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Ear Worm

2012-03-07T09:41:00.000-08:00

Whatever you do, do not click on this link to Tam’s site – I have had the Monkee’s in my head all morning… .

New Camera

2012-03-02T15:12:00.001-08:00

Picked up a new little camera that will step in to the action when the camera phone just doesn't cut it. Took a few fun pics of some of the collection today to see how the macro and super macro lens worked out. Dad's Combat Commander with quite a bit of custom mods and the Combat Elite I gave him ~10 years ago - both of Dad's Colts have the grip safeties pinned. It is just the way he liked

Got Ammo?

2012-02-22T14:18:00.001-08:00

Do you have enough ammunition to last you the rest of your life? Do you have enough reloading components on hand to feel comfortable heading to the trap fields and shoot 4 or maybe even 8 rounds of trap and have it not feel like someone punched you in the gut and stole your wallet? I am getting to the point where it pains me to shoot anything other than

Campaign

2012-02-13T14:49:00.001-08:00

I am at the point that when I see an Obama re-election advertisement on a website that I have to look really close to make sure that it is real and not some type of joke or satire site. Seriously. .

Cool (hot) Gadget

2012-02-08T15:44:00.001-08:00

Check this out – the BioLite Camp Stove, that when lit, using small sticks and twigs, creates thermoelectricity which powers a fan which stokes the fire creating more thermoelectricity which makes the fan to go faster which in turn generates excess electricity to charge cell phones, lights, etc. via USB. Whew!! Larger version is called the HomeStove

Gotta get some canning tools!

2012-01-31T18:44:00.001-08:00

Great post over at SurvivalBlog on canning all kinds of stuff. I have been talking and thinking about canning for a long damn time and I just need to make the investment in the tools and get hopping! The article covers canning meat, meatballs, meatloaf, soups, gravy and even mentions bacon. My mouth is watering! .

The End is Near

2012-01-23T11:46:00.001-08:00

Shopping at Wally World last night and saw a couple of interesting things. First was this: TONS of Auguson Farms products and all at really damn good prices. Second thing I saw that made me do a double-take was the new Sig Sauer AR-15 in the Sporting Goods section…. They also had a good clearance deal on 28 gauge shotshellls. I have quite a bit of ammo for guns that I don’t own

A Deal a Day

2012-01-11T13:20:00.001-08:00

A new site (to me) that I have been checking on daily is called American Gunfighters. They list one deal every day, kind of like Woot.com and other sites. Seems that the deals are fairly decent and you really need to be on the ball to get the good stuff. Deal today (1/11/2012) is a Pelican Model 1700 long case for $170 bucks or so which is about the going rate on Amazon. I haven’t bought

Holidays

2012-01-04T17:13:00.001-08:00

Christmas and the New Year were both very good to our family. Got to spend time decompressing, taking care of some chores around the house – didn’t get it all done, but some of it! – spent some quality time with the girls and made some new friends. Hard part about all of it was having Christmas without Dad. He always loved it so much and would go all out. As kids and as teenagers, my

4 More Years

2011-12-14T10:18:00.001-08:00

4 years ago today, I had surgery to remove my cancerous right kidney. Too much chewing tobacco or mishandling old school electrostatic plotter ink or too much or not enough of something caused a tumor about the size of a golf ball to grow on the upper lobe of my kidney. Discovered I had it after going to the doctor because if some serious issues I was

Welcome to the Future

2011-12-13T15:20:00.001-08:00

Via Instapundit – here comes the future – picosecond exposure cameras…. If a bullet were tracked in the same fashion moving through the same fluid, the resulting movie would last three years. My emphasis Very cool stuff – built to see around corners but lots of potential for this technology – depending on speed of processing and output, could this lead

The Gun Wire

2011-11-28T21:21:00.001-08:00

Over at the always entertaining and enjoyable Firearms Blog, I see that there is a new site that I need to add to my everyday reading list (EDL for those that like acronyms) : The Gun Wire Looks like some good stuff, modeled after the Drudge Report site. .

