August 2009 | walls of the city

carved from unicorn horn

At 3 bucks a throw, these shotgun shells are not exactly what I would consider cheap, but if you look at what they can do (squeamish stomach warning), I have to wonder if they might [...]

echo chamber

Since I feel a bout of laziness coming on, I think it is time for me to copy-paste some good quotes from across the blogosphere. First up, Glenn Reynolds:

IS “TEABAGGER” THE NEW “N-WORD?” No, but when [...]

I fully appreciate and encourage having a fire-extinguisher handy for any kind of fire-producing device (even internal combustion engines), but having said fire extinguisher strapped directly to a generator seems somewhat… [...]

close to home

One of my coworkers just got diagnosed with a confirmed case of the piggy flu.
Good [...]

sticking it places

Huh. After umpteen years of getting the “NRA Store” email, they finally sent me something I might actually buy.
I had actually been thinking about just this kind of problem earlier today… granted, it does nothing to [...]

the waiting game

Well, 19 days have elapsed between our placing an offer on the short-sale house, and today, and there has not even been a whisper of a response from the bank responsible for the current mortgage on the house. Granted, [...]

patchwork

Behold my paltry submission to the Monster Hunter International patch contest:

It is, of course, my attempt at representing the entirety of the Knoxville / Eastern Tennessee region, and a reference to a small little [...]

keeping time

Better Half has never reall been one to wear much in the way of watches, but one never knows when something like a Citizen eco drive ladies watch might prove to be a relatively decent gift. After all, [...]

in disgust

In case I did not make my position perfectly clear before, a man who would maliciously joke about a woman he negligently killed deserves to be reviled, not remembered.
(Courtesy of

cybersecurity criticality

As usual, Mr. Chris Muir knocks it clean out of the park.
Trust me, you will want to do some looking into the specifics of S773 – the Cyber Security Act of 2009. Things like [...]

those pesky facts

Continuing the trend of us evil pro-rights activists relying on such things as “numbers”, “facts”, “statistics”, and “logic” to make and support our arguments, Howard Nemerov documents what we already knew: people with permits to carry firearms [...]

hold the trigger down

You folks closer to the center of TN than I am might want to look into this machine gun shoot organized by the good folks at Guns and Leather. Thanks to pointless governmental legislation, the [...]

for your own good

There are days that I am very, very thankful to have moved to one of the freer states in the Union… today would be one of those days. For those of you who are unwilling to sit [...]

people like food

Courtesy of just about everyone else this morning, I give you Take a Vet to Lunch. The concept is as simple as it sounds – on Veterans’ Day (11 November), take a veteran to lunch. I am [...]

they must be doing something wrong

And speaking of “health care reform”, behold the future of American health care if the “liberals” achieve their goals:

In the last six years, the Patients Association claims hundreds of thousands have suffered from poor [...]

hard to remain calm

I have to admit, stupid-assed gos-se like this really pisses me right the hell off:

When members of the panel of Davidson County residents walked into a Knox County jury room Wednesday, they sat down before the [...]

mind that first step

At lunch a few days ago, a co-worker of my wife’s was complaining about people complaining about the socialistic tendencies of our benevolent government’s intended “universal health care system”… suffice to say, his political leanings are probably a little [...]

now this is cute

So apparently the Democratic Party’s Denver office was attacked and vandalized a few nights back, with a few windows broken, a few posters destroyed, and general-purpose mayhem wrought. So what was the reaction from Chairwoman Pat Waak? Why,

batfe, redacted

Remember how the BATFE turned countless law-abiding citizens into criminals by redfining the SBR requirements on a whim?
Well, it would appear as though the NRA took note of the gunbloggosphere’s outcry over this particular error, [...]

mind those p’s and q’s

The NRA just put out a new, updated version of its Guide to the Interstate Transportation of Firearms. A lot of the stuff covered should fall under the “common sense” heading, but they do delve into the [...]

so i can find it later

Since I am vaguely considering open carrying in the near future, I have been doing a little homework on the details of doing so (and talking with folks like Pol Mordreth), and it would appear that a [...]

spectrum of your life

Unfortunately, my name is sufficiently common that this little artsy-fartsy gidget was pretty much useless for me. And, obviously, my chosen internet moniker is even worse. Perhaps those of you with more-unique names will have better [...]

another dead criminal

So apparently Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy died this morning. I am trying to come up with a reason why his death should be treated any differently than the death of any other individual commonly viewed as an arrogant, drunken, [...]

just a modicum of effort

Both Say Uncle and Joe Huffman point to Alan Korwin questioning just how many firearms there are in America:

The lamestream media has been claiming for years and years there are about 200 [...]

a progressively more-common theme

Remember the whole froofera over some pro-rights activists’ boycott of Cooper Arms, after Dan Cooper came out in support of then-Senator Barack Hussein Obama? Remember how we were lambasted for daring to vote [...]

watching your dollars

You may thank the Better Half for this post.
Fair warning: if you routinely shop at a Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, or another grocery store owned by Kroger Corporation, I would strongly suggest that you check [...]

a victim of our age

From a conversation last night:

Better Half: Do you think we can turn off the A/C and open the windows again?
Me: Dunno. What is the temperature out there?
Better Half: Let me check… *starts up [...]

why he gets the traffic

It was back in 2007 when I put up my post explaining my belief that supporting “gun control” is the same as aiding and abetting criminals, but, as usual, Marko said it prettier:

Every martial [...]

not-really-unintended consequences

Do you want to know what this farce of a “Cash for Clunkers” program managed to accomplish for our wonderful country? Well, apart from apparently running out of money, despite not actually distributing hardly any money, it [...]

there is irony here somewhere…

During our little hike on Saturday, I was the only person of four who bothered to put on bug spray… DEET-laden, broad-spectrum, name-brand bug spray.
I was also the only person to come home with cute [...]

showing off the guns

For those of you in and around Tennessee, you might want to start paying attention to the Mid-South Guns and Gear Expo. I will let the organizers speak for themselves:

The Mid-South Guns & Gear Expo is [...]

beating the heat

Being a guy, this was never really much of a problem for me, but I can certainly understand the logic: here in America, a man can go without a shirt or any kind of torso-covering anything, so why are [...]

running a little warm

Staying home from work, shiny.
Experiencing five minute nightmares interrupted by 30 minutes of clock-watching for a couple nights in a row, thanks to a fun little fever, not so shiny.
Ahh, the joys of being [...]

you just have to ask “why?”

Headline of the day:

Pink-Clad Pooch Stolen from Gay Bar by Man With Britney Tattoo

I started to feel bad for the dog, what with being kidnapped and all, but then I remembered it is a chihuahua, and now [...]

would you like racism with that?

Who knew that McDonalds was racist?
So where is “365white.com”, or “365nativeamerican.com”, or “365pacificislander.com”? Hell, just imagine the screaming, gnashing of teeth, and rending of clothes if there was a “365white.com” site.
Racism is racism, no [...]

falling water

At Les Jones’ suggestion, Better Half, some friends, and I spent some time out at Burgess Falls and the Black Mountain Loop Trail.
We stopped off at the latter first, and traipsed around [...]

get some!

Now there is something new and different… I cannot say as though I ever knew that Dr. Ruth Westheimer was a Haganah-trained sniper, and a stunningly good one at that. For those unfamiliar with the term “Haganah” [...]