Archive for October, 2005
My Wife Had Mentioned
that Prince Charles and Camilla was coming to the United States on Tuesday, coincidentally the same day we’re heading for London. Mary did not mention that the Prince was planning to educate us that “the actions of 19 hijackers should [not] tarnish the reputation of hundreds of millions of law-abiding Muslims [...]
Why are High Oil Company Profits Bad?
Because it pisses off the government when someone has a bigger slice of the pie than they do. Check out the graph at the TaxProf Blog. Remember Jimmy Carter’s windfall oil profit tax of 1980? Look close at that graph and you’ll see that was when [...]
Mike Farrell wants To Be
a Norman Mailer to Stanley “Tookie” Williams’, co-founder of the Crips, Jack Henry Abbott.
Sentenced to death and with the death warrant signed by a judge, “Tookie” is being lauded for his children’s books by supporters who had also nominated him for a Nobel Prize. Mike Farrell said that the authorities [...]
Today Is The Big Day
My business auction takes place in two and a half hours. Everyone please send your best wishes for a successful and renumerative auction. Linky love and comments are appreciated.
(I tried to post this last night but dialup sux.)
Update: The auction is finished. I’m satisfied with the results [...]
It’s Coming to the Crunch
Preparations for my return to my small bit of America are proceeding at a tiring pace, but it’s a good tired.
BotB
This week’s Best of the Bias is up.
Thanks For the Kind Words
Vile Bill stopped by my shop twice this past weekend. A long time shooting buddy was here too on Sunday when Bill stopped by after shooting an IPSC match. We all swapped shooting stories and locations to escape from Kalifornia to.
LTSB brought his 1000 yard benchrest gun with him [...]
COC
Certificate of Conformance? No, it’s the Carnival of Cordite!
Had a Great Time
I just met Vile Bill, the proprieter of Firing For Effect…, and he doesn’t look anything like his picture.
We had a great time talking about guns, shooting, competing, reloading and getting the heck out of CA. Your basic BS session.
Bill is an IPSC/USPSA shooter, you can see his competition rig here. As [...]
Jeff Soyer at the Famed Alphecca
hosts, as always, this weeks edition of the Weekly Check on the Bias (of media against guns).
This week’s edition mentions a news article about the New Paltz Police Department’s attempt to buy AR-15 rifles. The Police department wants to buy four AR-15 rifles at a cost of $5000! [...]
Game Theory
Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling win the Nobel Prize for Economics. As game theorists who’ve been at it for years, the win was inevitable.
There’s more over at Mark Kleiman’s place here, here and here noting an interesting analysis of the Jews and Irish in Boston.
Man Do I Hate The Phone Company
I called SBC at 4:30 this afternoon to ask some questions about my upcoming change of location. I listen to the recordered voice and press enough buttons to get the “a service representative will be with you shortly” message. After the message the line went silent but [...]
Bush’s Speech
leaves me a little nervous after hearing this portion.
…they exploit modern technology to multiply their destructive power. Instead of attending faraway training camps, recruits can now access online training libraries to learn how to build a roadside bomb, or fire a rocket-propelled grenade — and this further spreads the threat of violence, even within [...]
First Blogger, Then Photobucket
Yesterday afternoon Blogger was hosed, today my image hosting service is hosed.
I’ve Got An Idea For New Ticket Issuing Cameras
Point them at the handicapped parking spots at Wal-Mart to catch those bastards who park there and then sprint into the store. Half the people who park there are more fit than I am. It’d beat the hell out of those unsafe red-light cameras, they’d [...]
The Anolog Kid Discovered A New Reactive Target
It looks and sounds like a heck of a lot of fun. They come in different colors too. You can imagine all sorts of match setups.
Update: Now we know the source of this warning about lead poisoning.
Why Not the Second Semester of Twelfth Grade
After all you need some time to figure out if you really like the kid. Sounds crazy but I bet you didn’t expect to see fourth trimester abortion either. Via Les Jones.
More Chatsworth Fire Photos
Early smoke photographed while driving.
These are among the first flames visible from my location.
Sunset behind the smoke.
Through early evening there was a continuous succession of helicopters dumping water on the fires. This is the only fixed wing aircraft that I saw fighting the fire.
Got Home Thursday Night
My in-laws are visiting so Thursday evening and Friday were spent with them. Friday night Mary and I went to a boat party at Rockland Marina on Old Hickory Lake. Saturday we all went to the wedding of my neighbors daughter followed by two receptions. The father of the [...]
