Monday, June 30, 2008
Weekend Caption/Photoshop Contest

Got a caption or photoshop for this unsourced photo? You could win a coveted Blog Ad on my side bar!
Leave a caption or photo link in comments, or Email a pic to me at the address in my profile. If you're sending a large animation, please provide a hot-linkable URL.
You need not own a blog to win! I'll advertise your favorite charity, web site, or even that Speedo swimsuit that you're too embarrassed to wear.
Check out the links in Drinks Ordered for photoshops!
Judging begins Monday PM.
Winner(s)!
Wyatt "Timmeeee!" Earp wins with:
"Demon, GET OUT!" in the Nayum of Jeezusss!"Wyatt keeps his ad; Timmeeee, send me some Ad Fodder ASAP!
Other Ongoing Contests:
First In! (I won 1st Place here last week!)
Gone Rick Motel
Outside the Beltway
Support your Local Gunfighter

bRight & Early
Right Pundits
Public Pondering
WILLisms
Labels: caption pshop
I'll Bet

...he still doesn't know the color of her eyes.
I hope y'all don't miss the pic filename. I thought it was rather clever.
Labels: funnies?, saloongrrls
300k!
The 300,000th referral came from Texas Fred's American Conservative Forum (find the link on his blog after reading his fine political commentary). Here's a one-week Blog Ad for ya, Fred!
The 300k+1 referral was a Canadian actually G00gling some specifically non-Pr0n-related!

I wish I could have been more helpful.
Labels: blogstuff, sitemeterfun
Make a Movie Meme

Setting the story in modern times, I'd use a mock-up of the International Space Station and, of course, cast Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle as themselves, science fiction writers who get enlisted into a think tank to cope with the alien invasion. I wonder why no one's thought of this before?
I'd cast an Obama-lookalike as the wishy-washy POTUS who wants to negotiate with the Fithp from a position of weakness. I'd appear in a cameo as "Hairy Red," if Larry and Jerry don't object.
What book would you adapt into a movie? Why? How?
Labels: blogstuff
Well, Escuuuuuuse' Moi!
Seventeen people, including a child left in a critical condition, were injured when soldiers fired live bullets instead of blanks during an open day display in Carcassone, France, regional officials said.Sez the Sydney Morning Herald
h/t ACTS Forum
Labels: gunfun NOT
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Packin' Heat
I'd like to think it was all just coincidence.
Labels: gunfun
Schooled by a Septugenarian


Labels: gunfun
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Dawg!
Have you ever heard that a dog can "sense" when a tornado is stirring up, even 20 miles away?
Do you remember hearing that before the December tsunami struck Southeast Asia, dogs started running frantically away from the seashore, at breakneck speed?
Do you know that dogs can detect cancer and other serious illnesses and danger of fire?
Somehow they always know when they can 'go for a ride' before you even ask and how do those dogs and cats get home from hundreds of miles away?
I'm a firm believer that animals - and especially dogs - have keen insights into the Truth.
And you can't tell me that dogs can't sense a potentially terrible disaster well in advance Simply said, a dog just KNOWS when something isn't right .. . when impending doom is upon us . . they'll always try to warn us.... !!

h/t Palmer
Labels: funnies?
Going Green

Lots of folks are surprised how green the Sonoran Desert gets in the summertime. Tumbleweed is blue-green until it breaks off and turns brown, and low-growing spurge covers the brown rock like a mat. Woodland camouflage works just as well as desert cammies... unless you're trying to be seen. Then you can just strip to your panties and pose with an M-4.
Oh, the trouble one goes through to give gunny cheesecake the proper context!
Labels: gunfun, saloongrrls, tis the season
Recommendations?


I've always had faith in Sony products (I'm on my third Sony TV set in 26 years), but I'm open to suggestions.
Might as well get one with a camera in it. Don't really care about MP3 players or games. Better get the headset thing 'cuz homey ain't coordinated enough to yak and drive....
Update: I got a Sony of my Owny on the way.
Labels: geekery
Cowboys and Chinamen


Click to Play!
Labels: geekery, sitemeterfun
Flour Power
Labels: geekery
Friday, June 27, 2008
21st Century Calling
Why doesn't ATT have a coverage map? (Update: found one) Are they that good? Or that bad?
I'll probably end up getting a new laptop while I'm acclimating myself to the new century. Sh*t. I'd hoped to avoid ever using Vista.
Labels: blogstuff
Thursday, June 26, 2008
It is Monsoooon!

I'm kinda happy about the rain, since I've been stingy about watering my plants. Still, those damned weeds are gonna be coming up soon. Gotta take the good with the bad.
Labels: tis the season
Now THAT's an Endorsement
Then, from the Benevolent Despot himself.
I wonder who Mugabe's picking?
It's an Individual Right!
Wikipedia's been updated to include DC v. Heller.
And they still bitch.
I R a writer

Labels: studnut
Quote of the Day
Labels: funnies?
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Starting 2mor-o
Labels: studnut
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Cowboy Blob, Occupation: Studnut

Update: I may have signed up for two prerequisites for the wrong degree, but I think they'll be useful anyway (if the VA thinks so). All the other classes were closed.
Labels: studnut
Tactical 3-Gun
One thing I like about the ACTS format is that it's so simple, we usually don't even number the targets. You sometimes don't need the stage description for anything but starting position.
- Be safe.
- Shoot the hostiles.
- Use cover or movement.
- Don't shoot the hostages.
- Switch to your other weapon (or not).

