- Kathy Jackson makes a good point: it’s not about exacting justice from the other party or whether they deserve your reaction to an attack, it’s about staying alive and going home. She makes an even better one about the necessity of actually carrying your gun, getting training with your gun, and practicing with your gun if you expect to use it for defense.
- Chris at Lucky Gunner does a good write-up of the CZ-83 and CZ-82 for carry and defense.
- Mama, they’re putting Windows into my beloved B-52. That’s right, our aging fleet of nuclear bombers will require monthly patching. Curtis LeMay, help us!
- New Jovian Thunderbolt gives a good break down of the pro’s and cons of the pro’s and anti’s.
- Brigid is taking over temporary custody of the EPostal matches. This one looks like a lot of fun, and it just so happens that I’m going to the range next Saturday. I’ll have to take a long a few of those targets. In a related note, please join me in wishing Mr. Completely, who has been doing these matches for years, a swift recovery.
- Holly Chism has published her new book, and I heartily recommend it. I was lucky enough to be a beta reader for this one, and it’s a great read. Expect a review in the next few days.
- Jay recently experienced one of the worst feelings a parent can have. I’ve been there, and it sucks. I’m glad to hear that his daughter was just out having an adventure.
- OldNFO gives us some good statistics about the people who fought and died in the Vietnam War.
Blogs Roundup
Posted by daddybear71 on June 5, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/05/blogs-roundup-43/
Movie Quotes – Day 156
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinkin’ palm tree overboard! Now what’s all this crud about no movie tonight? — Mister Roberts
Eventually, every bad relationship will come to a head. It can take years of submissiveness, avoidance, passive aggressive behavior, or just plain indifference, but eventually the only healthy option is confrontation. You’re usually better off if you do it early, but you’re never better off if you avoid it altogether. It’s better to get things off your chest than to have someone on your neck forever.
Posted by daddybear71 on June 5, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/05/movie-quotes-day-156/
Today’s Earworm
First song I ever slow danced to with a girl. We had the album of this concert, and my friend’s big sister liked the song, and I was as tall as she was.
Posted by daddybear71 on June 4, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/04/todays-earworm-522/
Garden Update
Well, summer has officially arrived. Honestly, it’s been a great spring for working in the garden, and now that the heavy work is done, I’m OK with heat, humidity, sunshine, and rain doing most of the work for the next few months.
First, we have the potato box. This is a bit of an experiment, and I’m hoping it gives me some tubers for mashing, smashing, roasting, boiling, and baking.
Potato Box
Potato Plants – 2 weeks after planting
Next, we have the kale. This is the second growth of the crop. We’ve already had two meals from this patch, and we’ll get at least two more. I’m going to keep them in the ground as long as they keep growing.
Kale
I see a lot of salads in our future:
Lettuce
We are going to have our first blackberries this year, and we’ve already gotten a lot of strawberries.
Blackberry Blossoms
Strawberries
We’re also going to have our first crop of apples.
Apples
Our peppers, onions, and tomatoes are also doing well. Some of the tomato plants are already blooming, so if the weather cooperates, we should have a good haul of spaghetti and chili sauce this year.
Posted by daddybear71 on June 4, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/04/garden-update-2/
Movie Quotes – Day 155
I don’t know where we’re goin’, but there’s no sense bein’ late. — Quigley Down Under
The only thing worse than a bad reaction is no reaction at all. Even if you’re not entirely sure what’s going on, freezing up and just watching means you’re not doing anything at all to deal with the situation. You can assess the situation while you’re moving, but get moving!
Posted by daddybear71 on June 4, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/04/movie-quotes-day-155/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on June 3, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/03/todays-earworm-521/
Musings
- I don’t know Bowe Bergdahl. I don’t know anyone who knows Bowe Bergdahl. I know the official line, and I’ve read the Internet posts that relate a story told by those who claim to have either served with him or been in on the search for him. I still believe that the military has enough integrity to do an honest inquiry about what happened the night Bergdahl went missing from his unit, and am holding my comment on that until something official comes from the DoD. All I will say is that, hero or dupe, Bergdahl is an American and is back with Americans. If he’s a hero, then he will get what he deserves from us. If he’s a deserter, then he will get what he deserves from us. But it will come from us, not from those who held him for five years.
