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Blogging to you from the Northeastern Badlands of The County of Lake, in the state currently known as Fatmanistan, DEEP DEEP DEEP DEEP DEEP inside the heartland of the Banana Republic formerly known as the USA, WELCOME TO THE NEXT CHAPTER! WARNING! ALL FORMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ARE ADDICTIVE; EXCESSIVE USE MAY LEAD TO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, REDUCED JOB PRODUCTIVITY, INSOMNIA, SOCIAL ALIENATION, GENITAL ULCERS, BLINDNESS, POLITICAL EROTICISM, AND / OR DEVIANT FUNAMBULISM. NOTICE: NO GUNS OR AMMUNITION ARE FOR SALE VIA THIS BLOG. (No, I will not trade my Colt Python for some lubricious adventures with your trophy wife and a future first-round draft pick.) CAVEAT: This blog is not suitable for viewing while at work, while inside a public library, while inside any public or private school, or while inside any public or private restroom. Do not view this blog while driving a motor vehicle or while piloting an aircraft. Viewing this blog may be illegal inside the EU, NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and other parts of the Third World. THIS BLOG CONTAINS (albeit often very childish) ADULT-CONTENT. DISCLAIMER: This blog is a hobby, it is not a livelihood. Even though much of what I blog about relates to firearms collecting and recreational shooting, I am not an expert (by any measure) on any facet of guns, shooting, hunting, or personal defense. Entries at this blog are akin to good old-fashioned campfire chats or post hunt bourbon-fueled barroom-bluster; I offer no opinion on what you should or should not purchase, or what you should be using or doing. What does or does not work for me could be rugged-country-miles away from your tastes and your needs. All products, places, and miscellany that I review for this blog are purchased / rented / leased at retail price by me. I do not accept payment, gifts, discounts, freebies, products on loan, distilled spirits, recreational pharmaceuticals, plea-bargains, probation, parole, Papal Blessings, Presidential Pardons, or sexual favors for doing any review or blog post. TRACKING COOKIES: Google et al stick tracking cookies on everybody. If you are online, you are being spied on via one method or another, for one reason or another; 'nuff said. You may be able to minimize your online DNA residue by using Tor and Duck Duck Go. Vive la liberté! Vive all y'all! Ante omnia armari. To each of you, thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Monthly Weigh-in 07/29/2018 = 205lbs; to Gnome me is to love me

Another loving gift from my Daughter and Granddaughter; I'd like to welcome the "Mutha Fuggin' Grandpa Gnome" to the front garden.

I'm down to 205lbs, which pretty much is on schedule; losing a pound a week is a reasonable goal;  I had secretly hoped to do much better ... short of having liposuction I guess this is the best I can do ... basically trying to eat high protein and stay around 2,000 calories a day.

Down 20lbs total so far.  Historically, when I get down to around 200lbs (where I hope to be at the end of August) I begin to forget why I was dieting and the weight starts creeping back up.  I am mentally preparing to get my weight down to a cyclic range of between 165lbs and 185lbs.  We shall see ...


Miles and months yet to go ... 


Sunday, July 22, 2018

Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago is the #1 City in the entire USA for RATS!

"WHAAA ...?  CHICAGO?  You're fuggin' kiddin' me ..."

Yessiree, rats prefer Chicago over any other city in the entire USA!  Especially considering the huge human population difference, when it comes to RATS, Chicago beats the ever loving living hell out of New York City!  Perhaps the cultural diversity of NYC has an impact on rat populations ...





Rats in Chicago are even registered to vote and often win high political office.






"IN YOUR FACE NEW YORK CITY!  BOOYA!    Freakin' amateurs … "









Sunday, July 15, 2018

Mid-summer 1950 Jamestown, Tennessee

An old worn-out family photo
18-year-old Mom is on the left, 17-year-old Dad is on the right.

My older brother (by two-years) is the newborn in the middle.  
Yesterday he attended his 50-year high school graduation class reunion up here in the north.

Tempus fugit.  



Monday, July 2, 2018

From the Lizzy Borden chapter of How to Make Political Insanity Work for YOU!

Rand Paul mentioned the following, publicly, at an event in Leitchfield, Kentucky, on Monday.

"Capitol Police have issued an arrest warrant for a man who threatened to kill me and chop up my family with an axe," Paul said. "It's just horrendous that we have to deal with things like this."


Capitol Police declined to comment because the investigation is ongoing.

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Good Heaven ...


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