September 21, 2013

LinkFest

Well, when a co-worker and our boss quit on the same day, I thought that'd max out the overtime opportunities within the company. I was wrong. After that the owners decided they didn't need a supervisor over my division after...
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January 23, 2013

Gone So Long

Ever take a vacation and leave someone else in charge of the house, thinking everything would be just dandy when ya got back? Only when you did pop open the door – or what was left of it as it...
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May 18, 2007

So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

Last week when I made my decision I wrote a post & saved it, planning on editing it later. I'm scrapping it (save for a few select parts) & starting over. I've updated the Bloggers Firearm Instruction page & added...
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Tidying Up

There are two posts of mine I want to comment on. One was a stand alone post, the other - well others actually - was part of a series that I meant to finish but don't think I'll be able...
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May 12, 2007

Seven Days (Again)

I've written about the song before. It's a sweet little tune by Sting that I always enjoyed listening to as much as playing but most importantly this time it's title appropriate. Here's another vid of the tune. For the next...
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April 30, 2007

Anybody Listening?

My favorite Queensryche tune. (Vid here, though it's edited down a bit from the album version). Rarely have I felt a song to be more applicable to my life & temperament (& perhaps you'd find it's just as appropriate for...
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April 19, 2007

Yay!

Today marks 3 years on mu.nu Many thanks again to Pixy. & thanks to Rocketjones & Mookie (who seems to have abondoned her blog but left lyrics from a Chairman of the Board tune up) for recommending me to Pixy....
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April 11, 2007

The Kitty Of Doom

Swamped. The cute furry predator pic (that will hopefully make up for the lack of meaningful content) will have something to do with the next Indiana Jones flick (scheduled to be released in May of 2008)....
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April 03, 2007

Kissing A Fool

Say whatever you want about George Michael but every now & then he does something nice. This tune is very reminiscent of the classic jazz style back when it was as likely to be heard on mainstream "Top 40" stations...
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April 01, 2007

At Last

The incomparable miss Etta James. Here's a vid set to some kinda anime thing that features Etta doing the tune. Etta has done her share of blues standards & here's a vid of the legendary miss Etta James doing You...
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March 21, 2007

Over And Over

If I had enough time to do a decent post, I might use the title to reflect & gripe a little bit on the repetitive nature of continually arguing the same points (it's not like the concept of individual Rights...
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March 10, 2007

More Parker Links

Jed of Freedomsight has posted a very thorough list of blogs that discuss the decision in Parker v. D.C. For your convenience here's what some lawyers (or soon to be lawyers in the first instance) are saying about the decision:...
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March 08, 2007

Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman

I dislike Bryan Adams. The taunt so popular in the 80's of "poser" could not have landed on a more appropriate person. But he is capable of writing a decent tune every now & then. This one was on the...
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March 06, 2007

Gravity

Family drama, medical drama, the threat of sudden travel, bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, losing old friends, hearing the specifics of said loss from old mutual friends, health insurance, 401k's, unwelcome former relatives, partial reconciliation between siblings, making peace between two other...
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February 18, 2007

RMBB v 6.0 Cross Bones Style Follow Up

The RMBB v6.0 occurred, unfortunately without all the talk of CatPower as was alluded to (but mad props to David J of Resurrection Song for having some Temple of the Dog playing in the background). There's more discussion of the...
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February 13, 2007

ATFU Season?

Gunner, bless his little heart, left a note for the ATFU on their website. While I got a big chuckle out of Gunner's post my response would have inquired about seasons & bag limits. In fact I can envision the...
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January 30, 2007

RMBB V 6.0 Cross Bones Style Part Two

The Rocky Mountain Blogger's Bash v. 6.0 (Cross Bones Style - as discussed here) now has a location set. & no; it's not anything close to centrally located, unless your idea of central is being in a double your chances...
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January 26, 2007

Typing

Since Say Uncle talked about it in a meme related post & The Smallest Minority did an entire post on it, who am I to turn down easy blog fodder? Uncle mentioned that he'd heard that a small percentage of...
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January 25, 2007

