- From the “Stupid is as Stupid Does” Department – A person, or possibly a group of people, in California has taken to the streets dressed as clowns. They seem to show up at odd hours and in odd places, and there are reports of some criminal activity. Copycat ‘performance artists’ have been spotted in several areas. Yeah, nothing bad can happen here. You’re just dressing up like a creepy clown, prowling the streets at night, and surprising people. I look forward to the screeches of outrage when one of these jackasses gets shot, beaten, stabbed, run over, or some combination thereof.
- From the “Blackmail” Department – North Korea has told the United States that unless programs to recover the bodies of our service members who were killed in the hermit kingdom during the Korean War, and the payments to the DPRK that go with them, are revived, those bodies will be lost as the land they lay in is developed, folded, spindled, and mutilated. Someone ought to remind the North Koreans that if we can’t recover our fallen, then we’re perfectly happy cremating them in place, along with everything that’s near them.
- From the “Ill Wind” Department – An angler at a lake in California got a surprise when he retrieved a backpack that had been submerged in the lake before its waters receded due to drought. Inside he found several items, including a handgun and an ATF badge. The good citizen turned it all in to local law enforcement, who found out that the backpack had been lost during a boating incident in 1992. Searchers are now combing the lake’s shore for the ATF’s credibility, which it seems to have lost in 1993.
- From the “Innovation” Department – A zoo in Switzerland is under fire after it revealed that the deer and boar meat on the menu at its cafe come from animals culled from the zoo’s herds. Approximately 100 animals are born at the zoo every year, and some have to be killed when homes for the new arrivals aren’t available. Apparently the zoo is wrong for being wise with the meat that the animals gave their lives for, as well as for breaking the myth that meat grows spontaneously on little foam trays at the butcher. I, for one, think that the program should be expanded to allow young people to see how a humane slaughter, butchering, and preparation are done. Might shock a few people to find out that it takes actual work to get food to change from grass and grain into backstrap and bacon.
- From the “Lost in Translation” Department – A library in New Jersey is replacing a bit of masonry when it was found that not only did the Roman numerals on its face give the wrong year, but also that the Latin phrase on the medallion was incorrect. Instead of translating into “We confirm everything twice”, it actually means “We second guess everything”. The architect for the project has said that his firm will replace the medallion free of charge, but also expressed shock that anyone going to the library could actually read, much less in Latin. Victor Davis Hanson issued a short “I told you so.” when asked for comment.
- From the “Springtime in Oz” Department – A suburban Australian was surprised to find two male kangaroos practicing their kick boxing in his street. This just goes to show that in Australia, even the things that we consider cute are deadly badasses. A representative from Fox Sports is on her way to Sidney now to assess whether a new television show can be made from situations like this. I see it being wedged in between cage fighting and Simpsons reruns. On a side note, someone needs to credit Loonie Tunes animators for accuracy, because I never believed that kangaroos actually balanced on their tails when kicking until now.
- From the “Tax Dollars” Department – An Air Force inspector general is looking into the sale of several multi-million dollar cargo aircraft for $32,000 when they were scrapped. These aircraft were purchased for the Afghani Air Force, but the USAF reports that they were unable to fulfill mission requirements and had other problems. If you wanted a metaphor for our involvement in Afghanistan, this is it. We have thrown metric tons of mone into a third-world cesspool, only to have what little there is to show for it destroyed as we leave. It would have been better to just burn the money on the National Mall, because at least we would have gotten a little heat and light from it.
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News Roundup
Posted by daddybear71 on October 13, 2014
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Thoughts on the Day
- Today, I discussed algebra with Little Bear while I was chopping wood. The position of my left hand on the handle was a constant, and the position of the head and my right hand were variables.
- Girlie Bear, about 5000 of my closest friends, and I were at the Louisville Zoo tonight. I was one of the ones giving out candy.
- Disney invented a machine to print money when it came up with the princess merchandising concept. Somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 of the little girls were in some form of that line tonight.
- For once, I am impressed with humanity. The kids tonight were almost uniformly polite, as were their parents. I saw no prostitot costumes, and very few moms dressing up like fetish street walkers to take their kids trick-or-treating.
- I will not complain about listening to the same six songs from Halloween movies, because on my way out, I heard what other groups of volunteers had to listen to. How many hours of “A Whole New World” over and over would it take to make you jump into the polar bear enclosure with salmon strapped to your thorax?
