We’re listing the house in a few days. Been here a touch more than three years. We’re moving a little bit closer to work and to a much better school system. The house we’re in now was a foreclosure, but it was in very good shape. There were a couple of things we wanted to… Read More »
Rachel Lucas is blogging again. She switched to Twitter-only there for a while, and I don’t get Twitter so I was deprived of her wit for a year or so. Glad to see she’s back (and that she has a precious mutt).
Looks like Marlin has decided to put out Project Appleseed edition 795’s. Oleg has a post up about them here that includes close up pictures that would put anything my hamfisted attempts at photography could produce (there’s a reason he gets paid for his stuff, and I don’t). The Appleseed edition is essentially the same… Read More »
Part of the conventional wisdom for selecting a 9mm as your carry or even bug out gun is that 9mm is the most common round out there and you’ll always be able to find it. So…. what was one of the first calibers to start to disappear from the shelves and is currently being rationed… Read More »
Actual headline: Shots ring out following case of road rage UPDATE: Headline has changed to the equally misleading “Shots fired following north Nashville collision, driver charged” Accurate headline: Hit and run victim stops fleeing suspect from running over, killing witness Actual headline: Sen. Campfield asks mother: Have you ever thought about therapy? Accurate headline: Local… Read More »
It’s been tried in some of the big cities (most notably New York City), and now it’s happening in Arkansas. The town of Paragould has decided that the best way to fight their recent uptick in crime is to start deploying cops in SWAT gear, checking your papers, and asking for a good reason for… Read More »
Ok, so some of you may not know my typical stance on taking old battle rifles and slapping after-market stocks on them. I’m not a fan. I’m not a fan to the extent that I bought an Ishipore Enfield off of Wizard in large part because he was planning on doing terrible and horrible things… Read More »
Hung out with Wizard for a bit yesterday, and the topic of the idea that Taurus may try to buy the Freedom Group. Wizard: I’m pissed off that Taurus is buying the Freedom Group Me: Why? Wizard: It’s… like Ford buying Jaguar Me: um… That was probably the best move for Jag since Ford came… Read More »