Kindle Fire

2011-11-18T10:23:00.000-08:00

Got my new Kindle Fire a couple of days ago and damn, it is pretty amazing for a $200 device. When they were first announced, I ordered one for Mom for her birthday this week (Happy Birthday again Mom!) and she ordered one for my birthday last month – worked out pretty good for both of us! One of the things I have noticed is that it is a little odd to go

Davy Crockett v Welfare

2011-11-16T10:11:00.001-08:00

Take a few minutes to go read this excerpt from The Life of Davy Crockett over at LewRockwell.com. I saw the link yesterday on my feed from The View From North Central Idaho and it is a must read. A very powerful piece, written in 1884. .

Auguson Farms

2011-11-08T15:29:00.001-08:00

FYI: The local Wally World is carrying a pretty good supply of Auguson Farms products at really good prices. From what I saw the other day, they are 10 – 20% cheaper than what I have seen online. Not sure if that is a nationwide thing or just available locally. If you aren’t taking things seriously yet, it’s time to get ready. .

Nuts!

2011-11-08T10:27:00.001-08:00

Got Peanut Butter? Prices going up – fast. The price below works out to about $8.50 per jar – about a buck more than the 2-pack was selling for last week at Costco…. Better stock up on pecans too. .

November Already

2011-11-01T17:26:00.001-07:00

Holy mackerel, I have a lot of stuff to post about but no time to do it! I even had a comment and question from Helene that I need to respond to and I haven’t yet so I am going to do it right now! I have been reading quite a variety of things lately, lots of Sci-Fi, Survival Fiction and Non-Fiction, a couple of How-to books and I am currently enjoying

More Books

2011-10-10T10:26:00.001-07:00

Brigid did the Portland Marathon on Sunday. We arranged to meet up at Powell’s Books downtown, a true mecca for book lovers. L and I hung out in the kid’s area while waiting for Brigid and read a few books and then we met up in the coffee shop area to relax before the trip home. I kept telling myself not to look around too much because I already have a

Books

2011-10-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

Too many books on my bedside table right now if that is even possible. Just got my copy of Survivors and I am having a hard time resiting it. New Monster Hunter, couple of new-to-me John Ringo books, about halfway through Castigo Cay at the moment. Waiting in the wings are some books on raising chickens, knife making, canning, one of the books in the Stirling series and probably one or two

Back

2011-10-06T20:38:00.000-07:00

Has been a while since I posted on here so I thought I better hop back on here. I have been keeping up with a few blogs out there that tickle my fancy and it seems that everyone is doing well. The trip back home for Dad's memorial and graveside service was as good as it could be. Dad had some good friends and it was good to see all of them even though the situation wasn't the best. Several of

Ronald Lee Henderson

2011-07-27T20:59:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and gave a prayer. Dad is in a better place now. He was comfortable at the end and went peacefully, that is all we can ask for. I am still processing it all and reckon I will be for the rest of my days. I will have some more thoughts on this later and I will have some good stories to share. Here is Dad's obituary in the KC Star website. Thanks again

Dad

2011-07-14T11:12:00.001-07:00

My dad has been in the hospital for the past week or so – had issues with breathing, his heart, retaining too much CO2, heart fibrillations, retaining too much water, pulmonary issues, etc, etc. and things have cascaded since he was admitted. Mom called this morning and they are planning on moving him to a hospice facility sometime today as there isn’t

Cleaning Kits +

2011-07-12T13:03:00.001-07:00

Hat tip to Commander Zero over at Notes from the Bunker on the super deal at Cheaper Than Dirt for HK 30 cal cleaning kits for $1.93. Heck of a deal! And it is almost impossible to pass up the HK 91 mags for .97 – yes, 97 cents. I sold my PTR’s a couple of years ago and headed down the M1A path but still have a big box of those HK mags just in case….I

Gun Stories

2011-07-01T11:55:00.000-07:00

Finally had 30 minutes of free time today to watch the first episode of Gun Stories - BRAVO Michael Bane, that is a great show! If you haven't had a chance to watch it, it looks like it is being re-run a couple of times between now and the next episode which airs on Wednesday on the Outdoor channel. Great to see Mr. Frank W. James on there too! .

Doomsday Preppers

2011-07-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

Finally got to sit down and watch the premier episode of the new series Falling Skies last night. Looks pretty good so far and you just have to like a show that has a character say “that is a mag, not a clip.” For those of us that enjoyed V and The Event, both of which appear to have been canceled, we can just pretend that Falling Skies is a continuation

Happy Father's Day

2011-06-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day Dad. Thank you for all you have done for me and taught me over the years! .