A Pirate Looks At Four

I posted this at 3:00 a.m. MST on January 25th, 2007. I'm changing the date to keep it at the top for the day. Scroll down for new stuff. Well aside from being the only title I could think of...
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January 12, 2007

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore

Prince yet again. A simple tune in instrumentation but damn if the kid can't make ya feel what he's talkin' 'bout. The dynamics of the piano coupled with the inflections of his voice & the backing vocals - you have...
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January 10, 2007

RMBB 6.0 Cross Bones Style

Notice a shortage of your favorite adult beverage lately? That's cause Colorado is preparing for another Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash (click the link to see the cool graphic). Coincidentally if you own stock in any decent liquors, liquores or imported...
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January 08, 2007

17 Days

Prince again. Love him. Hate him. Whatever. But the little purple such & such is probably the best composer of our time. He doesn't always write hits but that's usually because he just doesn't want to write a hit. As...
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January 03, 2007

Stealing A Stolen Idea

I know - but he stole it first. The rules of this stolen idea are simple; select one post from each month of 2006. But I'm gonna cheat & in the extended entry I'm going to list several of what...
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December 31, 2006

InstaGratification

I was thinking just the other day that it'd been a long time since I was Instalanched. I guess I should have thought that it'd been a long time since I won the lottery. :) Here's Instapundit's very brief post...
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December 25, 2006

Feline Navidad?

I wrote a post a while back about a furry friend who was ill. I'll be quick to claim that I'm just making sure I've got the hang of the work-around to the upload problems I've been having, but odds...
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December 15, 2006

Too Late

Fuz, I really do appreciate both the sentiment & the motivation behind it cause I really understand where you're coming from, but I fear you're just throwing a pack of matches into the bonfire (so to speak type). Ditto for...
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November 03, 2006

Picture Of My Life

It's a tune by a band called Jamiroquai. Most of there stuff is disco-y type funk but this one (& a few others of theirs) is much more jazzy. It's from the album A Funk Odyssey It was never released...
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October 29, 2006

Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away

The Rev. Al Green & Lyle Lovett did a decent cover of this tune for the Rhythm, Country & Blues album CD. Then again a lot of folks have covered it; Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Spinners, Brooke Benton, Leon Russell,...
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York

Heartless Libertarian points to this link which claims they think they've located the spot where Sgt. York (then a corporal) did his thing back in WW1. & speaking of military matters a belated congrats to Heartless Libertarian who is now...
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October 26, 2006

Belated Props

Stop The Bleating turned four - either a few days ago or last week. No one is really sure. In any case here's wishing Mssrs. Matt & Old Skool a happy one & that they'll have at least a few...
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October 22, 2006

Cut The Cake

Average White Band. Funny; I never thought there was anything average about them. Alphecca turned 4 years old today (but he doesn't look a day over 2). Go over & wish him well. & save a slice of cake for...
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October 09, 2006

Having A Party

Sam Cooke. Ah, the good ol' days. Say Uncle has a round up of the Gunblogger Rendezvous of last weekend. I do wish I could have made it but reading about it (& checking out the pics) is the next...
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October 05, 2006

California Dreaming

The Mamas & The Papas. I always liked that tune for some reason. I noticed via the referal logs that I'm currently the Number 2 result on Google for "gun owner moving to california" It's due to the post Comments...
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September 19, 2006

A Pirate Looks At Forty

Argghhh. Avast ye swabs & be beholden to the bard James of Buffet who penned the tune that this blasted post be titled after. It be a sweet enough tune to make an old salt add some of his own...
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August 25, 2006

RMBBv5.5

The Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash v. 5.5 is set for tonight at the Moon Time Bar (formerly the Minturn Saloon). Just sayin'....
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July 13, 2006

And How

In my post about the family that was murdered in Indiana an entity named "and how" left a rather lengthy comment disagreeing with my thoughts to put it mildly. Fish or Man left a comment taking up for me &...
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April 19, 2006

Patriots Day 2006

Yesterday marked 2 years as a Munuvian. Yay! (I never did find out what the hell that means exactly...) That's out of a little over 3 years total blogging (the first year and 3 months were spent at blogspot). Many...
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February 08, 2006

For Lack Of Real Content Yet Again

Ahem. Frappr! That is all....
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February 06, 2006

Bashing Bloggers RMBB v. 5.0

Er, actually that should have read "Blogger's Bash". Specifically the Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash v. 5.0 & there's a short (yeah right) rant behind the "v. 5.0" qualifier:...
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January 27, 2006

Another Year?