- Tonight, Boo learned the term “cliffhanger” when Irish Woman read him the first chapter in a book, and now he has to wait until tomorrow night to find out what happened.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 12, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/10/12/thoughts-on-the-day-256/
Movie Quotes – Day 284
We’re police officers! We’re not trained to handle this kind of violence! — Demolition Man
How many times did I hear “I didn’t join for this! I joined for the college fund!” when I was in the Army? If you’re going to take a job, you have to do it with your eyes wide open and accept everything that job requires of you. If you take a job that has danger to it, you have to be honest with yourself about whether you’re willing to deal with that. If you take a job that’s going to bore the heck out of you, you have to do the same thing. When you cash the paycheck, you’re promising to be ready to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 12, 2014
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Thoughts on the Day
- My streak of great gun related days stands at 3.
- Tonight, I attended an event called “Gunapalooza”, put on by the Falls of the Ohio Friends of the NRA chapter. Basically, my ticket to the event put me in a drawing. There were 51 guns in the drawing, and they sold 191 tickets, so basically I had about a 1 in 4 chance of winning. The guns started out with rather inexpensive, but nice firearms like a Ruger 10/22, and went all the way up to a very nice Italian over/under shotgun that was said to be worth about $2000. There were also other games and drawings to buy into for firearms and gear.
- In the regular drawing, I won a Kimber Solo Carry with custom grips, which is nice.
- Due to ATF regulations and federal gun control laws, I must wait a few days for magic courier elves to whisk my new pistol across the Ohio River, fighting off the bands of gun thieves and other bandits who prowl the borderlands between Kentucky and Indiana, and bring it to an FFL here in Louisville. This is somehow preferable to me just passing a NICS check tonight and bringing it home in the truck. Pictures will follow once it’s in my hot little hands.
- My brother-in-law, who went to the event with me, won a very nice Marlin .30-30 lever action with gold inlays of a cowboy and the NRA logo on it in one of the side drawings. His ticket was one number higher than mine, which is nice for him, I suppose.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 11, 2014
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Movie Quotes – Day 284
Princess Aura: Look! Water is leaking from her eyes.
The Emperor Ming: It’s what they call tears, it’s a sign of their weakness.
I’m of two minds on this one. There is usually no harm in showing emotion, be it happiness or grief. But there is a time and place for everything. If I feel the need to let grief or sadness out, I tend to do it in privacy. Happiness is something I feel comfortable expressing in public, but I won’t cry in public. There’s no shame in it when I see others do it. It’s just something I don’t do myself.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 11, 2014
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Thoughts on the Day
- It was kind of nice to get phone support from a vendor and have it actually solve the problem.
- It didn’t hurt that I could understand the person who was helping me, even with an accent.
- It is not funny to joke that the worst case scenario has happened while your coworker is doing brain surgery on a server.
- I’ve had two days in a row that involved automatic weapons and explosions. I’ll call that a win.
- Anybody can stub their toe in the dark. It takes pure talent to stub your toe, bruise your knee, and bite your tongue all in the same motion.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 10, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/10/10/thoughts-on-the-day-262/
Movie Quotes – Day 283
A baby holds your hands, and then suddenly, there’s this huge man lifting you off the ground, and then he’s gone. Where’s that son? — My Dinner With Andre
Like I said the other day, we took Little Bear to a college open house last weekend. Girlie Bear is old enough now that she wants to get a job and learn how to drive. We had a parent-teacher conference this morning for Boo. Just yesterday, all of them were new, wrinkly, and pink. Now, I’m staring having one child left at home in the face.
The years you get with your children are finite and they seem to pass quickly. I just hope I take advantage of them while they last.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 10, 2014
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What Are You Doing This Weekend?
If you’re in or around Louisville this weekend and you don’t go to the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot, you better be in jail or dead.
And if you’re in jail, break out.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 10, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/10/10/what-are-you-doing-this-weekend/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on October 10, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/10/10/todays-earworm-563/
Thoughts on the Day
- It is quite refreshing to work with someone who not only comes to me with the information I need to help him, but also thanks me for doing it.
- Note to self: I am not allowed to call meeting minutes and agendas “Whiny Bitch Bingo”.
- I take it as a sign of frustration when I hear the words “Screw it. Go get the explosives.” through a locked door.
- Machine guns be loud.
- So are grenade simulators.
- Tell me if I’m wrong here, but I can’t be the only veteran who looks at a cloud of yellow-gray smoke and doesn’t immediately think of CS gas.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 10, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/10/10/thoughts-on-the-day-261/
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