Miss D. is following the progress of my novel's sales far more closely than
I am (I'm concentrating on Book 2 of the series, which comes out in July,
and ...
I’ve generally ignored Peggy Noonan, as she’s proven herself to have fallen
into irrelevancy in recent years as a mere echo of what passes for
conventional...
By accident I stumbled across a video of Christopher Hitchens giving a talk
about his book Why Orwell Matters (link in the sidebar; highly
recommended). I...
Yesterday evening I found myself muttering words I thought I would never
say to my wife of almost 29 years. I had to tell her that I had let a man
stick hi...
Guardian: Noun
A defender, protector, or keeper.
I see this particular gargoyle on my way home from the grocery store. Unlike many such stone creatures...
I spent yesterday in the factory where most of this stuff is made. Very,
very very high quality stuff, made by a hardcore gun nut who understands
how to be...
71 years old. Finally couldn’t get past the pain. Gotta love a guy who
drills a hole in his helmet so he can smoke during the caution laps.
Godspeed, Dick....
Anyone who knows me, knows I love knives. From Benchmade and Boker to SOG
and Cold Steel to small artisans like Shull, Haley, and Miller. I have
medieval...
‘‘...Elitism has never been an important concept in American life, and
racism is on the way out. And the only people who are interested in keeping
these id...
$2.5 billion is about what? A third of the Chicago budget? *That's that
claim of a study by the University of Chicago Crime Lab*:
- Shootings cost Chic...
This is why we do what we do people. This is why we prepare.
Unfortunately there’s only so much you can do, and while preparing does
save lives nothin...
Awaken, oh daughter of Vesta
Your morning repast awaits.
Awaken, oh daughter of Vesta,
Come forth and learn your fate.
A lamp, cooked beans on a plate
Child...
Watch as the cat knocks on the door and then turns around expectantly to
see if it opens. I'm fairly certain he doesn't have the whole chain of
events ir...
I am just striving towards mediocrity....
Just a normal middle American middle class guy. I own my own business, employ a few people, and try to make a buck. In my (slight) spare time, I read a few blogs, shoot a bit, and rest.
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