Just saw this.

A big bore caliber like that in a pistol? It hurts just to think about it. Put this up on my list of wants when money is no object.

“It’s the .88 Magnum, it shoots through schools”

Iran has reported that it launched a satellite into Earth orbit over the weekend.

What’s worrisome is that if you can put a satellite into orbit, you can put a missile into a city.

Even if you don’t have a nuclear payload, just having the ability to put a high explosive warhead into a major American or European city would be enough to create panic.

Here’s a situation you should consider:

Assume that the guidance package on an Iranian ICBM would be about as good as a Soviet missile in the 1970’s or 1980’s. So it wouldn’t be able to target a particular building, or even a particular city block, but might have a circular area of error of between 1 and 2 kilometers.

Now let’s assume that you fire, oh, 25 or so of these things at Manhattan, London, Berlin, or Hong Kong.

Yes, you’re not going to hit anything important on purpose, but if you sprinkle high explosive bombs over a city like that, things are going to get pretty scary for those on the receiving end, even if their individual chances of being hurt are pretty minimal.

And it’s not too difficult to take a few years and improve both your payload and guidance enough that you have a really workable nuclear deterrent.

Let’s see how the new administration reacts when they wake up to realize that Iran not only hates our guts, but they have the tools to start World War III, and they don’t care if they all die in ball of fire. To them it would be a blaze of glory.

Well, the schools are finally open, the kids schlepped themselves off this morning, and I’m back in the office. Almost got killed on multiple occasions on my way to work due to the fluffy white stuff that was coming down causing seizures on the part of the other drivers.

Spent the day doing stuff that got put off last week due to noone being able to work at the office. Gotta love it.

From The Onion, one of my favorite publications:

Aquarius Jan 20 – Feb 18

Sure, a spoon full of sugar may make the medicine go down, but if it’s suppositories you’re struggling with, the spoon isn’t going to help.

Could be my new motto.

Well, the Steelers pulled it out at the last minute.

I was impressed by how well both teams performed, and the game actually went through, even with the extended half time before the middle of the night.

A couple of years ago, noone thought Kurt Warner should have still been playing. He played at least as well as he did in his last two Superbowl appearances, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t come back as a starter next year.

Congrats to the Steelers on a great game.

That has to have been the most enjoyable Super Bowl I’ve ever watched. I love a good close game.

Exactly when did some old geezer who can’t breathe all the way through his own signature anthem become million dollar entertainment?

And he must be paying off a bookie or something for the plug he gave Disney at the end.

The ice on our trees has all melted or fallen off. No major damage to our trees, but some of our neighbors lost big limbs or whole trees.

Little Bear came over yesterday, and he had a good time with the other cubs. All three of the older kids went out and played in the snow.

Louisville is slowly getting back to normal. I’ve been hunting for a replacement snow shovel, but no luck. Our snow shovel broke while Junior was out shoveling the driveway. A wood bee had tunneled down through the length of the handle, and it broke when he tried to pick up a load of snow. I’ve scoured the area, but no snow or grain shovels are available.

Not sure if the schools will be open tomorrow. I certainly hope so. Our bosses have been really cool about us working from home, but I don’t want to push it.
Here’s a pic from our back window. Really pretty, but you could hear the trees breaking from hundreds of yards away.

Update: School still out in Louisville, but they expect to hold classes on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh will win this one, but it will be close.

Well, the storm has broken here. We got a couple more inches of snow today, but not too much to keep Junior Bear from shoveling out our driveway pretty quickly.

We didn’t suffer any significant damage from the ice, at least not so far. The breaking sound that made me think we had lost part of the maple tree was in the neighbor’s yard. All of our trees and bushes are drooping, but not breaking.

The news reports that over half a million people across the state have lost power. We’ve had a few more flickers, but so far so good.

I’m not having to work tonight, so if day care is open tomorrow, I’m going into the office. If not, I’ll work from home. The roads are mostly clear once you get out of the neighborhoods, and my office building still has power.

So, we’re doing OK. A lot of my friends aren’t as fortunate, but hopefully LG&E will get the power on for them soon.

Well, the little critter will be poking his head out soon, and if you don’t like his prediction, you can at least cook and eat the son of a gun.

You know, I never noticed recipes like this before I moved to Kentucky. Funny how your environment can change you.

Now, I have groundhogs living within eyesight of my front yard, and if the S H’s The F, they may just end up smoked, pulled, and smothered in the Irish Woman’s signature barbecue sauce.

MMMM, barbecue rodent.