Aug 1st to the 15th, 2003

Aug 15th, Friday:  1600HRS MST:  The last night’s remarks have sparked some ire in some people.  No, I don’t like big cities, so granted, I am biased against them.  I don’t like New Yuck, so granted, I am biased against it.  But this doesn’t change the fact that a city with the bad luck that New York City has, is taken completely flat footed by a lack of electricity.  Sure, some had to walk out of a dark subway tunnel… some got stuck in an elevator. I am sure it was scary.  Scary not for the lack of electric lights, but scary because of people freaking out about it.  If it’s one thing I can not stand, it’s panic.  People who panic just anger me.   The whole city didn’t panic, but many did.  The people who should be admired are those that have taken the situation in stride… adjusted to the new situation, and adapted.   Those that can’t adapt, deserve to sleep in the streets.  Hey New York, Emergency Preparedness is a personal thing and not a municipal thing.  I’m done with NYC for now.

I had done some testing one lubes for corrosion and friction… I was going to write it all up.  I had all my notes on my iPaq.  All the hard data.  A Hard Reset had to be done and the results of all the work pretty much got erased.  I’m more than a little upset about this.  The only thing I have is the conclusion… the winner in both areas was FP-10 by a good margin.  This is why I am often mentioning FP-10 instead of Breakfree CLP when I am talking about using a lube.  FP-10 is slicker and protects better.  Now, the one thing that was not tested, is something that the Breakfree does better… and that is cleaning.  It has cleaning agents in the mix.  This doesn’t mean that FP-10 is the only thing to get now… no.  I still think that your taking to the field or range, Breakfree is the one bottle to throw in the bag because it does everything.  That is an advantage.  However if your at home, you just cleaned the gun down… maybe blasted it out with Gun Scrubber or something… Then I’d rather wipe it down with the FP-10 when putting it back together.  I’m disappointed in the loss of the data.  I’m also disappointed in myself that I didn’t back up that data.  The iPaq is easy to back up – but I didn’t do it.  If I was a liberal I would say it’s Compaq’s fault for not including an automatic back up feature.  But I’m not, so I have to take it full on the chin.  Back to square one.  Do Overs!   I think I might have just enough BreakFree CLP left to do it again.  The results that were really surprising was the Militec stuff because its so popular.  But as a lube, it was a disappointment out classed only by it’s lack of corrosion protection that I observed.  I was floored.  To be frank, WD-40 was about as good.

Here is a good story about a guy that fought back.  You can read the article here.  He is sitting in his car waiting for the bank to open.  A young lady goes up to the ATM machine to make a deposit.  You can do that you know… even before the bank opens.  So while this lady is getting ready to put her money into the machine, a thug comes up behind her, shoves her, and snatches the loot.  She screams.  Our hero jumps from his car with a little NAA Mini Revolver in hand and comes to the rescue.  He tussles with the thug who is now in his car trying to run him over.  Our man asks him to stop a number of times… shoots the back tire twice, asks the thug to stop again… and finally is left with no choice but to pop the thug in the leg with a single shot of .22 magnum.   You gotta love the thug’s assertion that it was unfair that he got shot. Notice how he didn't say anything about fairness when he shoved the 20 year old lady, took her money and tried to make off with it. Notice how he didn't say anything about fairness when he attempted to run Strickland (our man) over with his car.  Strickland's only mistake was not shoving the .22 into the guy's ear before pulling the trigger.  The guy got away for a little while… spend 40 bucks of his ill gotten gains probably to buy some crack before he got picked up.  No word on if the girl got her remaining 360 bucks back or not. 

Hmmm... today is the 15th.  I'll have to archive earlier posts soon.  It says right now that this page will take 647 seconds to load over a 28.8 connection.  My cut off is 700, even though no one is still using 28.8.  Still, at this rate, it's 351 seconds for 56.6.  No way is this that slow to load.  Even when it gets really long, it's only like 3 seconds, and my connection is not the fastest at all. 

