It's ePostal season and the first match is up. Go check out the rules and targets at Mr. Completely's place.
While you're at it, don't forget the Gun Blog ePostal Rifle match. The Winter match closes in 3 weeks - get your targets in soon. I have a small bore entry in, and I'll give the SKS one more try (my attempts to date have been ugly to downright embarrasing).
26 February 2009
23 February 2009
Heh...
The SCQueen was laughing it up and rolling on the floor while watching TV last night. I came up to see what was so funny. She was watching someone's version of America's Funniest Videos. There was a clip of a wedding with the cake being wheeled across the room. Then splat. Yawn, saw that coming a mile away.. yawn...
But tonight Top Gear surprised me... I have no idea why this struck me as funny but it did. As in tears rolling down the cheeks, hoping I can find time to breathe between yuks funny.
But tonight Top Gear surprised me... I have no idea why this struck me as funny but it did. As in tears rolling down the cheeks, hoping I can find time to breathe between yuks funny.
22 February 2009
I hate these stories...
As father to a 9YO, these stories devastate me:
From ABC15
Why does this smell like dad wasscrewing around cleaning his gun, shot junior, then blamed it on the 2YO? IFF this is the case, I don't know how he can live with himself. I can't imagine enough alcohol BP Meds in the world would drown this memory.
Not many facts yet and the media is notorious for getting things wrong. They also tend to report anything that is given to them as fact without any critical thought (see also the many Brady and BATFE pressers the media runs as stories). So this could be way off...
Florence is a relatively small Arizona town. Wikipedia (consume one large grain o'salt) gives it a 2000 census of just over 17,000. But's the area has boomed in the last decade so that number could easily be double maybe even triple today. It also says it's home to 9 prisons including the largest AZ state prison. So with such a small population and large number of prisons, what are the odds this will involve an "only one" and will quickly be swept under the rug?
No good outcomes here. Instead of mandating guns be sold with a gunlock, they should include a copy of the Four Rules and a a couple stories like this to drive home the point.
From ABC15
A 9-year-old boy was shot and killed in Florence on Sunday afternoon, and the boy's 2-year-old brother may have pulled the trigger.Ok, that's the story at this point. Which leaves a lot of questions like "does a 2YO have the strength to lift a gun let alone the finger strength to pull a trigger?" It would help to know what kind of gun was used.
Why does this smell like dad was
Not many facts yet and the media is notorious for getting things wrong. They also tend to report anything that is given to them as fact without any critical thought (see also the many Brady and BATFE pressers the media runs as stories). So this could be way off...
Florence is a relatively small Arizona town. Wikipedia (consume one large grain o'salt) gives it a 2000 census of just over 17,000. But's the area has boomed in the last decade so that number could easily be double maybe even triple today. It also says it's home to 9 prisons including the largest AZ state prison. So with such a small population and large number of prisons, what are the odds this will involve an "only one" and will quickly be swept under the rug?
No good outcomes here. Instead of mandating guns be sold with a gunlock, they should include a copy of the Four Rules and a a couple stories like this to drive home the point.
18 February 2009
Ch- ch- ch- changes
There used to be a "Dormant" links on the left side here. There were two entries there, The Bitch Girls and Raising FarrahZona. I created his category hoping (knowing?) both would one day return.
Bitter's actually been back for a while. but while her 2A credentials are clearly unquestioned, the food blogging didn't fit the Daily Reads section. And I couldn't think of anything better. So I left it.
But now Farrah is back as well and it's fairly easy to bump her over to the Neighborly Links since RF also is desert based. But then it occurred to me, more than one of those under "daily reads" listed aren't updated daily either. So lets get consistent here!
Glad both are back!
* Yea, I know. SCS only averages a post every other day at best. So Pot/Kettle, I know.
Bitter's actually been back for a while. but while her 2A credentials are clearly unquestioned, the food blogging didn't fit the Daily Reads section. And I couldn't think of anything better. So I left it.
But now Farrah is back as well and it's fairly easy to bump her over to the Neighborly Links since RF also is desert based. But then it occurred to me, more than one of those under "daily reads" listed aren't updated daily either. So lets get consistent here!
Glad both are back!
* Yea, I know. SCS only averages a post every other day at best. So Pot/Kettle, I know.
Freeway Parking lots
Well rats!!!
I had a nice post showing the state of the local freeways as the president was getting ready to head down to today's appearance at Dobson High School in Mesa AZ. It included a couple freeway pictures captured from our local Freeway Management System.
However I just noticed the pictures are copyrighted so no reproduction here. A bigger question is why are these image copyrighted? These images were taken by cameras that my tax dollars bought, installed and pay to operate. And posted in near real time on a website that my tax dollars fund. Why are images paid not in the public domain?
The first picture showed an empty freeway where the motorcade would enter the freeway. You can see current images here. The next two showed mile long backups caused by the closures.
I hope everyone enjoyed that parking lot experience and had planned for that extra 30-60 minute delay in their individual travels today.
Thing is, I can't figure out why he's here? The job is in Washington DC. Lots of cities have been hard hit with foreclosures. He landed here late Tuesday PM then reportedly headed straight for the presidential suite at some new ritzy resort. This morning he gave his speech at the school, then beat feet as fast as those GE turbofan's would carry him.
I had a nice post showing the state of the local freeways as the president was getting ready to head down to today's appearance at Dobson High School in Mesa AZ. It included a couple freeway pictures captured from our local Freeway Management System.
However I just noticed the pictures are copyrighted so no reproduction here. A bigger question is why are these image copyrighted? These images were taken by cameras that my tax dollars bought, installed and pay to operate. And posted in near real time on a website that my tax dollars fund. Why are images paid not in the public domain?
The first picture showed an empty freeway where the motorcade would enter the freeway. You can see current images here. The next two showed mile long backups caused by the closures.
I hope everyone enjoyed that parking lot experience and had planned for that extra 30-60 minute delay in their individual travels today.
Thing is, I can't figure out why he's here? The job is in Washington DC. Lots of cities have been hard hit with foreclosures. He landed here late Tuesday PM then reportedly headed straight for the presidential suite at some new ritzy resort. This morning he gave his speech at the school, then beat feet as fast as those GE turbofan's would carry him.
16 February 2009
Uggghhh
The One is bringing his teleprompter to the desert this week.
The lines to get tickets started forming immediately when media announced the location. People drove from all over the region to stand in line overnight in 45F temps for one of the 400 tickets. Needless to say your humble host wasn't one of them. I wouldn't stand in a line like that to see or attend any event, not even if the event featured Sarah Palin.
Meanwhile some of us still have jobs to get to and try to maintain some level of productivity. Hopefully the road closures won't start until after rush hour when most of the producer class is already at work. Producing.
The speaking location however is within five miles of the SandCastle but the route to the DayJob(tm) does not cross any reasonable path The One might take. Still, traffic promises to be severely screwed up for miles in all directions.
I wonder what kind ofsnivelersfine upstanding citizens the event producers will conjure up this time...
The lines to get tickets started forming immediately when media announced the location. People drove from all over the region to stand in line overnight in 45F temps for one of the 400 tickets. Needless to say your humble host wasn't one of them. I wouldn't stand in a line like that to see or attend any event, not even if the event featured Sarah Palin.
Meanwhile some of us still have jobs to get to and try to maintain some level of productivity. Hopefully the road closures won't start until after rush hour when most of the producer class is already at work. Producing.
The speaking location however is within five miles of the SandCastle but the route to the DayJob(tm) does not cross any reasonable path The One might take. Still, traffic promises to be severely screwed up for miles in all directions.
I wonder what kind of
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