Two days ago (the 25th) was my bloggiversary. Been at this for 3 years. 3 years! In net circles I think that officially makes me "creepy ancient". Here's last year's bloggiversary post. Not that I've done it alone. I have...
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Carnaval De Les Garand

With so many responses I figure I had better just get to it. The M1 Garand is considered antiquated by some (known as "heathens" round here) & revered by others (my people) but it's generally agreed upon that they're just...
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January 24, 2006

Blogger Survey

Just out of curiousity how many bloggers out there own at least one M1 Garand? How many plan on owning one sometime in the near future? How many would at least like to? Just wondering. But if you're a blogger...
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December 13, 2005

In Place Of Real Content

Frappr! Just thought I'd mention it once more....
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December 09, 2005

Sticky

I'm still waiting to get the site straightened out. Most notably the blogroll is not what it used to be. This is due to the template not being the most current one. When the Munu server crashed in August it...
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December 04, 2005

Since All The Cool Kids Are Doing It

Far be it from me to buck a popular trend. (Really - all the cool kids are doing it.) Besides, I do travel from time to time & always enjoy shooting with new friends. Frappr! Just click the link &...
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November 15, 2005

Reader Survey Follow Up

I asked some questions last week & I got a few answers. All but two folks who answered my questions are in Cali. The exceptions are a gent from Massachusetts & another fellow who works in D.C. but lives in...
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November 06, 2005

Reader Survey

I'm feeling a bit grumpy so I'm not going to phrase this as diplomatically as I could. Or should. Going over the referal logs I see a lot of people visit here from certain states. These are states which I...
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October 14, 2005

No Attempt At A Witty Title; Just Carnivals & Checks

Carnival of Cordite #32 Carnival of Cordite #33 Carnival of Liberty XIV Carnival of Liberty XV Weekly Review of the Media on Guns October 4th Edition Weekly Check on the Bias October 11th Edition (Note return to original title)...
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October 10, 2005

Blogging High Power

I talked my pal over at Libercontrarian into going to a match with me. If you're unfamiliar with High Power Rifle Matches then click that link. If you just want the Libercontrarian's take on things then click that link. &...
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September 27, 2005

Carnivals & Links, Not Car Novels & Lynx

Carnival of Cordite #31 Carnival of Liberty XII Carnival of Liberty XIII Weekly Check on the Bias September 20th Edition Weekly Media Report September 27th Edition (Note snazzy new title) Geek With A .45 posts about the mindset of gun...
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September 19, 2005

Avast! There Be Carnivals

Aye me maties; carnivals fit fer weather fair & foul. Carnival of Cordite # 30 Carnival of Liberty XI Off with ye smartly & givum a good a'turning with yer eyes or you'll be a swabbin the deck. Aarrr &...
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September 15, 2005

I Think I've Created A Monster

Granted, a monster that looks very nice in heels & generally appears un-monster-like. Then again as much as I'd like to I doubt I had that much to do with her "turning" into one of us. In any case the...
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September 14, 2005

Catching Up With Linkage

Carnival of Liberty VIII Carnival of Liberty IX Carnival of Liberty X Carnival of Cordite #27 Carnival of Cordite #28 Carnival of Cordite #29 (Double Edition) Weekly Check on the Bias August 23rd Edition Weekly Check on the Bias September...
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September 04, 2005

Blogger On The Scene

Nicki has been deployed. She should be in Louisiana soon, if not already. I'll worry about her a little, but I'll worry much more about anyone who gets in her way. She's a good writer & generally nice person, but...
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September 01, 2005

