View From The Porch: Fallen into the internets.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Fallen into the internets.

pdb tipped me off to a blog by a cop called "Raindogblue".

The style is absolutely hypnotic. Very sparse. Kinda poetic. I just looked up to see that I was 45 minutes into the archives. You should check it out.

23 comments:

Jim said...: Damn, that's the next Joe Friday!

Eloquent, educated yet very concise, almost terse. And a very damn good read.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX; 10:59 AM, June 12, 2010
Sean said...: Thanks for the tip!; 11:55 AM, June 12, 2010
Matt G said...: I just read the first post, and I'll be damned if I'm not a little jealous of his writing style.

Watch this one-- he's good.; 12:12 PM, June 12, 2010
Mark Alger said...: Ain' no "kinda" 'bout it.
It IS poetic.
Damn' fine stuff, too.
Thanks for the steer.

M; 12:21 PM, June 12, 2010
Lewis said...: Zen and the art of police work.; 12:34 PM, June 12, 2010
fast richard said...: A real Beat (cop) Poet.; 1:04 PM, June 12, 2010
reflectoscope said...: I'm in. I'd be curious to see his stats for the last and next week, I wouldn't be surprised if he already has a pretty good following.

Jim; 1:20 PM, June 12, 2010
Cond0010 said...: Thumbs up here, too. Thanks.; 1:58 PM, June 12, 2010
knice said...: Freaky. I just read that and whoever it is works in my own department!! I know who Grumpy is as I saw the blank firing pistol when he brought it back to the precinct. I joked with Grumpy that he was getting soft for not shooting the guy and he said he thought about it but was unsure of the background and felt it better to retreat. Small world...; 2:02 PM, June 12, 2010
Anonymous said...: While the *official* media world is peopled by hustlers, hacks, and ho's, all around in the *real* world there are artists among us.

I hate it (as you know ;O) when "reality" is scripted. But when it's the other way around, it's beautiful.

The name, the blue and white on black, the short lines, the sparse verbiage, and of course the writing itself...

Guy's a public servant, an artist, a poet, and a writer. A Renaissance man for real.

Think I'll go read the rest of the archives before some agent signs him up and copyrights his content.

AT; 7:15 PM, June 12, 2010
Montie said...: Tam,

Thanks for the tip. I like it and will have to add it to my regular blog buffet.; 8:15 PM, June 12, 2010
Anonymous said...: Whoops. Copyright blurb right at the top. Shit, even that is poetic.

Guess what I meant was, if an agent/lawyer gets involved, he won't be doing this for free very long. And while he should be paid, that'll probably ruin the thing.

But maybe, like a lot of cops I've known, he has a distaste for both types, especially lawyers.

Then he'll keep producing quality entertainment, insight, education and humor for free...ala Tam.

Doesn't make sense, considering the paid competition. Good for me, though. Good too that you are moving to paid product. Finally. And I don't see suits ruining you.

AT; 8:30 PM, June 12, 2010
Anonymous said...: Which brings me to another tangential fork in the road:

Is there a viable market for a vintage iron niche FFL shop in Indy? Your experience, reputation, body of work here, plus a by-line in a national rag as a draw?

Cha-ching! 2GirlsGuns? 2GirlsandaBuddy? Cheap to set up, fun to run, hard not to make a buck.

I'm thinking of doing one in Fla, combining vintage guns with my son's vintage jewelry and coin shop; I've said before it's the only approach that could tempt me to take on the liability and hassle of an FFL again.

AT; 9:49 PM, June 12, 2010
Anonymous said...: Good writing, I just kept reading more. Hell, you WANT to keep reading more!; 12:12 AM, June 13, 2010
John B said...: I just finished reading his whole blog. Very Damn Good.
I wish I could exchange links......; 2:03 AM, June 13, 2010
jbrock said...: Holy crap, that's good stuff. I had to tear away for a previous commitment, but it's bookmarked now.; 9:44 AM, June 13, 2010
RD said...: Tamara,

Thank you for linking to my blog.

Cheers,
RD; 1:14 PM, June 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: Tam, thanks for turning me
on to this. Am back to the
first year, and will reach
the beginning soon.
Wonderful.
anon, Don; 1:27 PM, June 13, 2010
mcthag said...: Damn white text on a dark background. Instant headache. Damn eyes.; 11:12 PM, June 13, 2010
Eric said...: Started at the beginning this morning at work, managed to make it to Sept. 2009 today.

RD - it's a virtual ride along!; 12:40 AM, June 14, 2010
Tam said...: RD,

And thank you for writing it. :)

-T.; 6:38 AM, June 14, 2010
zeeke42 said...: Thanks for the link. I just finished the entire archive.; 1:08 PM, June 15, 2010
Anonymous said...: What they said, thanks for the heads up.
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Jerry; 3:57 AM, June 17, 2010