- Someone needs to tell President Obama that taking an hour to ask Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Reid to the White House to talk about something he’s about to do would get a whole bunch of people off of his ass in a lot of situations. Then again, that would require him to admit that the Congress is a co-equal branch of government, and we can’t have that, now can we?
- When the best that can be said about your firearm is that it’s similar to a Smith and Wesson Sigma and is California legal, then it’s probably not going to go into my gun safe. No amount of engraving on the gun is going to overcome that.
- New life goals:
- Work in a building where I don’t have to go through metal detectors at the entrance
- Have a room that’s sound proofed enough that I can sit in it and watch Blazing Saddles while Boo is in the house without raising the ire of Irish Woman
- Have a place that’s remote enough that it’s hard to reach me but not so remote that it’s a pain in the butt for me to go.
- Find time to read the ever growing stack of books that I’m going to read when I have time.
- Take Boo back to North Dakota and show him how to make forts and tunnels in the grass
Posted by daddybear71 on June 3, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/03/musings-54/
Movie Quotes – Day 154
Well, it’s rather brutal here. Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they’ve got into canned food and shotguns. — Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Life’s pretty good right now. Both of us have good jobs, everyone’s healthy, and we have a solid roof over our heads. But that can all change in moments. Be it weather, illness, or just having your employer decide that they can do without you, the world can turn sideways on you. Life is going to kick you in the gut occasionally. The question is how are you going to prepare for it?
Posted by daddybear71 on June 3, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/03/movie-quotes-day-154/
Quote of the Day
Mom! I had a really great day! And then I got in big trouble! – Boo, upon his return home this afternoon.
Posted by daddybear71 on June 2, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/02/quote-of-the-day-141/
Movie Quotes – Day 153
Oh, my dear little librarian. You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don’t know about you, but I’d like to make today worth remembering.– The Music Man
If you live long enough, you’re going to look back and say “If I had only…” about something. Worse, you might say “If only I hadn’t…”.
I was having one of those days this morning. I was sore all over, my head hurt, and I had to get up and go to work. Irish Woman growled at me, I growled back. What can I say? It’s love. Girlie Bear was up and almost out the door before I got out of bed, and most of what she said to me was in reference to the pot of coffee I had promised to have ready to go this morning as a treat, but forgot to get together last night before I went to bed. Boo, being a six year old boy, was bouncing from pillar to post because it’s four days and a wake up to summer vacation and today was “Donuts With Dad”, followed by numbers and stories, then an afternoon of playing in sprinklers and water slides.
Through it all, I was just trying to figure out which body part my socks go on and where in the name of all that is holy did I put my work boots? At some point, a voice in my head asked how I got here. When I was younger, I wanted to be a heart breaker and a world shaker. I drove multi-ton war machines, visited distant lands, and got to play with whiz-bang technology the day after I got to play with high explosives. Now, I’m a fat, balding schlub who was fumbling to tie his shoes before coffee.
My attitude didn’t improve much on the way to Boo’s school, but I behaved myself and chatted with the other dads before being shown into the school cafeteria. There I found my place marked with a flowerpot hand painted by my youngest son, along with a hand-made Father’s Day card. After a few moments, the kids came down and joined us, and a good time was had by all.
And that’s when I felt ashamed to regret the life I have.
If I had changed one decision in the last 43 years, I would have missed out on my son grabbing me by the ears, bonking me in the forehead with his, and saying “I love you, Daddy” this morning. One zig instead of a zag, and I would have missed out on Irish Woman flirting with me when I went back to the house to drop off Boo’s flowerpot and card. If I’d skipped out on the party where I met my first wife, as I fantasized about this morning, I never would have heard Girlie Bear say “You’re my favorite father” this morning.
All my yesterdays led to today. None of the adventures I might have had if I had just done one or two things different would have been worth losing these moments.
Posted by daddybear71 on June 2, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/06/02/movie-quotes-day-153/
DaddyBear
DaddyBear’s Den 