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Just a few things for you to keep in mind for this upcoming holiday season:

Now, you and I both know that three-year-olds are subject to throwing earth-shattering temper-tantrums at the drop of a proverbial hat, however, do you think it is at all appropriate for a complete stranger …

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yesterday, at brixx

As I said earlier, my writings concerning my distinct lack of escapades while openly carrying have diminished over the past few months, not because I stopped openly carrying, but rather because writing, “And nothing happened,” does tend to get a little boring after a while.

However, yesterday was worthy …

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beer blogging

Well, this is a first for me – writing about a beer I enjoy.

Better Half had been wanting a pumpkin ale for a while now, but every time we thought about it, it was generally after we had gotten back from our grocery run. However, last time we were …

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shun-sheng duh gao-wahn

You know you always wanted to learn how to say, “Holy Mother of God and all her whacky nephews,” in Mandarin. …

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human-sized radar ranges

If you did not already have enough reasons to “opt out” of the Transportation “Security” Administration’s blatantly privacy-invading full-body scaners, here is an even better one: they can, and statistically will, cause cancer.

U.S. scientists warned Friday that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners that are being used to

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from work

My boss said it was a safety training video… I am inclined to agree. …

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all depends on how you count

About a week ago, I made a crack about how giggle-worthy Paul Helmke’s claims of victory in this past election were, and seeing similar press releases from all of the usual sources has continued to amuse the hell out of me. But it is well past time to slam the …

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so sets the sun

Over a year ago, once-Great Britain was highlighted by its own journalists for having the worst violent crime rate in the world.

Based on historical data just now becoming public, once-Great Britain has been working hard to earn that distinction:

According to the figures released yesterday, 3.6 per cent

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skyline

Skyline: To quote one of my fellow victims… er… movie-goers, “What the hell was that?” aside from way too much drama, not nearly enough aliens, and a spectacularly horrid ending. …

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know them by their works

This is how the NRA chose to remember and honor Veteran’s Day:

The Headquarters Range in Fairfax, Virginia, played host Tuesday night to the 2010 NRA Veteran’s Day Shoot —.a gathering of 50+ vets to take their turn at fourteen different guns, enjoy a little Chick-fil-A, and try their luck

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leather in the works

So time for a recap/update on the Dragon Leatherworks holster situation… I originally proposed this:

And he countered with this:

I, and 32 of 36 people, decided on the latter, which has gone from this:

To this:

To this:

And, most recently, to this:

I think I made the right …

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compare and contrast

We have talked about this before, but it bears repeating as often as the opportunity presents itself.

Anti-rights nuts have a particular propensity for ironically playing the “victim card” by claiming to have received threatening, abusive, or otherwise aggressive comments, but there is a problem with that habit: invariably, …

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pocket pointers

As reminded by Lissa’s post, I actually got to manhandle both the S&W Bodyguard 380 and the Bodyguard 38 at last weekend’s gun show, so I thought I would put up a few thoughts, which I will preface with the comment that I have no range time with either, …

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to all of my fellow veterans

Thank you. …

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breaking the mold

So I received another interesting email from Dennis at Dragon Leatherworks yesterday, only this time it was the Wash-style version of “interesting”… something along the lines of, “Linoge, I need you to call me as soon as you get this.”

Oh good.

A short phone call later, I learn …

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a different take on a classic

Just when you think Serenity cannot get any more awesome…

I think it is time to re-re-re-re-…re-watch that series. …

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all in one place

After writing this comment, I told Robb that it was damned near a post’s worth of effort… so I figure I might as well make it one:

Huh. I read your oblique comment on your more-recent post concerning open carry, Robb, and never thought to check back here. Slow

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a correction you never saw

An interesting thing occurred to me yesterday while I was writing one of my previous posts… As I was pounding along in this segment:

I know that criminals prey on innocents. I know that criminals prey on the best of innocents. I know that criminals prey on innocents anywhere.

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bambi zapper

Probably since just after the first AR-15 rolled off the assembly line at Armalite, before even the military had adopted it and modified it to become the ubiquitous M-16, anti-rights nuts have been decrying it as “unnecessary” for civilians to own, with their primary (and pretty much only) argument against …

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here is to you

By now, you should know that a morocco-’tini is probably the best drink in the world, and definitely the most dangerous… And if you do not, you really should give it a shot. The sweet vermouth is largely optional (we do not use it, and while that changes the …

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