Lutes are Good; Looters Are Bad

You know what this post will be about. It just so happens when I was doing a little bit of researching that the years of an 8 a.m. music history class (8 a.m. classes for musicians??? hell, it was hours...
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RPR

That'd be Reader Participation Requested. I'm in a time crunch & I'm trying to get something else finished but there's something that should be addressed. Strawman responded to my posted critique of his comments over at miss Annika's. I probably...
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August 31, 2005

Discouraging Folks Who Are Doing Good

The lovely, talented & accurate Annika Oakley miss Annika has a post about her most recent range trip, which is becoming a weekly thing for her. She's coming along quite well on the path to gun nuttery. But as is...
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August 29, 2005

Stand BY

Working through some things related to the Munuvian black out of late last week. If you notice the site being a little different it is. I'm trying to get things straightened back out as we speak...er type. (Date changed to...
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August 22, 2005

Comments III: Worst State And Best Country For Gun Owners?

In the previous post I said I'd get around to answering the lovely, talented & accurate Miss Annika's questions. The questions were: "i'm going to take the Cali Firearms Safety Certificate test today. i read through all the laws and...
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Comments II: California's HSC

In the previous post I addressed some comments left by readers. One seemed to merit special attention as it raised a subject that can't be treated with a paragraph or two, least not by certain long winded bastards such as...
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August 20, 2005

Comments

I've been slack in responding to some comments left by readers. This is inexcusable since I have some very bright readers who either ask questions deserving of an answer or offer insights that I may have missed. To give you...
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August 16, 2005

Mo' Links

Carnival of Liberty VII Carnival of Cordite XXVI Weekly Check on the Bias August 16th Edition I found some intersting links over the past few days while working on the High Power post. I'd like to give them all individual...
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August 14, 2005

Another New Shooter Behind Enemy Lines

The lovely & talented Miss Annika is well on her way to becoming a gun nut. Course considering the fine work she did at the range I should probably stop calling her "miss" :) For the pertinent stats: Sig 226...
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August 09, 2005

Linkages & Stuff

Carnival of Cordite #24 Carnival of Liberty VI No Weekly Check on the Bias for you, but Jeff always has interesting content anyway, so go read. Say Uncle tells the tale of a man killed in a no-knock raid for...
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August 02, 2005

Making Up For Missed Links

Carnival of Liberty #4 Carnival of Liberty #5 Carnival of Cordite #23 Carnival of Cordite #24 Now the next three have something I'd like to point out; Jeff has featured pics from Distinguished Reader Robert in all of those Weekly...
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July 20, 2005

Powder. Gatherings. Tabs.

Hey - coming up with unique titles isn't easy. Carnival of the Cordite No. 21 Carnival of the Cordite No. 22 Carnival of Liberty No. 2 Carnival of Liberty No. 3 Alphecca's Weekly Check on the Bias (July 12th edition)...
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July 05, 2005

Carny Check

Carnival of the Cordite #20 Carnival of Liberty #1 Weekly Check on the Bias, July 5th edition That is all. Go read....
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June 28, 2005

Communities And Carnivals

The Truth Laid Bear has gone through some changes. One of them is the addition of a "Communities" page. There's one called Gunbloggers. Guess what it's about? Many thanks to SayUncle for putting things together. There's also one which...
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June 17, 2005

Yet Another Blogroll Update

Just when I thought I had this psuedonym all to myself : Publicola II (no relation) Bellicose Women's Brigade Brain Fertilizer Eric's Grumbles Before the Grave Giving Up & Giving In Life's Better Ideas Little Red Blog Of Arms and...
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June 14, 2005

Still Got Some Sand In My Shoes

I'm back, though swamped at the moment. many thanks to the fine guest bloggers Miss Annika, James, Jed & Matt (who have an open invite to post here anytime). I'll try to post a brief account of the trip but...
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May 18, 2005

Carolina On My Mind

Two guest bloggers have already posted & there'll be a few more to follow. The short version is: I'm taking a vacation. The long version is: I am taking a vacation. Heading to the Carolinas for a few weeks. Colorado...
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May 15, 2005

Is This Thing On?

