were installed over a four-year period from 1982 through 1986. Funding for the project was provided by the Dia Art Foundation.

http://www.chinati.org/visit/collection/donaldjudd.php

With the addition of these bad boys, you will definitely have the most gangsta drinks at your next party. Each AK Ice Tray ($13) magazine produces 12 bullet shaped pieces. This is perfect for keeping your drink frosty as you put your opponents on ice ... a must have for those of us that rule Call of Duty!

Who could ask for more?

Silkscreened handgun ... I want one!

"Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television."

–Andy Warhol

Illustration of an M9 Bayonet, compare this artwork to the actual knife, shown below and you will notice that other than missing the saw-tooth, the artist did a good job of capturing the look of this fine weapon ... this is one of my favorite knives.

[M9 Bayonet by Ontario Knife Works]

The M9 Bayonet is a multi-purpose knife and bayonet officially adopted in 1984 by the United States. It has a 7-inch (18 cm) blade and is issued with a sheath designed to double as a wire cutter. It was designed and developed by Charles A. "Mickey" Finn at his R&D company, Qual-A-Tec. He later produced it under the Phrobis III name, filling a military contract for 325,000 units. Buck Knives was contracted to make 300,000 units and sold a commercial version under their own name. Finn's designs proved extremely popular, and were widely counterfeited and sold illegally by other makers. In 1986, Finn received U.S. Patent 4,622,707, however they continued to flow unchecked into the United States from Asia and Mexico, cutting into legitimate sales.

After the Phrobis III bayonet contract was completed, rights to the M9 reverted to the United States Army and there were many subsequent versions from other companies. It is issued by the armed forces of the U.S. and other countries, and has also been sold commercially in various versions.

Some production runs of the M9 have a fuller and some do not, depending upon which contractor manufactured that batch and what the military specs were at the time. The M9 Bayonet partially replaced the older M7 Bayonet, introduced in 1964. Many troops have retained the M7, since the M9 has a reputation for breaking, due to a combination of factors including the relatively thin blade and varying quality among the different contractors used.^{[citation needed]}

The M11 bayonet, or M11 EOD is a version of the M9 specialized for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). It has some extra features, such as a hammer pommel, but uses the same blade and sheath as the M9.

There have been four main makes of M9's: Phrobis, Buck (subcontracted from Phrobis during the original Army contract), LanCay, and Ontario. Starting in 1987, Phrobis subcontracted Buck, finishing up in 1989. It was around this time that Buck sold commercial M9s as well, which it did up to 1997.

LanCay got its first contract in March 1992 (taking over production from Buck) for 30 (later 50) thousand knives (with General Cutlery as a subcontractor); in 1994, there was another contract issued for about 100,000 improved M9 models. In 1999, a contract for 25,000 knives was split between LanCay and Ontario (12,500 each). Ontario Knife Company also participated in later contracts, and is one of the current (as of 2005) contractors for producing them. These can be identified by the blades, which are marked "M-9 / ONTARIO / KNIFE CO / USA".