It’s really quite simple: gun control legislation did not reduce violence. Secondly, people started actually reading the text of the second amendment of the
You know, living in Southern Kalifornistan as I do, things like this should not surprise me any more: Can anyone venture to tell me what, exactly, is wrong with this particular sign? And, no, there is nothing faded out or anything on the sign –…
You know, I am not a terribly religious person… I do not go to church every Sunday (and, in fact, have not been in quite some time), I have a hard time narrowing down what my beliefs exactly are (outside of the generic term “Christian”), and I am hardly what…
One of the things the Brady Bunch always goes on and on about is the danger of “spraying from the hip”, when it comes to semi-automatic weapons. On that I agree with them – shooting from the hip is wildly inaccurate, and will not result in terribly many rounds hitting…
For any of you who are as addicted to Lego bricks as I (still) am, this comprehensive Lego-brick-related post over at Gizmodo should answer just about all the questions you could probably ever think of, and then some. For instance, my two favorites are:…
People are stupid. In this particular case, I do not blame the Darwin Award candidate – i.e., the child – but I lay every last ounce of blame at the feet of his incompetent, irresponsible, and generally idiotic parents. I would like to say this kind of thing…
1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the
This may not be directly related to a US law enforcement no-knock warrant situation, but it is a good example why no-knock entries are potentially dangerous to an average American as well as the law enforcement group performing it. From judicialwatch.org Key quotes: “The three invaders were…
In exchange for the blatant self-aggrandizement I did in a previous post (hey, Google-bombs are kind of fun!), I figured I would put up another one of these. The general premise is that you are free to ping this post (and every other post in this…
In celebration of the recent Heller decision, I performed one of my many duties as a lawabidinggunowner and procured another method for safely storing my rifle and pistol. This is not to say I did not…
As with just about any other weblog owner, I do keep an eye on my traffic and what sites are referring to me – after all, it is sometimes interesting to see what other people write about you and your writings. More often than not, though, most of my traffic…
So, needless to say (since my own weblog demonstrates the validity of what I am about to write), I have been pretty quiet on the whole Heller case situation, simply because I lack the expertise, experience, and general-purpose knowledge of the situation, how the mechanics work, and the…
Oh, right, he reminds me of… me. Righto… You definitely need to check out the videos and vignettes on his webpage to fully comprehend my meaning… Hey, I figured you Heller Dwellers could use a distraction from your incessant F5-ing… not that I…
Remember that big fraking bug I encountered a few weeks ago that could withstand 70-mile-per-hour wind? Yeah, his buddies know where I live. And I am not sure if they are too happy with my removal-by-carwash method of dealing with him. So…
Yeah… I know… There really is no excuse. (Though, in my partial defense, that is my cat (even though my parents are his current staff, they refuse to take ownership of him – cranky little twit, he is), and I did take the picture.)
So, thanks to some leftover credit from hooking up my TiVo to Amazon‘s Unbox service (a concept which, by the way, still blows my mind – I hop on my computer, go to a webpage, order up a TV show, and it appears on…
Excuse the shoddy quality of the following images… I did not want to use a flash at the range (for more-or-less obvious reasons) so my camera compensated by boosting its ISO through the roof (1600 for both images, I believe). Of course, on the flip side, it is…
I should be in bed, but this goes along with my previous post:
“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the
Sorry, Ride Fast, but this is a perfect example of why cagers like me generally hate scoot-jockeys. Today, on my way back from the range (more on that later), I had to navigate Oceanside, Kalifornistan, to pick up some gas. Interesting little town……
You know, I have seen a lot of random things scroll across during this suprisingly long Woot-Off… but this one definitely takes the … um … cake: Well, I guess it is a good thing that they come in bulk… The surprising thing…
Ok, so I am a little behind on this, but that is nothing new for me. Can’t Stop the Serenity is a project started by Joss Whedon (I think) to help support Equality Now, an organization dedicated to ending violence and discrimination against females…
Oddly enough, I do have a few hobbies apart from scribbling on this weblog and going out and perforating paper… And below, you will find a few images of an example thereof:
… and no place to haunt. Ok, so Halloween is still a little ways off, even for the most optimistic of children and other dress-up artists, and there is more than sufficient time to plan accordingly for all of your various costumes and designs and such. But certainly looking…
You know, I am entirely uncertain as to which is worse: Option 1: I somehow managed to tear off a sizeable chunk of my right big toe’s nail while unpacking boxes. Cardboard boxes. Filled, largely, with towels, bedding, kitchen supplies, and other wedding presents – objects I would not…
Supposedly, Barack Husein Obama is a good orator. Honestly, I would not know… the sheer amount of stupidity, ludicrousness, and idiocy that spews out of that man’s mouth is enough for me to turn him off seconds into anything he has to say. Unfortunately, I am one of…
You know, it has always struck me as amusing how scam artists, hoplophobes, and other people afraid of the truth being exposed have made use of this new, digital media age around us. For instance, after writing my post last night about the scam of trying to…
Fuel prices are going up. The cost of a barrel of raw oil has more than doubled, and is working on tripling, since last year. Food prices have gone up accordingly, and other products seem to be following suit. Basically, this whole fuel price problem is turning into a thorn…
Date: 22 May 2007 Start: Tucumcari, New Mexico End: Holbrook, Arizona Distance Travelled: 431 miles Duration: 10 hours, 30 minutes (including accounting for MDT to MST change) Map link (approximate). Today started with us poking a…
Now, I know a lot of you drivers down here in Southern Kalifornistan are unfamiliar with the below image, but it is damned well time for you to start recognizing it again. Why would I say such a thing? Because you either do not understand what it…
The below picture was taken just a bit over a year ago in small town in southern Georgia, though something tells me the gas station in question had closed a considerable time before. By the same token, I doubt you and I will see prices that low again in our…
For those of you with a little more entrepreneurial spirit than I happen to possess, opening a new business is always an option for future career plans. A random, whimsical idea I have had in the past is opening a winery… if I had all manner of money to buy…
A large-caliber, high-volume, quick-reload water gun. Preferrably with the option to load ice cubes, should I so desire. I grew up a cat person… My family always had at least two, most of the time three, cats in the house. They are, by and large, relatively well behaved animals,…
Like I mentioned previously, Better Half and I hit up a store called Big 5 Sporting Goods a few days ago. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in our quest for new shoes for her, but we did walk out with a new knife for me. Would have…
Let us get these back to the Sundays the are supposed to be on. Anywise, the general premise is that you are free to ping this post (and every other post in this category), as long as you link back to it. Consider it free Google PageRank inflation, or something.
So a little while ago, I had to take down my CafePress store since it was not making enough money to pay for its “premium” existence. The short explanation is that CafePress has free stores, and “premium” stores – in free stores, you can only have one design…
So this is something of an odd story… There is a sporting goods store in Southern Kalifornistan (and most of the rest of the South and North West) called Big 5 Sporting Goods, and, honestly, I have always viewed it as something of a bastard child… the lower…
As I mentioned previously, my Surefire6P Defender had something of an issue a little while back. A rather catastrophic, disappointing issue. Well, the same day I wrote that post, I emailed Surefire with my contact information, and just yesterday, the new endcap showed…
One interesting aspect of the past few months for me is that I have been hopping online from a variety of locations, on a variety of computers, with a variety of log-in permissions. I almost always had my thumb drive with me, but sometimes, the access I had to a…
“If the universe has any purpose more important than topping a woman you love and making a baby with her hearty help, I've never heard of it.” by Lazarus Long
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