One Thing Leads to Another

2011-06-16T16:11:00.001-07:00

It always makes me feel good when I see that a website that I get a lot of enjoyment and education from has linked to another one of my favorite sites. I haven’t ever seen a connection between the two before but I might have missed it, but anyhow, it is good to know that Ann Barnhardt (post on June 16th) is linking to the Woodpile Report and the “Eight

Back at it

2011-06-15T10:54:00.000-07:00

Back to work today. The pinched nerve is feeling better – sitting is ok and standing/walking is ok, it is just the part in between – getting up and down, that is the hard and painful part! The doctor didn’t come right out and say it, but it seems that it is the sciatica nerve that is giving me trouble. Good thing about that is that it can be treated and

Something Else

2011-06-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

I consider myself fairly well prepared for various catastrophes - from zombie attacks to tsunamis, from earthquakes to volcano eruptions...but, with my back and hip feeling the way it does, I would simply end up being a limping zombie with a bad back and hip or washed away with the tides, trapped in the rubble unable to move or just another body found a few hundred years from now huddled in the

New Chapter of Joshua

2011-06-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it is good be at home in lots of pain! It has given me a chance to do a lot of catching up on my blog reading. I am happy to report that there is a new chapter in the Joshua book posted over at WilsonBlog. Start at Chapter One if you haven't started or scroll down to the new Chapter 11 if you have been keeping up. .

New Woodpile Report

2011-06-13T14:00:00.000-07:00

Being an elite member of the Woodpile e-list, I receive early notice when a new report comes out and it is one of the highlights of my week. Take a few minutes to pop over and check it out, lots of things going on that we all need to pay attention too. .

Ouch

2011-06-11T16:15:00.000-07:00

Did something to my back/hip yesterday and have been sitting on a heating pad all day, taking pain pills and trying to keep stretched out! Sure is fun getting old! This is not going to stop me tonight though - L is having a sleepover at a friend's house and we are going out for dinner and to finally see The Hangover 2 - debilitating pain be damned! I knew there was a reason I kept those old

Bounty

2011-06-01T10:33:00.001-07:00

Busy and I have been slacking off on posting here! Got almost all of the garden in – we are doing a combination of raised beds and container gardening this year. Lots of carrots, cilantro, rosemary, mint, radishes, Walla Walla sweet onions, tomatoes, strawberries, squash, zucchini, cucumber, kale, etc. Still have a handful of things to get in the ground

Netflix App for Android

2011-05-16T15:49:00.001-07:00

The Netflix app for Android is out although it is limited to a handful of phones. From cnet, the app works on these phones: • HTC Incredible with Android 2.2 • HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3 • HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2 • HTC G2 with Android 2.2 • Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3. If you are so inclined, you can root your phone, fool it in to

Woodpile

2011-05-16T14:52:00.001-07:00

New Woodpile Report – hot off the grill. .

Sad

2011-05-08T19:03:00.000-07:00

While at Costco today enjoying a Polish dog with the gals before starting our shopping trip, and old gentleman asked if he could share our table with us. He was probably 80 - 85 years old and it seemed as if he had just overdone it while shopping and needed a breather. I went over to the garden supply area to keep an eye on a raised garden kit that was the last one in the store and L and Brigid

Tim Eyman = Cop Killer? Huh?

2011-04-20T17:26:00.001-07:00

Interesting bit in the Spokesman Review regarding a known cop-killer attending a bill signing….. Best line of the whole bit is the governor comparing the cop killer to multi-initiative leader Tim Eyman. From the article: The Washington State Patrol, which provides security for the governor and the Capitol, was present during the bill signing. Gregoire

In regard to previous post....

2011-04-15T14:44:00.000-07:00

I could get a new Tactical Solutions topend for my 22/45 OR I could track down one of these - saw both models at the last Fun Show, pretty reasonably priced too. I sure like the fact that I can slap on a pair of different grips on these pistols also.

Hush, Hush...

2011-04-11T15:43:00.001-07:00

Via FB, rumor has it that the Gov has signed HB 1016 in to law. As if my bank account didn’t have enough competing interests, now I have to see if AAC has a payment plan!! .

