This is more for me to keep track of when it happened so I can tell myself “it’s only been x days…” when running to the mailbox than anything else.
I got my fingerprints made yesterday and submitted, so, in theory, I should have my carry permit sometime in the next 90 days.
lilwizard was born yesterday. He and mrs. wizardpc are doing great. Blogging may be light for a few years 😀
And because I have been told my taste in music is really awful, here is the song that’s been playing in my head since about the time we found out. You have been warned:
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So a week ago, I ordered a MrBeer, and it greeted me at my front door when I came home today.
So, I’ve gone through the motions, thrown the concoction into the closet, and I’ll see how it tuns out in 2 weeks.
If you haven’t already heard, there was a shooting at a high school in a suburb of Cleveland this morning. I’m actually in class with two people from that area this week. They’ve told me that while it is a suburb, it’s far enough out that it’s pretty rural and more of a small town. They’ve been getting text messages all morning. I don’t want to report the news that their getting because I’m sure some of it is misinformation.
My heart goes out to those involved and their families.
Because the boycott is going so well that my local Starbucks had no parking spotss and the drive through was wrapped around the building. Barista said she’d never seen it that busy before.
As I mentioned earlier, WizardPC and I decided to check out a 4 hour traumatic injury course hosted by the local chapter of the Zombie Squad. Turns out that it was done by Paul Gomez of Gomez Training International. Man talks fast and manages to shove a lot of information in a small amount of time. I’m not someone that writes an obscene amount of notes, and I used about 4 pages in my notebook. Wizard didn’t bring anything to write on, but I noticed he was frantically punching notes into his cell phone.
Most of the class was centered around what you should pack in a blow out bag and why. There wasn’t a whole lot of discussion about how to use the items, but most of the items are fairly easy to use and you’ve probably been taught how to use them in basic first aid classes. The one that I think most people didn’t know about, was also the one that made people the the most squeamish. Namely a needle that’s at least 14gauge and 3.25″ long used to ventilate the chest in case of air in the chest where air shouldn’t be (think of the movie Three Kings).
The best part of the class was when he essentially did a show and tell of various equipment. He showed what he thought worked and what didn’t. This included a couple products that were complete wastes of money in his mind (SWAT-T tourniquets was one big example), and some that were great cheap items that weren’t really designed for that use (fly paper actually works pretty well for sucking chest wounds). He mentioned a couple all inclusive kits on the market that were good, or good starters, which is probably the way I’ll go. I know Wizard said he’d buy two or three of them from the guy right then and there, if he sold them (he doesn’t sell any kits, but pointed us to a couple good places to look). I’ll probably do a better write up of one of the kits when I get one in.
Overall, I think the guy did a great job and I’d recommend taking advantage of his knowledge if he ever comes through your neck of the woods or you’re in his.
That’s the only logical explanation I have for his behavior described in the Tennessean today. Now that his 4 buddies have turned state’s evidence on him, Guy Savage is now trying to claim that the US legal system has no authority over him. Not only that, but he’s trying to get the DOJ to pay him $250 million to make up for the lose of his business and the stress that all of this has put him through. Of course, the Tennessean, being a left wing paper, is equating his antics with the “sovereign citizen” stuff. I think this guy is just desperately trying to weasel out of going to jail.
I was upset about this when it first broke over a year ago. I was really hoping to one day to buy a firearm from a company based in the city I live in. Looks like I’m going to have to save my pennies and settle for the city next to me and get a Barrett.
Oh, it looks like SayUncle beat me on the story.
I’ve been told that if you’re into shooting guns, sooner or later, you will have an accidental discharge. Hopefully, this will cause no damage beyond your pride, but there is a chance that you or your buddy might have an extra hole that’s letting all that red stuff come out. There’s also the bit where if you ever get into exchanging fire with a bad guy, you might catch one or two shots. Ok, so what do you do in that case? Well, obviously call for EMS since they will have a heck of a lot more training than most of us, but they, like all emergency services, tend to be at least a few minutes away.
WizardPC and I intend to learn what to do in those few minutes this Saturday.
The local chapter of the Zombie Squad is hosting a class on dealing with traumatic injuries Saturday afternoon at the local REI store. Zombie Squad is a bunch of folks that are into disaster preparedness and… well… watching zombie movies. They also team up with the Red Cross and similar organizations a lot for blood drives, helping folks deal with localized disasters (fires, tornados, etc), and training for emergency situations. While I’ve yet to meet the local folks, I’ve met folks from the founding chapter in St. Louis a few times and they seem like great folks and I plan on joining their ranks.
So, apparently Murfreesboro cops can’t tell the difference between an older black man and a younger asian guy. Apparently the fine, upstanding asian 28 year old ran a stop sign in a stolen vehicle, nearly rammed a squad car and hid in the neighborhood. In the meantime, a 58 year old black man by the name of Sushak is returning from a shopping trip at the local WalMart.
Somehow, this was an offense that required being tackled by 4 or 5 officers and beaten badly enough that one eye was swollen shut and he is now wearing a full leg brace. Of course, the officers initially claimed Sushak was resisting, but witnesses have reported the opposite.
Apparently other officers found the actual suspect a block over. When Sushak saw the guy, he asked the cops how they could mistake him for someone 30 years younger and who wasn’t black. The officer’s response? “Sorry, you were at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
I… have no words…
Thanks to Oddball for picking up the slack for me. My new job started Friday and ho boy do these people need my help. My expressions have gone from “oh” to “oh dear” to “Oh Dear God” to “Oh Dear God NO!” in a very short amount of time. Seriously, how do you not have a system in place to notify you that your Sarbanes-Oxley required compliance software stopped working for three days? I’m definitely not going to get bored.
I honestly don’t know if this site is blocked because I haven’t had time to check.
Also on Friday? My wife’s grandmother was admitted to the hospital. As my wife was telling me about her grandmother, my sister texted me to say that my grandmother had fallen and was in the ER.
My grandmother is okay, but my wife’s grandmother will be transferred to hospice shortly.
So it’s been a bit busy ’round here. I did have time to make some purchases at Amazon based on past blegs so expect some reviews in the next little bit.