0400hrs:  No, I can't sleep.  I started too, but a nightmare jarred me awake and I'm not exactly wanting to shut my eyes again.  Looking a the news...  I just want to say, “Thank The Lord In Heaven for the GREEN PARTY!”  No, seriously… I mean it.  I have said a prayer of thanks for the Green Party.  They are the ones that have saved The United States of America.  Because if it wasn’t for them, AL GORE would be in the White House letting the ship sink, saying “Please don’t hurt us Mr Taliban!”  We would have no shred of hope for the AWB to ever sunset.  Saddam would still be murdering people and cheering on his sons while they murder people… If you want to know what those guys were like, watch the movie DUNE and think about the Barron.  That’s what Iraq was, but in a really cleaned up made for the Sci-Fi channel sort of way.  And these guys would still be flipping off America and funding further attacks if it wasn’t for The Green Party ending Al Gore’s career.  Those guys are so far left, they almost wrap around… here is how it lines up… Greens / Democrats / Republicans / Libertarians.  Now if you write that out on a slip of paper and tape the ends together… you will see that are opposite from the center of the spectrum.  Same thing can be said for the Libertarians, but I think they have actual good points and have good ideals in most areas.   Okay, so you can’t really connect the two politically and this has nothing to do with them… This is just me sitting here thinking that if it wasn’t for the Greens, we would have Al Gore at the helm of this ship with a destiny that makes the Titanic look like a success.  I think this because there is no way a career schmoozer politico like Gore could have schmoozed over all these disasters.  9-11-01, Gulf War II, Enron, California, and now, New York State’s huge black out.  That guy would have been running back and forth like a panicked Roger Rabbit with nothing getting done and him only making matters much much worse.  Ogre gives the Greens a big Thumbs Up!  THANKS GUYS!  You gotta love CNN’s coverage of this Black Out.  Photos of hundreds of people sprawled out in the streets… making Americans look as pathetic as possible.  I’m sorry, New Yuck, but you need to get your shit together.  If this happened out here in Utah, or Texas, or some state with it’s head not up it’s own ass… we would have been lighting candles and BBQ grills.  You fuckwits are laying out in the streets because you don’t know what else to do?  Jeeze, man!  Pull your selves together!  The lights are already coming back on!  They were only off for 1 night!  New York City, you make me sick.

I was just finishing up the two "Dune" prequel books...  Honestly, it's the finest Science Fiction that I have ever read.  I say that with a long and deep history of really good Sci-Fiction.  Dune has always been a classic, but because of Frank Herbert's son... Frank's magnum epic just... goes critical mass... all the sudden the full power of Dune is unleashed.  Even the original Dune movie get more jazz because of it.  Because now you know the full story behind the characters and the plots before the plots... all written in such an excellent fashion as to make these two books required reading before picking up Dune in book or movie form.  Hence my Dune reference in the above rant.  Well, I think I'm going to go get back into bed and do some deep breathing and try to relax again. 

Speaking of books.  MadOgre.com has basically run out of space.  To remedy this, I have removed several large and old image files.  Next to go are the PDA Themes for the Pocket PC in the Tech Section.  Then I am afraid I will have to kill the Library section as well.  This isnt something that I want to do... but will.  Relatively few people have hit those.  Seems they are reading enough here already.   So if you want ebooks, get them now.  I'll probably delete them off the server this weekend.  Then after that, I am not sure.  That will old me for a good long time because those things take up a lot of space.   Perhaps once used images out of the archives should go to.  I'm keeping the Archives.  I don't update those anyways... fixing broken links or any of that.  It's funny because just the other day I got an email from the Ambassador of the Republic of Texas telling me that my link from 2 years ago is now incorrect.  No, I am not even going to bother to fix that.  But I will say that the Republic of Texas is about as retarded an effort as Larry Flint running for Governor.

