Author Archives: oddball

How not to impress folks that will write about you

By | April 13, 2015

I will write a general round up of NRAAM soon, but I feel the need to get something off my chest first. If you’ve already listened to this past week’s Gun Blogger Variety Cast, you’d already know that Erin Palette had a “less than favorable” interaction with a certain Taurus representative.  I would like to… Read More »

Well… good.

By | March 31, 2015

Looks like the “guns in local parks” bill in TN passed the house earlier today.  The senate is set to vote on it in the morning.  Interestingly enough, this bill states that it will take effect upon passing, so, assuming Governor Haslam signs off in a timely manner, it will take effect before the NRAAM.… Read More »

Yeah… no.

By | March 31, 2015

A left-wing buddy of mine posted a link to this article on Facebook and stated “I can’t wait to learn if this was a permit-holding ‘responsible’ gun owner.” I was able to quickly tell him “uh… no.” See… as the law stands right now in the state of Tennessee, you can’t legally carry without a… Read More »

EDC knife: never leave home without it

By | March 3, 2015

I was helping a friend pull an engine from the local junk yard for his truck this weekend.  This typically means that you’re going to have to cut a couple hoses and a belt or two.  It was also useful to push the valve to check to see if the A/C system was still pressurized. … Read More »

So… assault weapon laws aren’t new

By | January 16, 2015

In case you guys didn’t know, I’m a pretty big fan of knives, swords, and other weapons that predate the gun.  As such, one of the Youtube folks I watch is Lindybeige, and came across this video on the Messer: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcLcsvw8rw0&w=560&h=315] The part I found interesting is right at the beginning of the video. … Read More »

Time to go hug your family and friends

By | December 26, 2014

I’m hoping that your family and friends are having a better Christmas season than mine are. Just got news that one of my friends had a stroke last night.  He’s in the hospital, and the doctors are saying that he probably has 3 or 4 days to live. A friend of a friend is in… Read More »

’tis the Season

By | December 24, 2014

Well… since it seems like all the cool people (ok… maybe just Borepatch) is posting Christmas music, so here’s mine: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Mce9VpmY&w=420&h=315] I was going to post “Christmas at Ground Zero,” but I think someone beat me to that one.

Sometimes it’s the little things.

By | November 29, 2014

This past Tuesday night, I saw a post on a buddy’s FaceBook page that his computer’s CPU fan had died, and he was wondering if anyone knew where he could get a new one locally for cheap.  It was an older chipset (AMD socket 939), so he was thinking he might have serious issues finding… Read More »