View From The Porch

America has a Borg-like ability to assimilate cuisines and convert the minor holidays of our immigrants into excuses for everyone to get dru...

NOOOOOOOOO! Did you see this tragedy, @KirkFreemanLaw ? https://t.co/pboXjHPVkZ — Tamara K. (@TamSlick) December 16, 2020

Some people might not be aware that aluminum beverage cans are lined like this. (Which is what makes it fun when you run into the occasion...

I did my mile walk around the block this morning and returned home feeling like I'd gone for a swim. According to Siri, the dew point ou...

Well, while I was all jacked up with my arm in a sling, I figured I'd make the experience a little more tolerable by allowing myself to ...

A couple of shots with the Nikon 1 J1 and the 1 Nikkor 18.5mm f/1.8 prime lens. Thanks to the crop factor of the 1" sensor on the CX-fo...

So, Indiana is the state where you can buy a bottle of Jack Daniels in the CVS with less hassle than a packet of Sudafed, since you need to ...

In a comment thread at Oleg's to a post containing a picture of a pistol and a bottle of liquor , someone felt compelled to remark: ...

Indiana's liquor laws are pretty good. You can go to the grocery store or the Walgreen's and grab a bottle of Jack Daniels off the s...

Tuesday morning I dropped the Zed Drei off at the shop to get that cracked rim finally welded. From there I walked over to Indy Arms Compa...

" The idea that’s gaining support at Göbekli Tepe was first proposed more than half a century ago: Beer, rather than bread, may have b...

Friday was my last range trip before heading to SHOT, so I just decided to have some fun with the noisemakers: 10mm Auto and .357SIG... ...

The old Lake County courthouse in Crown Point is a glorious Victorian-era pile occupying the whole of the town square. Naturally, the sea...

Well, a roller derby bout isn't exactly a fight, but derby's definitely a contact sport... At some point around the turn of t...

Bobbi's working the weird shift again and that's got my sleepytimes all scrambled, too, since I try to stay awake at least until she...

Shootin' Buddy arrived at 9:00AM and we saddled up the bikes and headed northward. Our Zero Point was roughly 54th street. Bear in mind ...

Shootin' Buddy arrived at 0900. We'll say our story starts at the intersection of 54th Street & the Monon Trail, since that'...

I'm going to go stand in the beer aisle at the grocery store and wait for them to mark down the Boddington's. — Tamara K. (@TamSl...

Friday morning I dropped the top on the Zed Drei and headed north to meet up with Mike Grasso and go do some gunwriter stuff at Atlanta C...