Thought I'd share my article on the Guns of Red Dawn here. I can't believe the movie came out 30 years ago!

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-guns-of-red-dawn-30-years-later

I just got an e-mail that Epinions.com is closing up shop. I've been on that site since 2000 and it was the first writing for the web I ever did for money.

I just thought I'd repost the goodbye post I made over at the Epinions.com forum, as much for myself for when that forum goes down as anything.

My Epinions.com story - and Goodbye
Although I' ( Read more... )

Attention LJ friends,

I post on Facebook MUCH more than I post here. If you want to keep in touch, please, feel free to Friend me on Facebook. If you'd also send me a message with you LJ name so I know who you are I'd appreciate it. (That way I won't think you're a SPAMMER either)

Rob (Trebor)

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My article on mastering the "Thumbs Forward" grip is featured in the May issue of GunUp, the magazine. (So far I've had an article in every issue. My "Guns of James Bond" article was in the March promo issue and my article "The M1 Carbine for Home Defense" was in the April issue ( Read more... )

My surreal Penguicon moment: Watching "Tron Guy," in full costume, completely *shred* an anti-gun argument in a panel on "How to reduce gun violence." He was passionate, articulate, and strangely dressed, all at the same time ( Read more... )

A few years ago I had a pretty surreal experience. My wife and I were visiting D.C. and we stopped at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Now, you have to understand that I don't "know" anyone on the wall. My Uncle Tom spent '67 to '68 as an Army Combat Engineer "in country," and my Dad was in the Navy at the same time, but they both came home safe. (As ( Read more... )

Here are my two latest Michigan Firearms Examiner articles
I was able to get an exclusive behind the scenes interview with Phil Morden of Top Shot season 3 after he was eliminated from the competition. The interview was so long I had to break it up into two parts. If you are a fan of the show there is some good stuff about the challenges, the ( Read more... )

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The house is so quiet without the cats. We visited Marie's Mom in NY over the weekend just to get out of the house. It was so sad to come back to an empty house.

I still can't believe we lost them both only a couple weeks apart.

We miss you, Merlin and Ford.

Our big cat, Merlin, went on to join his sister early Thursday morning. We lost Ford just 17 days ago and to lose her brother so soon is breaking our hearts.

Merlin and Ford were littermates. Merlin was the first-born, which is appropriate, as he was always adventurous.  When our friends put the kittens on the kitchen table to show them to us, ( Read more... )