Howdy folks. Jed from FreedomSight here. Publicola asked for a few volunteer guest bloggers, and I'm one of 'em. Considering how little i've been writing lately on my own blog ... well, I hope to get back in the saddle...
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May 10, 2005

You Retreat Whilst I Overcome

Dani Newsum wrote a piece that appears in The Denver Posts' bloghouse. It's an attempted critique of Florida's no duty to retreat law. Let us fisk....
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May 06, 2005

GUNS 'N' RKBA ROUND-UP

Hey folks; temporary Munuvian Matt Rustler here. Publicola was kind enough to ask me to come over and guest-blog while he's traveling. He hasn't left yet, but he did say we pinch-hitters could start anytime. So here's a little feature...
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Posts, Pics & Prizes

Carnival of the Cordite No. 11 is up. & in caseyou missed it here's the link to No. 10. Wadcutter has a post up about a shooting expedition. The particpants were Wadcutter, the Libercontrarian & yours truly. I intend to...
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April 19, 2005

Happy MuNu To Me?

Yesterday (the 18th) marked one year as a Munuvian. Many thanks to our gracious host Pixy who runs a fine damn blog as well as giving people like me a very cool forum in which to write (as well as...
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April 18, 2005

Cordite, Enfields & Garands - Oh My!

Carnival of the Cordite (#9) is up. So is Les Jones' Gun Links #37 (Lee-enfield Edition). & some of you may have noticed during your shopping for Buy A Gun Garand Day - the CMP has changed its pricing &...
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April 07, 2005

Libel

If a newspaper had constantly referred to Michael Jackson as a pedophile they'd have risked not only the loss of their reputation (or what's left of it) but possible legal action. Same if they'd have called OJ a murderer or...
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April 05, 2005

A Bash Of Bloggers

Last Saturday was The Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash 4.0. I was there, or at least someone who claimed to be me. Libercontrarian, Freedomsight, Wadcutter, Resurrection Song, Brain Fertilizer, A Bellandean, Colorado Conservative, Avoiding the Tar Baby & Little Red Blog...
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Links For Your Clicking Enjoyment

Alphecca's Weekly Check on the Bias is up The Carnival of the Cordite (Edition 7) is up. Clayton Cramer has More on the Minuteman Project as well as disturbing news concerning self defense in New York. Dave Hardy & Dave...
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April 04, 2005

Responding To A Comment

Something caught my eye in the comments to this post about the murders in the Minnesota school a few weeks back....
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April 01, 2005

So Many Bars...

Mosey on over to the BAR err Bar I mean bar & wish miss Annika a happy birthday. Buy her a shot or twelve, don't hate her or at least be nice to her....
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March 30, 2005

Chat 2

I'm going to give the gun blogger chat another try tomorrow (Thursday the 31rst of March). I'll have a Yahoo chat room open from around 4 p.m. MST till at least 7 p.m. (but possibly later than that). So if...
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March 29, 2005

Check Your Cordite?

Alphecca's Weekly Check is up. So is The Carnival of the Cordite (edition 6). Go Read....
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March 28, 2005

Another Blogroll Update

I don't mean to include just anybody on my blogroll (apperently it's more like "just everybody" :D ). I have exacting, scientifically established criteria. Those are (in order of importance): the author (or one of the authors) has to be...
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March 23, 2005

Weekly Linkage

If you haven't checked them out yet go see the Carnival of the Cordite #5 & Alphecca's Weekly Check on the Bias....
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March 22, 2005

Q & A

This is in answer to a question posed by Hugh Hewitt on his show today. I couldn't make it to a keyboard but then again that's why the good Lord gave us audio blogger. :) Oh, the question was why...
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Figures - On Both Counts

Nicki has been posting up a storm since she left my blog. (that's the first "figures"). Of particular interest she posts about a Handgun Control Inc Brady Campaign to enable easier pickins for criminals Prevent Gun Violence press release calling...
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March 13, 2005