Aug 14th, Thursday: 1000HRS MST:  Yesterday I was reading the article while sitting in the ER at the hospital… Huh?  Oh, yeah, at the ER.  My littlest one took a tumble of a trampoline and hit his head on a bar and split his forehead open.  Not really bad, but it was a bigger gash than what I wanted to take care of at home.  I thought I should take him in for a couple stitches to close the wound properly.  I had the feeling that I should just close the wound and use super glue to keep it shut.  But I second guessed my self.  So after I got the blood flow stopped and all cleaned up we went to the ER.  Spent over 2 hours waiting and signing the same fucking forms repeatedly before we finally got back in to see the doc.  He held the wound shut and used super glue to seal it. @$!#@$#@!!!  I’ve been using super glue for almost two decades now… I hate hospitals.  If it’s something that I can just super glue at home… I do.  I asked what the differences were between his super glue and mine.  The Doc admitted to practically none, but his comes in little tiny tubes, and is a one use applicator and a tube at home is bigger and well, not as clean because it’s not a one use applicator.  Never mind the cost of his and the time spent and all the BS when I could have just gone to 7-11 and picked up a new tube and tossed the rest and have come out well ahead on the deal.  Speaking of heads… My little guy is a trooper and is doing just fine.  It’s a 1 inch cut that will probably leave him with a thin vertical scar that will fade as he grows.  No big deal.  It hides in his scowl lines as it is.   He never even cried.  Bravest 2 year old EVER.

History channel had on a show about “Bounty Hunters”.  It was actually pretty good but it didn’t tell the whole story.  As one who has done fugitive recovery work, the reality is generally less romantic than what they portray on TV.  However the History Channel did do the best job of it to date.  The full story should also include the cooperation with the police.  Some police departments cooperate with the fugitive recovery agents and they work together in a mutually supportive relationship.  Others treat them as riffraff who are little better than the criminals.  And then there is this “Dog” bounty hunter that has been on the news lately.  Congratulations to him for catching Mr Max Factor Heir.  Also congratulations to him for making all of us who do it or have done it to look like a bunch of freaking Trailer Park Rangers.  He has got to be the worst example of the lot.  Seriously.  With his unbrushed and missing in action teeth to his Mohawk-mullet… I’ve only met 1 guy doing the job that was like him in appearance, and that guy was a complete moron.  Never worked with him and never will.   The people I worked with were all very professional.  We worked with the local law enforcement in a spirit of cooperation.  And unlike the cops, we didn’t cost the community a dime.  I would submit that fugitive recovery agents are every bit as professional as the LEOs.  I would also submit that the number of “mistakes” they make are much fewer than the LEOs.  They just get a lot more airtime when it happens because of the controversy and the phrase “Bounty Hunter” as if it was an ugly and unneeded hold over from the ancient days.  This is not the case.  The truth is that they are a desperately needed part of the Justice System machine, and they help get the bad guys off the streets and they do it for the community for free.  The only person who pays is the Bondsman who hire the hunters.  If it wasn’t for them, bondsmen wouldn’t be able to help people like they do and everyone who gets picked up would have to just live at jail until the court date… sometimes months. 

The history channel also gave props to the M-16 calling it a “Modern Marvel” and Eugene Stoner a genius.  I disagree.  First off, Stoner was indeed a clever man who made materials changes that helped improve the industry.  For that, sure… I’ll concede the point.  But when it comes to firearms design, the man was an utter git.  His rifle was over engineered to the point it more resembles the results of inbreeding than improving a weapon design.  Stoner had other designs… better designs… but the AR-15/M-16 rifle should never have been adopted and Stoner himself should have known better.  The history channel made all the problems with the rifle look like it was all the Army’s fault.  Maybe there is some part of truth to that.  But if it was all the Army’s fault, why did the Marines have the same problems?  And if the rifle was so freaking wonderful, why did the simple difference in the type of powder cause so many problems?  That was never addressed by the history channel or AR-15 apologists.  Especially when the powder used was supposed to have enhanced the rifle’s selling point of being “self cleaning” by pumping faster and hotter gasses through the system.  Right?  Well, maybe this was the case with a rifle that used an operating rod and not direct gas impingement.  I will also concede the point that the Army truly fucked up when it believed it didn’t have to have cleaning kits with the M-16.  This tells me that the Army never spent enough time with the gun actually shooting it before giving it to the troops.  That was a huge cluster.  Because we all know the M-16 requires far more attention to cleaning than any other weapon in history.

