Author Archives: oddball

Traumatic Injuries Course Review

By | February 12, 2012

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… Read More »

Moar dakka!

By | February 10, 2012

Courtesy of Weer’d Beard, I present moar dakka: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI-y7kgpFU4&w=560&h=315]

Training!

By | February 9, 2012

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… Read More »

You read it here first

By | February 8, 2012

I predict that there will be another spike in gun sales and ammo come November. Oh, and price hikes. Can’t forget the price hikes.

Range Trips as a Form of Meditation

By | February 7, 2012

Jim Downey over a Guns.com has a good post on “recoil therapy.”  He’s obviously more of a handgun guy, and I’m more of a rifle guy when I need some zen time, but to each their own.  I have used pistols for recoil therapy sessions, but that’s largely because the rifle lanes of the closest… Read More »

I… just… wow…

By | February 2, 2012

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… Read More »

Two in the same three days?

By | January 31, 2012

So there were two local cops that made the news for behaving badly in the past couple days.  Namely DUI and possessing firearms while under the influence.  This is usually where you expect to hear that they were sent home with pay to think about what they’d done. Not this time. Both have been decommissioned.… Read More »

The perfect flash drive for Linux

By | January 31, 2012

Due to some of the comments on the last post about my disaster thumb drive, I figure this would be relevant to your interests.  I present to you what I think is the perfect thumb drive to use as a Linux install/run from flash drive: 4GB penguin drive And yes, that is what I’m currently… Read More »