Ann Barnhardt

2011-04-06T18:05:00.001-07:00

If you haven’t seen them yet, hurry over to Ann Barnhardt’s site and watch the two YouTube videos she posted as a rebuttal to Senator Lindsey “Lizard” Graham’s expressed desire to curtail our First Amendment rights because “Free speech is a great idea, but…” due to Terry Jones burning a Koran. Here are the videos: Part 1 and Part 2 They involve bacon

Shiny

2011-04-06T09:33:00.001-07:00

I have been considering advertising a couple of ‘collectable’ knives for sale for the lowly sum of $4 and $5 each – paid for with $1 face value Morgan silver dollars that is. So, it wasn’t too much of a surprise this morning to see (via link off SurvivalBlog) that Backwoods Home Magazine is now accepting silver coinage for their subscriptions. Not a

A Good Cat

2011-04-05T11:21:00.000-07:00

There are cats that you avoid and give a wide berth, other cats that don’t give a darn that you exist and barely tolerate us, there are good barn cats that keep the vermin population under control and then there are good cats that become part of the family. This is a great story about one of the good cats. Thanks for the post Eric, it brought back

PSA

2011-04-05T08:29:00.001-07:00

Public Service Announcement: New Woodpile Report is up! .

Massad

2011-04-01T14:47:00.000-07:00

Massad Ayoob has a great post over at the Backwoods Home Magazine site about his first 1911. Great story about a great pistol! It shoots pretty good for a 94 year old!! .

TuneIn

2011-03-31T15:20:00.001-07:00

I have been using my G2 Android to listen to streaming radio through the built-in browser at work. It was getting to be a little frustrating because if I wanted to check my email, write a quick blog post or some other task, the browser would close and the audio connection from the streaming radio feed would be severed. So, today I figured that someone

SurvivalBlog CD

2011-03-31T08:50:00.001-07:00

Just a reminder, the deal on the SurvivalBlog Archive CD ends tonight at midnight - $3.99 off the total price which allows you to buy the CD for $19.95 and get free shipping. Just got my order in. From SurvivalBlog: Until midnight on March 31st, Lulu.com is offering a 20% off sale, for any product. That includes the 2005-2010 SurvivalBlog Archive CD-ROM

Online Manuals

2011-03-30T10:41:00.001-07:00

A grrrreat resource – I think this info has been bouncing around the inter-tubes for a couple of days and I am not sure where I saw it but my gun pimp from Kesselring’s sent me the link in an email this morning: (Just about) Every Gun Manual, Ever. A great set of links and probably not cheap to host since we are all linking to the site and folks are

Time for some good news.....

2011-03-30T08:35:00.001-07:00

Senate passes suppressor bill. From King5.com The bill’s sponsor Representative Bryan Blake a Democrat from Aberdeen says a constituent came up with the idea but it was also supported by State Sheriff’s and Police Chiefs. “Hollywood Movies have stigmatized the silencers,” say Blake “ they show them as the bad guys guns.” But Representative Blake says

'It's sneaky, because they figure people won't know'

2011-03-29T11:36:00.001-07:00

Hiding food inflation with smaller portions – it’s hitting the mainstream media now, something that we have been noticing for quite some time now. Be responsible, pay attention to what’s going on around us, take care of yourself and your family. Prepare for the worst, pray for the best. .

Red Dawn goes Korean

2011-03-24T10:26:00.000-07:00

Not sure if you saw this on SurvivalBlog recently but they have digitally modified the remake of Red Dawn to have the bad guys be North Korean instead of Chinese…Red Dawn Goes Korean: Digitally-Manipulated Political Correctness I had joked about the fact that some Chinese business influence on MGM has caused the movie to be shelved, and it seems that I

Lost Another Good One

2011-03-21T17:05:00.001-07:00

Pinetop Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen who played with Muddy Waters and became the oldest Grammy winner this year, died Monday at his home of cardiac arrest. He was 97 .

KI

2011-03-14T09:06:00.001-07:00

Update: The news is still evolving over in Japan regarding the nuclear plant and seems like it has gotten worse or, they are finally admitting how bad it really is, but I did find out some more information about potassium iodide (KI). This is from the CDC site: For persons older than 40 years of age, the risk for radiation-induced thyroid cancer is extremely low, while the potential side

Liam and Theo

2011-03-10T22:05:00.000-08:00

Heart wrenching story of Lance Corporal Liam Tasker and his dog, Theo on MSNBC.com. Keep the tissue handy. .

