Originally mentioned here was the story of members at THR donating money to get a 1911 into the hands of a WWII vet. In late June 2004 he got the pistol.
I regret to inform you that Mr. Davis has now passed on.
Rest in peace, Mr. Davis.
Archive for September, 2007
Going Home
September 4th, 2007Free Cats!
September 4th, 2007I swear I’m not turning this place into a cat blog. This weekend a coworker in Sand Hill, MI decided it’s time to find new homes for a couple of their cats. He was hoping I’d take them in but that’s really possible right now.
Here they are:
 Sage |
 Akela |
Select Fire Saiga Shotguns
September 4th, 2007Whoa.
House Keeping
September 4th, 2007Yeah, so there’s a new theme on here. I upgraded WordPress to version 2.2.2 this evening and tossed on a different theme that would let me take advantage of some of the newer features and plugins.
This looks a little too cutesy too me right now. I might dink with it later.
In other news, the blogroll has been updated. Now that I’m using Google Reader for 90% of my blog reading I decided I’d just keep it to those blogs that I read all the time.
Oh, did you know that Google Reader works with the Wii? They’ve actually got a customized version of it that takes advantage of the Wiimote. It’s neat.
I’m not always right.
September 3rd, 2007If you’ve been here for any length of time you’ve probably found something to disagree with me on. That’s normal.
Some folks might take issue with the number of arms that I keep. Some might disagree with my opinion on gear, what they’re good for, or the loads I keep in my home defense guns. Some might think my views on taxation are a bit off. Maybe there isn’t a centralized plan to create a one world government by gradually merging nations into single economic entities via NAFTA and CAFTA. Maybe we’re not marching toward a police state right here in the US of A.
Those are all topics I’m willing to debate.
However, if this isn’t God awful cute:
… well, I’m not sure you’ve got a soul.
we can haz furever home??
September 1st, 2007Apparently I’m a member of the Triangle of Death. Good to know.
So, the woman and I were loafing about around noon today in the living room. She pipes up, “I want a kitten!” I told her to check Craigslist and see if there were any good ones around. She asked about going to the Humane Society for Kent County, less than 10 minutes away from our house.
I put on my best kid-on-Christmas-day act I could and got myself into the shower in record time. Off to the Huane Society we go!
First: The Kent County facility is really nice. Very clean, well staffed, critters seem to be well taken care of.
So, we get there and start looking around for a kitten. We fill out an application and await a chance to meet with some of the kittens. The first on our list was a pair of brothers. When it came our turn to look at them we’d been informed that one was already visiting with another couple. Bummer.
Anyway, I’ll spare you the details:
We ended up getting both brothers. We only wanted one, but they kinda guilted me into getting both. It didn’t take much, just a mention that they always like to keep siblings together. While the adoption agent was out of the room I talked the woman into just getting both. That didn’t take much work either.
I guess for being a member in the Triangle of Death I’ve got a pretty soft heart, eh?
