The building inspector just drove up to our house, then did a U-turn and tore off. From the time I heard him pull up, to the time I walked to the window (in time to see him pulling the u-turn) was about 15 seconds. I laughed about it with Laura, and said in his defense it was snowing lightly ( Read more... )

Hey Officer Kittles- this guy wants to file a report...


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I had never read this blog before, but Brad Spangler sums up all that is wrong with nanny-state administered "personal safety" in a way I never could.

So much for “Gun Free Zones”. Today, the Virginia Tech Massacre took 32 innocent lives. Yet in 2002 the Appalachian Law School shooting, also in Virginia, resulted in only three deaths as it was ( Read more... )

Do you think Reuters has an axe to grind?

The U.S. prison population continued to grow last year even though reports of violent crime during 2004 were at the lowest level since the government began compiling statistics 32 years ago, according to a government report released in September.Well DUH! One way of looking at it is that the falling crime ( Read more... )

That was exciting.

labrat2 was downstairs watching tv. I was upstairs editing photos on the PC. She screams out "MARK". I jump up and start down, she says "There's someone out back, he's knocking on the back door!". I run back to the bedroom and grab Mr Kimber and a Scorpion light, rack the slide, go downstairs. Keep in mind the only access to the back ( Read more... )

When they put a convicted murderer to death, why the hell do they use an alcohol swab on his arm before they insert the needle?

Are they worried he might get a Zombie virus infection?