Magnum Shooter Supply now has Ammo

2011-03-09T21:13:00.000-08:00

Saw this over at Mr. Completely's place - his store, Magnum Shooter Supply, besides being the only place I know of where you can buy OKO Red Dots as well as carrying the awesome James Austin Moon Clip Server, is now selling ammo. That is great news for those of us in the Pacific Northwest. Cheap or potentially free shipping if you happen to be at the same shoot as Mr. Completely. .

HB 1016

2011-03-09T14:49:00.001-08:00

Washington State HB 1016 (Firearm Suppressor Bill) has been given a “do pass recommendation” by the Judiciary Committee and is referred out of the committee. Good stuff. .

Joshua - Chapter 8

2011-03-08T22:12:00.000-08:00

Chapter 8 of Joshua is up over at WilsonBlog - good stuff! .

Ol Remus and the Woodpile Report

2011-03-08T13:47:00.001-08:00

How did I miss this site? Having a lot of fun catching up on old issues, learning some new stuff and reinforcing my opinion on everything else that keeps me up at night. Ol Remus and the Woodpile Report .

Counting on it

2011-03-08T10:38:00.001-08:00

Started an inventory of ammo over the weekend, trying to get a handle on what I have and what I need. Made some interesting discoveries of items that I had forgotten about over the years, random purchases made on sale items, the occasional odd-ball here and there, etc. All-in-all, I am doing ok I reckon. I had forgotten that I had bought a case of 7x57

Department of Redundancy Department

2011-03-07T21:27:00.000-08:00

This one is a keeper - via Instapundit: What We’re Talking About When We Talk About Big Government .

Newspaper = Fishwrap

2011-03-02T10:39:00.001-08:00

Old email making the rounds – funny stuff. Not sure when I last actually read a newspaper for anything other than the funny pages and that is getting to be pretty rare too. Newspapers and TV news cover stories I heard about 3 or 4 days ago on Instapundit, impart less information and the paper/tv usually gets the information wrong and has so much bias

Note to self

2011-02-28T13:12:00.001-08:00

This is a note mainly for myself but may be of use to you – I need to learn more about solar panels, marine deep cycle batteries and inverters. If you have gadgets that need juice and don’t want to run a generator (or can’t afford one yet, like me) this solar panel set up may be the way to go. Idea kicked off by post on SurvivalBlog about Suburban Preps

Basics

2011-02-27T09:36:00.000-08:00

Good post over at A Matter or Preparedness - What Would You Do? on the need for a plain, non-wireless, non-electricity dependent phone. They are cheap and could save your life. .

Shopping List

2011-02-24T09:33:00.001-08:00

Great post over at SurvivalBlog by writer Andrew D – Forever Preps – Preparations You Can Buy Once, and Have Forever. Salt, Baking Soda, Hand Tools, Sugar, Books, Honey, etc etc. Go check it out and hit Costco , the cash-and-carry and the hardware store this weekend if you can and start stocking up on some of these items. .

SurvivalBlog + New Tool Coming

2011-02-15T10:17:00.001-08:00

This is some good news: JWR over at the great resource SurvivalBlog.com is making available a CD with all of the posts from his blog from 2005 – 2010 for only about $20. It isn’t available yet but will be in a couple of weeks from his Cafe Press store. He has recently added an archive of every post to his site, organized by month and by topic and it

Fish

2011-02-14T13:05:00.001-08:00

Just had a really good memory – someone around here is eating tuna for lunch and the smell took me back to summer vacation as a kid. I had a very clear memory of cleaning trout on the dock – there was a little sink set up with running water and an area to gut the fish and we had that fish smell on our hands for the whole trip. Ah, that brings back so

More Joshua

2011-02-08T21:52:00.000-08:00

There are a total of 7 chapters of Joshua available on Wilson Blog. If you like good survival/end of the world type fiction, you should go check it out. From Chapter 7: He had to get out of here and now. He had never really prepared for anything like this and why would he have to. He was fine, the city was fine, the country was fine, the world was fine. Never in his worst dreams could he