Labels: gunfun
Monday, June 23, 2008
Weekend Caption/Photoshop Contest

Got a caption or photoshop for this unsourced photo? You could win a coveted Blog Ad on my side bar!
Leave a caption or photo link in comments, or Email a pic to me at the address in my profile. If you're sending a large animation, please provide a hot-linkable URL.
You need not own a blog to win! I'll advertise your favorite charity, web site, or even that big, shiny, candy-like, red button on your spaceship that erases History.
Check out the links in Drinks Ordered for photoshops!
Judging begins Monday PM.
Winner!
Detective Wyatt Earp at SYLG wins with:
"WOW! THIS IS THE BEST HEROIN I HAVE EVER HAD!!!Thanks for playin', y'all!
Other Contests this Week:
Support your Local Gunfighter (I got a scoop on this one!)

Outside the Beltway.
bRight & Early
First In!
Right Pundits
Public Pondering
Wizbang
WILLisms

Not the winning Photoshop:

Labels: caption pshop

Labels: funnies?
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Cactus League Match

League Poobah Terry dredged up four stages, some dating back to 2006 for this fun match. And it was only 100 degrees! (We finished by 11 am).
The Simmons replacement scope (knock on wood) is holding up well; I'm not quite happy with my zero, but that's my fault for not being 4nal enough at the range last week.
Bob's gonna have a sucky score, as you can see (left). "Aim high up close!" Well, they weren't that close, but aiming higher would have helped Bob.
Video (Riotgun)
Video (Carbine)
Labels: gunfun
Pima ACTS Match

I was eager to try out the SOCOM-16, but all my style points for shooting .308 were hoarked by Karl, who shot a beautiful M-1 Garand (center) and a P-38. Rob might have gotten style points if his locally produced hushsticks (one at top) hadn't jammed their way into last place (cheap ammo!).
The SOCOM worked great! I didn't want to impose on anybody in the heat, so I just got video of three of Karl's four stages.
Video
Labels: gunfun
Friday, June 20, 2008
It's a Good Thing!

Labels: gunfun
Friday Fertography - QuickTime
Squiggy is just getting over a cough. Mistress Lisa the Biker Chick sends. I Heart Lisa.
Labels: tuberats
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Another Senseless Teen Gun Death

The Brady Bunch will doubtlessly cluck over this as a "child fatality." Other sources cite Sands as a "man" or even a "break-in artist." PC sumbitches.
H/t to reader Palmer
Labels: gunfun NOT
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Summer's Here!

This is a two-match weekend; throw in a range day before then to re-zero the POFMaster's scope and to re-check the iron zero for the SOCOM-16, which I'll probably shoot at Pima Saturday. Gotta give Jake another chance to beat me -- maybe he'll bring an AR this time.
Terry the Cactus Poobah is gonna trot out my old stages for Sunday re-runs, which is great. My creativity wanes when only 10 shooters are likely to shoot in the heat any given summer match: the Masters, Grand Masters, Jon, and me.
Labels: gunfun, tis the season
A Face for Television but....

Labels: politics
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Weekend Caption/Photoshop Contest

Not the winning caption:
U.S. President George W. Bush (C) speaks with a couple dressed in traditional Slovenian costumes at Brdo Castle after the U.S.- E.U. Summit in Slovenia, June 10, 2008.Got a caption or photoshop for this Reuters photo? You could win a coveted Blog Ad on my side bar!
REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic (SLOVENIA)
Leave a caption or photo link in comments, or Email a pic to me at the address in my profile. If you're sending a large animation, please provide a hot-linkable URL.
You need not own a blog to win! I'll advertise your favorite charity, web site, or even that pair of lederhosen with the run in them.
Check out the links in Drinks Ordered for photoshops!
Judging begins Monday PM.
Winner!
AlanDP of Blogonomicon wins with:
"Hansel and Gretel are surprised and overjoyed as President Bush offers to help with Slovenia's disturbing vowel shortage."Thanks for playing!
Other Contests
Gone Rick Motel (I got 1st Place last week!)
Support your Local Gunfighter (2nd Place there last week!)

Outside the Beltway
WILLisms
Right Pundits
Public Pondering
Labels: caption pshop
Because You Suck -- Candy

“But this is not just any gummi, this is HK gummi. Contained within this bag are about 12 pieces of little, red, “HK” gummis. I estimate these to be worth about $6500. Why so much? It’s all about the quality. Each 2 gram gummi is milled from a 4000 kilo block of gummi billet on a $7.5 million euro CNC machine made specifically for this purpose. Each is hand inspected, placed in its individual serving packet and stored in carbon fiber cases made for HK by the McLaren F1 team. A little known fact is that these packets were designed to fit in the buttstocks of HK416 and 417 rifles."Read the whole thing!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Keep Your Head Down

There is a resemblance:

Labels: airpower
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Stuck in an Elevator?


That's Julie Banderas, Michelle Malkin, and Patti Anne Brown, BTW.

Labels: pshop, saloongrrls