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Get the funk out... 27 Aug 2013 | 04:58 pm
After a wet April-May-June-July, it's been a bone-dry August. As a result, Indy's sewers are dry and when you get down around Fall Creek, the pong rising to fill the low-lying air is eye-watering. I d...
Ignorance and hubris make a humorous combination... 27 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
ubu52 informs Robb Allen why a sign noting that faculty members may be armed is a bad idea at a school: This sort of thing might work well in rural areas and small towns, but in the cities, criminals...
Dude, for... seriously? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 am
So a Johnson County, IN deputy saw a motorcyclist pass a semi at about twenty over and fail to signal a lane change, so he lit the blue lights and pulled the dude over. On making contact with the ope...
Overheard in the Hallway... 26 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
FN's full-line catalog is an honest-to-Browning full-line catalog, containing everything from CCW pistols and Sporting Clays shotguns to remote-operated .50-cal machine gun vehicle mounts and gun pods...
Signs, signs, everywhere signs... 26 Aug 2013 | 04:30 am
Seen around Broad Ripple (click to embiggenate...) Sign out front of Twenty Tap the other day. Seen on the Monon by B.R.I.C.S. on the way home from today's blogmeet.
Minus 20 points. 25 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
This was a well-done report, but I'm going to have to deduct ten points for no mention of anthropogenic global warming and another ten for failure to blame Republicans. 90% A- (Protip: If you live s...
Gear list... 25 Aug 2013 | 06:34 am
This week I mean to get around to a full-on "lessons learned" recap from the Crimson Trace M3GI match... Some gear ho' stuff for my own future reference before I forget... Pistol: Smith & Wesson M&P...
Saturday in the Ripple... 25 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am
The show was interesting. Ammunition levels are creeping back up, as Adam Smith's invisible hand tinkers with prices and purchases. There was plenty of 9mm commercial ammo to be found, but you had to ...
Fun Show Time! 24 Aug 2013 | 05:01 pm
Let's sing the Fun Show Song! Flintlocks and Flop-tops And Number Three Russians Black-powder Mausers From jackbooted Prussians, Shiny Smith PC's from limited runs These are a few of my favorite guns...
Improvise, overcome, adapt... 24 Aug 2013 | 04:35 am
Pretty clever setup on one of the Team FN guns for getting the bipod down in a hurry. True devotees of Max Wins will make sure that their string is the same color. (Actually, I suppose that any highl...