Built to Fail

2011-02-08T10:19:00.001-08:00

I find it pretty odd that for 23 months, my T-Mobile G1 phone with Android has run like a champ and now, roughly a month away from the end of my two year contract, my phone is starting to flake out. It hasn’t been rooted or jacked and I don’t have any oddball apps on it to cause these issues that have just magically appeared. Going to try a factory reset

Shush

2011-02-07T16:02:00.001-08:00

Things are looking good for the Washington State House Bill 1016 which would align state law with federal law as it applies to firearm sound suppressors. From the bill report found here: (In support) A person can own a suppressor in this state but is not allowed to use it. Suppressors are highly regulated at the federal level. To acquire a suppressor, a

Top Shot

2011-02-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

New season of Top Shot starts this week - set your DVR's. Today on the History Channel, they are a running all of last season's episodes. I have some errands to run and chores to take care of, otherwise I would stay at home and watch a few. They have a show on right now called Extreme Marksman - some pretty good shooting! .

Burnett HomePlace

2011-02-03T20:41:00.000-08:00

Found a great new site via Zack over at The Next Chapter - The Burnett HomePlace. (edited to fix name) I have got it in my mind that I am going to gather canning materials and start canning vegetables and such this year as well as preparing even more long term food storage for emergency prep purposes and the Burnett's site is right up my alley. Take a look and add it to your daily reads. .

BLIZZARD!

2011-02-02T11:45:00.001-08:00

The big blizzard and the shift from OMG Global Warmining!!! to OMG Climate Change!!! had me thinking of a book I read recently – Fallen Angels by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn. Fantastic book about the very near future where radical environmentalists have taken over the government, shunned all technology and are living a very luddite-ish

Track What's Going on in Egypt

2011-01-31T17:14:00.001-08:00

Cool map tool that integrates live twitter feed showing tweets with the #Egypt tag. Found over on Zero Hedge .Update: Not a peep (or a tweet) from the map for quite some time now which means that everything might be shut down there now. .

Looking Good

2011-01-27T11:41:00.001-08:00

Legislation to legalize 'silencers' draws support From the story: … No one spoke against legalizing the use of suppressors and a half-dozen supported their use at a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, is one of the Senate bill's four sponsors. "It's almost a courtesy to allow more use of firearm

Funny Headline

2011-01-26T11:41:00.001-08:00

I LOL’d at this headline: Moses Lake woman fleeing police runs over self .

Good joke via email....

2011-01-20T15:23:00.001-08:00

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions. I finally

Safety

2011-01-20T08:50:00.001-08:00

A bill up for consideration in the Washington State legislature would allow Washington state residents possess firearm noise suppressors. Appears to have a lot of sponsors and would align state law with federal law. It has 15 Republican sponsors and 15 Democrat sponsors. Text of law goes from this: (1) Every person who:….(c) Uses any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any

Dancing in the blood....

2011-01-10T12:28:00.001-08:00

Dems and gungrabbers will never let a good crisis go to waste: “In the wake of these kind of incidents, the trick is to move quickly,” said Kristen Rand, legislative director of the Violence Policy Center, one of the gun control groups working with McCarthy’s office. (my emphasis) Yeah, move quickly before anyone realizes that extended magazines are

RIP Major Winters

2011-01-10T10:46:00.001-08:00

"He was a good man, a very good man," (William) Guarnere said. "I would follow him to hell and back. So would the men from E Company." From his book Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters Leadership at the Point of the Bayonet Ten Principles for Success 1. Strive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage. 2

Range Report

2011-01-09T14:36:00.000-08:00

Had a great time with L and her new BB gun this afternoon. She is a pretty quick study and can recite the 4 basic rules, paraphrase them back in kid-speak and had a really natural stance that only required a few minor tweaks. She was ready for a ticker-tape parade after nailing the bullseye. This is going to be a lot of fun. On a side note, the damn Daisy Model 10 is harder to cock than an

Hunter

2011-01-06T22:24:00.000-08:00

Great interview by Glenn Reynolds of one of my favorite authors Stephen Hunter over at Pajama's Media. Haven't read his new book yet but will be picking up my copy next week! You might need to register to see the video but it is free and the interview is worth the time. .