It's Easier To Post Links Than To Write

Carnival of the Cordite Number 4 is up Les Jones' Gun Links #35 - Military Surplus Edition is up. (Although despite the title I didn't see any gas operated .30 caliber service rifles. I'm sure that was merely an oversight...
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March 09, 2005

Happenings

Drop by miss Annika's place today & wish her a happy 2nd bloggiversary (she doesn't look a day over 1 to me). She's having a poker party to celebrate. Unfortunately I won't be able to attend but if someone would...
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March 07, 2005

Oh No They Can't Take That Away From Me...

Some bloggers aren't taking the news well that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law may be applicable to bloggers. I'm one of them....
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A Poll...Sorta

As you may have noticed I have a new banner up. Let me know if you like it better or prefer the old one (in which case I'll try to make another one that looks more like the old one)....
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February 25, 2005

Gunny Filled Goodness

Carnival of the Cordite is up. So is Gun Links #34. & while Alphecca doesn't have a Weekly Check on the Bias up that's no excuse not to drop by & read....
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February 18, 2005

NPA

No; it's not a new rap group. I've mentioned Natural Point of Aim before in The 5 Main Firing Positions For Rifle. Cabinboy of The Revolutionary War Veterans Association has a more in depth treatment of the subject in a...
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February 16, 2005

Insert Catchy Title Here

Alphecca has his Weekly Check on the Bias up. In case you didn't know he moved it to Tuesdays. But that's no excuse to not see what he's up to every day. I suspect many people just look to him...
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February 13, 2005

Required Reading

FEAR, The Philosophy and Politics thereof: From Kevin of The Smallest Minority. Read....
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February 05, 2005

Annikaview

No, I don't have pics of miss Annika to post. However I do have a link to Matt of Stop The Bleating's interview with miss Annika. Go read....
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February 01, 2005

Another Gun Blogger

David Codrea has a blog called The War On Guns. Go read....
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January 31, 2005

Links

Just some links to what some other gun bloggers are talking about....
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January 24, 2005

Bloggiversary

I'll probably be posting later today & tomorrow but I wanted to get this out of the way while I knew for certain I'd be near a keyboard. Tomorrow - January 25th - will mark two years for me as...
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NRA BOD

Fuz is soliciting comments about the NRA's Board of director elections that are around the corner. I've closed the coments to this post so mosey on over to Fuz's place & drop your two cents. If you're curious about mine...
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January 16, 2005

If This Keeps Up Maybe I Can Retire

As I don't think my blogroll is near big enough here are some new editions: Hammer Of Truth; My Side Of The Couch; Old Blind Dog; One In A Row...; Pejmanesque; Scott's Space; The Micheal Bane Blog; & Wadcutter. Give...
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January 15, 2005

BF = BS

Kevin of The Smallest Minority has a piece up entitled Why Ballistic Fingerprinting Doesn't (and Won't) Work. Go read....
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January 13, 2005

Chat

If you're a blogger who is pro Right to Arms or at least sympathetic then you're cordially invited to a chat I'm hosting on Yahoo. Send me an instant message (publicola_mu is my user I.D.) or e-mail me (add @yahoo.com...
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January 11, 2005

...& Nicki Wasn't There...

...I looked all around but all I found was a url on the stairs... Nicki Fellenzer has decided to branch out. She's started her own blog called The Liberty Zone. Go check her out & give her congrats on her...
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December 30, 2004

Additions To The Blogroll

These are all worth checking out, hence throwing them into the already crowded blogroll. In alphabetical order - Blue Eyed Infidel; Capitalist Lion; Cinomed's Tower; Civilian Marksmanship Program; Cowboy Blob; Hugh Hewitt; Independence Institute; Individ; Libertarian Girl; Man At Arms;...
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December 28, 2004

The Things You Learn While Look Up Older Posts

"I think you should be under house arrest.....as you are obviously deranged."...
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Gun Bloggers & The Year In Review

Alphecca isn't doing his Weekly Check on the Bias this week. Instead he's doing the Yearly Check. Of course it's a wrap up of what has occurred this year that concerns firearms. It's by no means exhaustive; he just sticks...
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December 21, 2004

Weekly Check & Florida AWB?