This heat wave going on in France...  As much as I dislike the French as a whole, I’m not pleased in any way to see this.  Some 3,000 people have died from the heat.  Such heat is not normal in France, and they just don’t know how to deal with it.  This is something that is learned quickly in Phoenix, but the French must be slow learners.  I’ll give the French as a little secret:  “Drink Water”.

Bush is getting ripped about the First Strike move he made?  The liberals are such a bunch of fucking retards, they should all be booted out of the government.  Bush’s tactic was simply the application of long standing military doctrine.  Command and Control has always been a priority target in every military action since WWI.   Stupidity is no stranger to the Liberals.  This shouldn’t be a surprise.  Bush’s move was a correct and just one.  We are just disappointed it missed the Hussein family… but it did take out a great deal of the C&C and this saved American lives because they were unable to coordinate the defense.  If the Liberals are pissed about that then they are truly the bunch of stupid Anti-American assholes that I think them to be.

I am going to change something here on Mad Ogre.  All the knife stuff will get a subsection off the Weapons Section.  This will improve that stuff and not clutter this part... I don't like the appearance of "Pimping My Knives".  I'm not pimping them... if you want one fine, if not, fine too.  All knife commentary will get moved to that new section.  Also, I just want to make this clear, these knives for sale... I'm only going to do it for a while longer and then I'll be done with them.  MadOgre.com is not a commercial vehicle.  It was never intended to be that and I don't want it to become such.  I maintain no email list, I accept no advertising either.  These links you see, they are there because I want them to be there.  Notice the Ninja link is gone?  It amused me for awhile and then when I was done with it, I killed the link there.  This is something that I maintain total control over and wont be held to any agreements.  I like it this way.  This goes for these knives too.  Anyways... out of all the orders taken for these knives, there has only been one small error and it didn't effect the customer.  His knives shipped out on time, but the paperwork on the back end got screwed up and it looked like they hadn't shipped!  This error was caught while we were printing out a shipping label to send 4 more knives when it was discovered that with his knives did in fact get shipped.  Our bad.  So the worst that would have happened was he received 8 knives instead of his requested 4.   Small goof.  The only goof.  So far we are 99% Goof Free in this knife business!  Not bad.  We also have 75% repeat buyers.  Not bad for pocket knives. 

Aug 13th, Wednesday: 1047hrs MST:  Cop Movies.  There have been very very few good cop movies, but there have been many many bad ones.  There are 3 new ones out on DVD/Tape that you can pick up.  Showtime, a comedy, is really not worth talking about.  Then there is Deep Blue, with Kurt Russell.  The only reason this is even interesting is because they try to recreate the LA Riots after the OJ verdict.  And then there is NARC staring a couple familiar faces.  Remember the big brother that turns into a vampire in “The Lost Boys” Jason Patric?  Well, he is back and gives perhaps his best performance ever.  He will still be the Big Brother, but he does an awesome job in NARC.  Then there is Ray Liotta.  I’ve always thought him to be a baby faced punk.  In this film he has gained some weight and grown older.  Not fat… he has just matured and is a “big guy” like many of us.  Not so baby faced anymore.  Ray did a fantastic job here.  Amazing.  Deep Blue pretty much sucked with the rest of the normal Cop movies.  NARC however is pretty damn good.  Gritty, dark, realistic in many aspects… and it has a good story that unravels chunks at a time.  I think it could have been better written, but I found it engaging.  I liked the characters, even if they were a bit cliché.  NARC is worth renting.  Oh, of course there is the flick “Basic”.  This movie has you spinning all the way to the final credits.  Good story… perhaps even well written.  Has a great cast too.  But it’s the direction that totally blows and could have ruined the film if it wasn’t for the talent everywhere else.  This and you get to see Samuel L Jackson get killed in a number of different ways.  Fragged, shot, stabbed, given AIDS… He dies more in this movie alone than I think in all of his other movies combined.  Has he ever died in a movie?  I don’t know.  Does he really die in this movie?  No, but I blame the director and producers for changing the story from how it was written.  You can tell the story is complicated and even though the directors and producers fucked it up completely, in the DVD we get to see the writer try to explain everything.  A bit too late… once it’s filmed its done.  You cant back track the movie and say “See, here you should have picked up on this and this and this…”  Especially when it’s just a blink of an eye!  Yeah, it’s a cop movie, but more of an MP movie kinda thing.  Still, NARC remains one of the best cop movie that has been out in a long time.  I still like “A Man Apart” better.

