“Extend the circle of love to all creatures.” You know, except for duck hunters I guess. You know who else eat ducks? Foxes. You don’t see the animal rights loons spray painting foxes, do you?
Still on Vacation
I’ve been off work almost two weeks. Feels good. Especially after such a stressful December. That’s why posts aren’t following the normal schedule. Normal blogging schedule resumes Monday. This weekend, I might look around for a match to shoot.
Zootshooters
J.R. found some practical shooters that have a whole 1930s theme going.
S&W 637
I’d say “Nice Carry Gun,” but he lives in Wisconsin. Someday, Peter. Someday. You have to get rid of Doyle first though.
New Years Eats
I don’t know how many of you have figured out by now that Bitter is now a food blogger. Her crazy Oklahoma traditions say that black eyed peas on New Years is good luck. Here, for Irish families at least, it’s Corned Beef and Cabbage, and since that is my ancestral heritage, we’re having that in addition to the black eyed pea dish. The corned beef cabbage can be cooked in the slow cooker. Boiling things for long periods of time is the basis of Irish cooking. While this cooking process tends to dull flavors, that’s nothing an unhealthy amount of salt (provided largely by the corner beef in this dish) can’t fix. Once you drink enough whisky, you won’t care too much anyway. Corned Beef and Cabbage is also the traditional Irish-American dish for St. Patricks Day.
Happy New Years
Happy New Years folks. You know, I just don’t really feel it. I think 2009 is going to suck, in a big big way. I hope you all enjoy the New New Deal.
Remembering Chuck
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Time has posted fond farewells for 2008, and number 17 is Charlton Heston. However, the writer seems confused:
Offscreen, Heston was a figure of epic contradictions. In the ’60s he marched with Martin Luther King; in the ’90s he headed the National Rifle Association.
There’s nothing contradictory about civil rights work.
A Year in Review
Other bloggers review their best stories for the year. I choose to satisfy my inner traffic whore and look at my traffic stats for the year. The numbers look a hell of a lot better than my 401k which kind of looks like this, only with a negative slope:
Thank you to all my readers, and I hope you have a great New Years celebration.
Common Sense in Schools
Firearms and Freedom has a post that shows at least some schools aren’t taking zero tolerance thing too terribly serious. That said, you should know where your guns are.
Obama’s Pick for Education Secretary
Apparently despite originally being Chicago Public School’s superintendent, he also does a lot of anti-gun activism on the side. Thank God the federal governments limited and enumerated powers don’t include education! (*smirk* I can’t even say that with a straight face) Apparently Chicago Public Schools also have a 51% graduation rate. That’s almost as much fun as Bill “The Education President” Clinton taking Arkansas from 49th in the nation to 47th.