Alphecca has The Weekly Check up. Also he has the scoop on a proposed "assault weapon" ban in Florida, including the text of the bill. If you've never done it before tell him thanks for all the hard work he...
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Pulling Them Back Down By Their Ankles

Jason's situation has generated a lot of comments around the blogosphere. Most have been supportive but a few haven't been. It's interesting how gun owners can turn so quickly on their own kind because of seemingly minute differences. Disagreeing with...
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December 14, 2004

Check Please....Weekly Check That Is

Jeff's got hsi Weekly Check on the Bias up. If for some reason you haven't read it yet now's as good a time as any. As usual you won't be disappointed - well, not with Jeff;s work at least. The...
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December 11, 2004

Don't Start None, Won't Be None

I've went a round or two with XRLQ before. We've disagreed on a few things & discussed them in more or less a reasonable manner. I even devoted a category to our disagreements. But now he's went & done something...
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December 08, 2004

A Voice Made For Telegraph

Since everyone else seems to be doing it I figured I'd give it a try. Give it a listen & let me know what you think....
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November 30, 2004

A Few Good Links

There are some new posts over at The Shooter's Carnival. I didn't write the post at the top of the page (The Smallest Minority did) though I do recommend it, despite not knowing what he means when he refers to...
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November 23, 2004

Weekly Air Check?

Not only is Jeff's Weekly Check on the Bias posted at his site, but he talks about it on Cam Edwards' Radio Show. Go read. And listen....
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November 07, 2004

Another Gun Control Debate

I'm participating in one over at Stop The Bleating. Shocking, I know. But it may be interesting. The post in question is titled Howling In Outrage To Shake The Pillars Of Heavan & is a response to this post by...
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October 29, 2004

Told Ya So

I talked to an intelligent, beautiful woman the other day, & more importantly I have proof. Sure, Glenn Reynolds may get a few trillion hits a day, but he never was interviewed by miss Annika. I think I'm one up...
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October 28, 2004

"Now Listen To My Story 'Bout A Man Named Jed..."

Head on over to FreedomSight & wish Jed a (belated) Happy Blogiversary....
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October 25, 2004

Congrats Times Two

My good friend Jeff of Alphecca & Tarazet fame has hit two milestones this last week: On Friday he hit the two year mark for his blog & on Sunday he turned 50 years of age. While you're over there...
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October 18, 2004

Double Duty

I write here, as well as at The Shooters' Carnival. Though it's dormant for the moment (we hope) I contributed at Walking The Walls. Now there's another blog I post on. Matt of Stop The Bleating is taking a break...
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Another Anti-Gun Bill In The Senate

Triggerfinger has the scoop & some thoughts. & just when I thought I could avoid C-Span2 till November....
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October 14, 2004

New Stuff

Just some new links I think you should be aware of....
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October 13, 2004

Links

Jeff has his Weekly Check on the Bias up. Jed has the Weekly Fusillade up. Fuz has the Rocky Mountain Blogger Roundup up. Go read. (& yes, I would have linked them even if I wasn't linked in each of...
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September 28, 2004

Trying To Be A Good Ex-Boyfriend

Postings have been light around here & may continue to be so for a while. Normally I'll just post when I can & not attempt to forewarn or explain any absence from the keyboard. Partly this is because I'm hoping...
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September 14, 2004

Alphecca's Weekly Check

Jeff has his Weekly Check on the Bias Report up. Its' the End of the AWB edition. & Cam Edwards will be intervieiwng Jeff this Wednesday sometime between 2p.m. & 5p.m. on Cam's NRA radio show....
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September 13, 2004

Hell Hath No Fury, Nor Does It Look As Good In Heels...

