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Wednesday, January 06, 2021

Don't look down, little goat!

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Watching them just chill out halfway up the dam is wild, but there are definitely some high pucker factor moments in there, at least if you...

That's certainly very carefully worded.

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The WaPo notes this morning: Which is technically true, I guess, since the African American senator from formerly Confederate South Carolin...
Tuesday, January 05, 2021

2020 Strikes From Beyond the Grave

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It was a lot easier to hoard ammunition when I didn't shoot as much. 2020 was a slow year, and I still burned up a little over six thous...
Monday, January 04, 2021

Changing of the Guard

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The Year of Carrying Double-Action didn't work out the way I wanted it to. Initially I was going to tote the Langdon Beretta for a month...
Sunday, January 03, 2021

"If Batman did meth..."

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Seen on the bookface: Now I want to write "Trailer Park Bruce Wayne". Instead of a hidden garage in a hillside, the "Bat Cave...
Saturday, January 02, 2021

Misplaced Childhood

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Just watched the last ep of season 2 of The Mandalorian . All the feels. I was laughing and clapping and crying and all that stuff.  "T...

An odd request...

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Hasn't been much in the way of snow so far this winter, and I'm pretty ambivalent on that. It's pretty, but it can be a pain to ...

A recurring theme of late...

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From Reason magazine: " As with far too many public policy disputes (over climate change, criminal justice, health care, etc.), it is ...

I can't believe this made it to production.

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Caleb Giddings (@radicaleb_) I get that this is some graphic designer try...

Ah, the heady optimism of last spring...

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"I'll take 'Memes That Aged Poorly' for 400 Alex...er, Ken." https://t.co/xMPMuZJn1j — Tamara K. (@TamSlick) January 2...
Friday, January 01, 2021

Yum!

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Bobbi cooked a corned beef brisket & cabbage, with some taters, onions, and carrots for New Year's Day feasting. We enjoyed the meal...

All's Unquiet On New Year's Day

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Went out front to pop off some bottle rockets tonight because I wanted to see 2020 off proper-like... The lack of gypsy fireworks stands in ...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Zoom Zoom

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So, 'way back in early 1995, I traded a 1979 Datsun 280ZX 2+2 and a thousand bucks for a Guards Red 1987 Porsche 924S. I thought this se...

Very Wary

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"Oh, thank heavens 2020 is over," we'll say to each other, as we clutch our machetes and stalk giant carnivorous locusts throu...

I did not know that...

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They're everywhere at this time of year, these bright red leafy flowers. Somehow I'd made it this far in life without noticing that ...

Clone Wars

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At some point in my teenage years, I developed something of a crush on the Heckler & Kock MP5K. I mean, the regular MP5 was cool, and so...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Sometimes a picture is worth several thousand words

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While writing to Slate 's parenting advice column on the topic of practical firearms safety would seem to make about as much sense as wr...

I'll second that.

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Bobbi just recommended watching Counterpart , and I have to second that.  It's a little bit sci-fi, a little bit Cold War spy drama, a ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Deflecting...

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Louis Awerbuck had an interesting "final exam" for his firearms classes, a time pressure enhanced shooting drill on a target he ca...

One Night in Lexington

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Bobbi was watching The Queen's Gambit last night and I remarked on how a particular scene seemed a subtle nod to Murray Head's ...
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