Why didn’t someone tell me about this?
I’m not vain, exactly, but I do like to see if anyone shows up here to read my musings. I’m also pretty familiar with what…
Nice rack
One of the things that I have always been just jealous as hell about is the seemingly effortless way professional trainers and shooters rack the…
Dear China,
If the OPM database didn’t give you enough information, try the Real ID database. It ought to be just what you need. I suppose when…
The Gun Salesman of the Decade as economic stimulator
I was trolling through the local newspapers this morning when this gem popped up in one of them. Funny, I hadn’t thought of it like…
When all else fails
Make it easy on yourself and go to a gun show. 🙂 It’s busy at The Bitty University of Bumpkinville. The Special Snowflakes have returned…
The Gun Salesman of the Decade rides again
(Links via the Drudge Report) I actually tried to watch the show this morning. Really I did. Me, who never watches our President do anything…
Debunking myths
(I wish I could remember where I found this, but it’s been sitting in a tab for a while.) All subjects worthy of study have…
How higher education is turning students into dangerous self-righteous twits
Being that I’ve worked in higher ed for 4 years now, I’d say the authors are pretty much nailing it. The only place I part…
The Crimson Trace/LCP Secrets
(As found on Facebook) Guns.com writer Nick Oetken discovers the secrets to life with the Ruger LCP–get the version with a Crimson Trace Laser and…
I wish you a slightly early Merry Christmas
Things have not been so merry this holiday season at the Freehold, unfortunately. For over a week, Mrs. Freeholder’s sister was hospitalized for an long…
In which CBS trips over its male member
(As found on Facebook) Or CBS would have tripped over it if it had a male member, at any rate. It seems that a member…
Another December 7
This particular anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor has a bit more meaning, perhaps, given the latest event of terrorism to take place on…
Continuing on the communications theme
On the night of the all-nighter, I posted a little something on my work on upping my communications abilities. An anonymous commenter had some questions…
I’ve been waiting for this
No, I’m not talking about San Bernardino. Important as it is, I’m a selfish human being. Others are already talking about it and at the…
Throwing this up tonight
Because I don’t want to blow your Thanksgiving. Commodity prices are plunging, the dollar is powering higher, the yield curve is flattening, ObamaCare is collapsing,…
Hm-m-m
I was listening to Michael Bane’s latest Downrange Radio, in which he deals with the ISIS attacks in Paris. Strong stuff, and the man speaks…
While I’m waiting
Gr-r-r… This morning I woke up with a migraine attack building. No reason for it; as far as I know none of the triggers I’ve…
Jesus wept.
(Via the Drudge Report) The headline reads MIZZOU CAMPUS ACTIVISTS AND BLACK LIVES MATTER COMPLAIN ABOUT PARIS STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT For once, I’ve got nothin’,…
I didn’t say anything last night
Mostly because I was seething. Seethingly angry at the terrorists, at the governments who have allowed this to happen and at the mindsets that prevent…
I may be a bit late today
But to the men and women of our military, please accept my sincerest thanks for a job always well done.
A little something on communications
I have made some progress on communications lately, although some of it is in the nature of “Two steps forward, one step back” and an…
A not-tab-clearing post
It’s been a while and I’ve accumulated a few things you’ll be interested in. Interestingly enough, they aren’t in browser tabs, so this one isn’t…
Pulling an all-nighter
In my more youthful days, pulling an all-nighter meant that I had either found myself one hell of a party, that I had drawn a…
But the anti-gunners say this never happens
But apparently in Chicago, the land of collapsing city budgets and public pensions, the impossible is just something they are going to have to learn…
The things one learns
As a part of my push to outfit my vehicles with communications gear, I have come upon the need to learn about 3.5mm audio plugs.…
For your browsing security
I have enabled the Blogger https:// capability for the blog. Now you can see what I’m not posting with greater security. There were plans for…
As they say, “Long time, no speak”
By way of explanation, it’s been both a busy and a painful week plus. Busy, both at work (*sigh*, life in a terminally short-staffed IT…
I was afraid of this
While I did not know Frank James personally (as “in person”), I had corresponded with him on a few occasions, and was well aware of…
I suspect they don’t see the irony
(Via the Drudge Report) It seems some Democrat legislators need armed guards to protect them while they call for disarming the populace. Dear asshats, there…
Epic rant
Just in case you have missed Charles C. W. Cooke’s epic rant aimed at the gun banners, you really ought to go check it out.…