Hey, it’s a twofer!
Today is the Kentucky Derby, an excuse for young ladies to dress to the nines and wear a pretty had hat and for young men to run around the infield at Churchill Downs drunk and possibly naked and try to get the young ladies in the pretty hats to join them.
It’s also Cinco de Mayo, an annual excuse for sun-burnt Anglos to listen to and try to sing along with Tejano music and get drunk on Corona and cheap tequila.
Posted by daddybear71 on May 5, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/05/todays-earworm-4/
Well, the move over from Blogger seems to be well under way.
There are a few things I need to do, like create a bloglist and get some other things taken care of, but all of my old posts and comments seem to have come over OK.
Hope y’all like the new digs.
Posted by daddybear71 on May 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/04/getting-started/
Over at Jigsaw’s Thoughts, Julie asks a really good question – Why do should we own guns?
I own guns for several reasons, and they’re probably familiar to a lot of you.
First and foremost, I own a gun for personal protection. My local newspaper has a regular mashup where they show crimes by zip code, and my area isn’t immune to the human propensity to rape, rob, and murder. Homes in my neighborhood have been broken into, people are occasionally robbed in the street, and the stores I frequent are sometimes used as one stop shops for cash and merchendise. I’ve been in one of them during a robbery, and all I could do was stand there and be a good witness. That’s not the best feeling I’ve ever had. So I carry a gun for the same reason I put on a seatbelt when I start the car: I want to have tools available to help keep me safe, and the gun is the best tool I can easily carry to do that.
My other reason is fun. Shooting is a blast. It’s an excuse to get away from the house, concentrate on just one thing at a time, and develop or maintain a skill. I always compare going to the range to playing golf. You could be hitting a bucket of balls at the plinking range, trying to get a hole in one on a six inch target at 300 yards, or doing 18 holes on the jungle walk. It’s the same mindset and the same level of enjoyment, just with explosions. Now that I’m bringing Girlie Bear into the sport, it’s even more fun. I can show her how I do it, and then sit back and watch her grow as a shooter and as a young lady.
I own guns because I’m a nerd. I love the mechanics, aesthetics, craftsmanship, history, and stories behind firearms. There’s something just nerdily fun about taking an old Mosin or a new Remington off a shelf and appreciating the history and technology it took to take an idea, imprint that idea on metal and plastic, and then put it in the palm of my hand. It’s the same mentality we had as kids when we could quote chapter and verse about the starting line-up of the Minnesota Twins every summer or my kids being able to rattle off all of the stats for their Japanimation trading card characters.
And finally, I own guns because I can. I’ve been a lot of places on this mudball where the ownership of weapons was monopolized by government, and few of them were what we’d consider liberal democracies. I’m not ready to stand on my roof and yell “Wolverines”, but I’ve seen what happens to a society when the government doesn’t have that little voice in its head that says “If you push too hard, it’s 1775 or 1860 all over again.”, and I never want to see that here.
So there you have it. What are y’all’s thoughts?
Posted by daddybear71 on May 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/04/why-i-own-a-gun-11/
Adam Yauch, otherwise known as MCA, of the group The Beastie Boys recently died. I know rap isn’t for everyone, and a lot of the Beastie Boys’ work can’t be played in the car with the kids, but it was a part of me growing up. There’s nothing I like more than going down the highway in the truck with the windows down and the stereo cranked with some of their music playing.
Posted by daddybear71 on May 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/04/im-memorium/
To business that we love we rise betime,
And go to ’t with delight. — Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene IV
My Time – Like I said “Sometimes it’s a blast, sometimes, it’s a paycheck”. When it’s a blast, I can’t wait to get back to it, even when it’s the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. If you see me coming home covered in dirt, bleeding, and bruised, but with a smile on my face, you can be pretty sure I’ll be up early the next morning to get back to it with that same smile on my face.
Posted by daddybear71 on May 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/04/30-days-of-shakespeare-day-30/
In honor of the Kentucky Oaks, where the fillies race for the lillies:
Posted by daddybear71 on May 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/04/todays-earworm-5/
Gingrich has bowed out of the presidential race. All that is left in the Republican field are Romney and Paul.
Our choice is now down to the RINO or the gyno.
Posted by daddybear71 on May 3, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/03/thought-for-the-day-2/
Posted by daddybear71 on May 3, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/03/news-roundup/
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em. — Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
My Take – There are very few heroes in our world that are prepared to be heroes. Most people who have that title put on their name woke up the day they earned it and got on with life just like everyone else. It was when life threw something extraordinary at them and they reacted to it in a way that few others could or would that they became heroes. I always try to remember that my heroes are almost always ordinary people who had something in them that let them do extraordinary things.
Posted by daddybear71 on May 3, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/03/30-days-of-shakespeare-day-29/
Posted by daddybear71 on May 2, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/05/02/news-roundup-2/
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