Several emails along this line:  “Ogre, why are pimping these knives so hard?”  Because I like knives, and I like these knives and I get a lot of questions about them.  So it’s a subject on my mind and that is where I get my posts from.  The other question is what knives are the best/popular/what you should order… Hmmm…  There is a distinct pattern in the orders of these knives I’m “pimping”.  I’ve sold at least 1 of each to different people across the country, but the majority of the knives sold and the majority of the feedback is for two knives.  The MT025 and the MT005 Stainless.  I’ve had more orders for these knives as pairs then for all the other knives put together.  I’m going to shoot myself in the foot here… let me tell you, between the two blades my choice is the MT025.  I have both and it’s the 25 that gets carried.  Reason for this is that I’m more of a mid sized folder guy than full sized. The 005 stainless or coated is a large knife.  (I don’t like the black coating, personally)  When I carry a pocket knife, I keep it clipped to the right front pocket of my jeans or slacks and there it rides… forgotten.  I still use the pocket for my keys or what not so I like the knife to be smaller and more out of the way.  The 005 is too large for that.  Sure it rides comfy and forgettable, but your utility with that pocket is limited.  This is also why I like my pocket knives to be contoured so my hand can slide past the knife and back out.  Some knives you can’t do that with.  The MT025, with a melt job lets you do this easily.  If you don’t want me to contour the G-10 on your knife, that’s fine.  But I urge you to try it yourself.  It will feel better in your hand, and carry so much better all the way around.  It’s a must.  You don’t have to have any tools to do it either.  Just use an emery board… what your wife uses on her nails.  Just round the edges a bit.  When I do it, I grind it more drastically than just rounding the edges.  I taper the edges as much as I can.  The limitations of this the taper is the position of the screws that hold the knives together.  I work the G-10 right to that point.  This is why I wont do a melt job on the MT028… the screws are too close to the edges and there isn’t enough room for it.  You could still “break the corners”, but I’ll leave that to you.  While the knife retains the same thickness… it feels like its ½ the size in the hand.  I also leave some texture on those ground edges to keep it from slipping.  I smoothed one out too much and it was just too slippery.  Now, when I say “some texture” its not snagging material or anything… I just don’t sand it smooth.  The resulting surface is a good balance in my opinion.  I’m no expert on knife making, but I’ve been a life long user.  Even packing pocket knives even at school as a boy.  Back when such a thing didn’t make you a dangerous threat to humanity… you were just normal then.  Oh well.  That too smooth knife got retouched with my little grinder and it is in my pocket as I type this.  If I had a webcam or something I’d post a pic.  I’m not an artist or anything, so these knives are not works of custom knife art… they are what they are.  Good knives for cheap that should serve you well for a long time.  The working knife to spare your more expensive knife from mundane tasks like box and letter opening or slicing that sticky fruit.  I don’t want mango juice getting into my “Boa” and this is why I have my MT025 with me.  But if I had to fight with these… It would be my Boa in my hand.  Hmmm.  Maybe not.  This Kerambit is a tank of a folder.  I use a “Reverse Grip” and that kerambit put the cutting edge away from me and out to where it will do the most damage in that grip.  For a fighting knife, its scary as hell.  I still have this one here with internal polishing and slickerizing and external contouring.  You knife fighters should take a look at these things… especially if you work it like I did.  If no one wants it by Friday, I’m keeping it for myself even if I don’t consider myself a knife fighter.  That is what I have my guns for.