Gunnie Grandma

2010-12-31T09:55:00.000-08:00

Great video over at SayUncle of an 84 year old grandma shooting a pistol caliber (9mm?) AR with the Slide Fire stock. Looks like she is having fun. .

Two Cultures

2010-12-26T21:33:00.000-08:00

They say there are two cultures - I think I know which one she will be in.... Merry Christmas everyone. Update - I thought the pictures leading up to the first pic I posted would be fun to share too - ripping open the paper and then realizing what it is...

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T12:11:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! I wish nothing but the best to you and yours! Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices! O night divine, the night when Christ was born .

More Rossi Ranch Hand

2010-12-23T19:48:00.000-08:00

Lots of pics and a great review over at GunBlast.com of the Rossi Ranch Hand. Gonna have to figure out how to get one of these...

Gun Crazy

2010-12-23T08:38:00.001-08:00

I love it….. One of my favorite things is when Instapundit gets all gun nut crazy and the article in the news a few days ago that SayUncle linked to about the program in Rhode Island to grind up toy guns has got the professor on a roll. And he is right – there really are two cultures. Nothing warms my heart more than hearing about new shooters and

Thank You Tea Party

2010-12-20T13:48:00.001-08:00

Via a link off of Insty, the Thank You Tea Party site alerts us that someone has put together a website with a calculator to find out how much money you will save with the extension of the dreaded Bush ‘tax cuts’ and they provide a handy tool to donate the savings you will realize to a handful of charities. If you click on the “about” link you will discover that these folks are just not very

Florida School Board Shooting

2010-12-15T21:16:00.000-08:00

Some great opinions, tips and advice that could save your life from an amazing group of professionals over at Mr. Bane's Blog . Take the time to read them all. I know, preaching to the choir here but maybe someone will stumble across Bane's post and learn something. .

Gun P0rn

2010-12-11T10:48:00.000-08:00

Gorgeous Esmeralda grips over at Maddened Fowl. A new custom holster for a fantastic S&W 686 SSR over at Walls of the City. Click all the photos to enlarge. Wow! .

Great Quote

2010-12-08T11:41:00.001-08:00

This one comes from The Survivalist Blog Dot Net post “Ten MORE Things To Do Now” “On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of those who on the very threshold of victory sat down to rest, and while resting died.” .

Tech Support

2010-12-08T07:38:00.001-08:00

Organization

2010-12-07T18:18:00.001-08:00

This one is a gold-plated keeper. Via link off of Tam’s site comes this great post on Getting Things Done. Out-freaking-standing. .

Pearl Harbor 2010

2010-12-07T08:47:00.001-08:00

Thanks Bing. Suck it Google. .

Joshua - Chapter 5

2010-12-06T21:39:00.000-08:00

Chapter 5 of Joshua is up over at WilsonBlog. I have been reading along as the chapters were made available and I am hooked and ready for more! .

Gun Books

2010-12-06T21:26:00.000-08:00

These links are keepers. Via Notes From the Bunker comes a link to The Rifleman's Journal, a new site to me with the following purpose: Here you will find articles about accurate rifles, the history of NRA competitive rifle shooting, reloading, and more. The proprietor, German Salazar, has collected a list of fantastic historic shooting books that are available for reading or downloading from

Pledge of Allegiance

2010-12-06T17:34:00.001-08:00

I was able to attend an assembly at the elementary school last week – the youngest member of the family was participating in a skit about patience and wanted us to attend. Surprisingly (and isn’t is a shame that it is a surprise?) the whole assembly led off with the Pledge of Allegiance. Everyone stood, men removed their hats and hands were placed over

Chiefs

2010-11-29T09:52:00.001-08:00

Got to see the KC Chiefs play the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Had a great time start to finish. We took the train from Tacoma to the stadium in Seattle which is a slick way to get to the game. Ran in to quite a few KC fans on the train which was a relief as I was worried about getting guff from the Seahawks fans! Weather was great – a little cool but

Shopping

2010-11-25T11:27:00.000-08:00

Lots of sales going on out there and the one I have been eyeballing the most are the deals over at MidwayUSA. Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with them other than being a happy customer. They have about 4 or 5 things on their sale page that seem like really good deals! If I had the time I would put together a listing off all the sales but you know where they are. Brownells, Del-Ton, G, G & G