The lovely & talented Miss Annika is a very intelligent young lady. Her writing is as entertaining as it is well crafted. She is one of the few of my non-gun nut daily reads. As a matter of fact she...
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September 09, 2004

The Press Is Using Panic While The Blogs Are Using Facts

The mainstream media is starting to unravel over the AWB. For a while they had made an attempt at seeming impartial (granted, not a very good attempt, but the effort was occasionally visible). Now they're back to warning of the...
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September 07, 2004

Around The States

Geek with A .45 has some perspective on how bad Rep. Holt wants the nation to be. Meanwhile Clayton Cramer tells us of a victory for a gun owner in Cali. In court. Without having to draw down on the...
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August 20, 2004

Volokh v. Scher (& Seder?)

Prof. Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy will engage Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis in a deabte about gun cuntrol on Air America at 5:15 p.m. Pacific time. I'll try to live blog it & I'll update this post accordingly. Updated:...
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August 19, 2004

AWB links

This is just a round up of the "assault weapons" ban posts from various bloggers. It's by no means complete. If you notice that a few of the posts seem to be saying the same thing it's probably because the...
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August 14, 2004

Change Will Do You Good, Though I Prefer Folding Money

There's been some re-arranging as well as addition to this blog....
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August 10, 2004

For Those About To Blog, We Salute You

Jed over at FreedomSight aims to take up the slack left by Les Jones' prediction of irregular blogging on his part. (& with a newborn to take care of I can't say as I blame him at all.) Jed, being...
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August 07, 2004

A New Blog in Nebraska

I realize you have been starved for political news from a pro-gun perspective out of Nebraska. Well your hunger is over....
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July 21, 2004

Cogito Ergo Pixy

Pixy Misa (the guy who put the mu.nu in Munuvian) has a post up concerning philosophy that you should check out. It's an introduction to a larger series he's doing concerning the philosophical basis of politics. It's a long post...
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July 17, 2004

Molon Labe? Molon Labe Indeed.

In case you're the one reader who missed the linkage from everyplace else on the net, go read Heartless Libertarian's post entitled You Go to Hell! You Go to Hell and You Die!!!!!....
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Us Hillbillies Has Gots Tu Stik Tugeder

Matt at Stop The Bleating has a fine fisking of a Washinton Times article. The article decries the practice of openly carrying arms. Put down your chaw & go study on it a spell. (Redneck to Instapundit translation - Heh....
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June 02, 2004

Paging John Galt....

I was checking out the Legal & Political Forum at The High Road & stumbled upon this thread. It points to a blog called Hello, My Name Is Kate. Actually it points to a particular post of hers entitled Teens...
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May 27, 2004

Utah, Switzerland, St. Tucker & other gun links

Just a round up of a few interesting posts around the blogosphere....
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May 14, 2004

A Bloggiversary

Stop by The Smallest Minority & congratulate Kevin on his blog hitting the 1 year mark. If you've never been there before I'd suggest starting off with these older posts of his to appreciate what you've been missing: That Sumbitch...
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May 10, 2004

Check Please

Alphecca's Weekly Check on the Bias (now powered by Moveable Type 2.661) is up. It concentrates on the Million Mom March this past weekend. & million is used loosely. Very loosely. Extremely Loosely. Downright inaccurately in fact. While Jeff's check...
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May 07, 2004

Updated blogroll

I fixed a problem or two in the blogroll & made some new editions that you might want to know about....
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May 06, 2004

Interesting things in the blogosphere

First of all a very sincere welcome back to Ms. Rachel Lucas. She was missed. Clayton Cramer has a post up about a Chicago city official demanding & then defending preferential treatment for elected officials (namely herself). Clayton asks if...
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April 19, 2004

About the move...

First of all many thanks to Pixy for making the most kind & generous offer to let me set up shop in his space. It'll take a few days to a few weeks to get everything in order so please...
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April 18, 2004

To help our Bleaker Parts

Emily Dickinson To help our Bleaker Parts Salubrious Hours are given Which if they do not fir for Earth Drill silently for Heaven— [Running low on Ogden Nash, I turn to plagiarist.com's Random Poem function, and it keeps coming up...
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