This is the best take yet on the California situation.   I’d vote for it.

Jay Leno.  I like the guy.  Grey Davis called Jay to ask to come on the Tonight Show.  Jay said no way.  This reason alone is why Leno is 10 times better than Letterman.   

I have some corrections to make in my GUNS OF HEAT article.  Turns out I misspelled one guys name and miss ID'd one gun.  Wayne Grow's second gun, isnt' a Smith, but a new Megastar in Stainless.  Interesting... very interesting.  So he goes out and buys a stainless version of his first gun.  He must really like Stars.  I like them too, but perhaps not as much as he does.  I'll update and correct that later today.   I need a little button graphic for this like my Matrix graphic there.  I can use MS PAINT I think.  I'll also link both from my Weapons Section.  The next Guns Of article will be on the movie RONIN.  The reason for these selections are the number of various guns used that are not all M-16s.  Same reason I'll not do a "Guns of Blackhawk Down"... because I write for an "Educated Audience" and means Readers who are familiar with the subject matter... so everyone who reads my shit here should at least be up on Standard US Military weapons.   After Ronin I may do one for Equilibrium... that flick has a lot of different weapons that are not often seen in films.

Aug, 12th, Tuesday:  1800 hrs:  Gangs of New York.  I picked up this movie for some reason and have been watching bits of it at a time.  I wish I didn’t.  It was horrible.  It had zero redeeming qualities while being utterly depressing.  One side you have the people that have immigrated.  On the other you have everyone else.  Slaughtering each other for no other reason than for striving to prove who is more “American”.  What a load of shit.  This reminds me of the Catholic-Protestant that has been raging in Northern Ireland.  Such violence is despicable.  Such violence is self defeating.  I would submit that the True American was not shown in this film.  The True American is the one that would that have been saying that they were all “Americans” now.  I didn’t see anyone saying that.   When that movie first came out I had no desire to see it.  My curiosity has gotten the better of me… killed the cat you might say.  This movie made me want to puke.  Don’t get me wrong… I believe in the practical use of pointed, measured and focused application of violence.  This use is for the defense of our loved ones.  Even if this force is used in an offensive tactic, as long as it is a part of a defensive strategy.  I hope you see what I mean, even if you don’t agree with me.      

Last Saturday I saw something that I really can’t get out of my mind.  A 1957 Pontiac Chieftain wagon.  It has been 95% restored… but with a new modern engine and transmission.  It’s a 9 passenger wagon.  9!  Talk about a Family Car!  I’ve seen the car around town and every time I would rubber neck on it.  The grill… oh man… huge chrome.  Its slammed, riding on big meats and mag wheels.  A true hot rod in the best sense of the idiom.  All it needs is some TLC, and a fresh coat of paint because it’s just primer dark gray lot most hot rods.  But it has a white top… very cool.  And “wings” like a 57 Chevy.  So freaking cool.  The car oozes character like no new car ever does.  PT Cruiser?  That thing is a hollow imitation of the glory that is a 57 Chieftain.  Saturday, it had a FOR SALE sign on it.  The price?  You have got to be kidding me!  Only $3,000!  Next time I see it, it will have been sold and painted and the asking price will be $30,000.  *sigh*  Even at 3K it might as well have been 3 million.  Students don’t have the luxury.  I remain heart broken. 

Speaking of heart breaking… Took the boys to the Animal Shelter to look at some dogs.  There were no dogs I wanted.  Some of the dogs were… well, this is their last week.  Mature Ex-Family dogs that used to know the love and warmth of a child’s hug.  You could see it in their eyes when they looked at my boys.  Any one of them would have made fine dogs for our family.  But they are not what we are looking for.  Too old and unable to have puppies.  Well, there was one dog that I had my eye on.  A chocolate mix between a Lab and a Doberman or something.  Really sleek looking with a gorgeous coat, and shiny eyes.  Healthy.  If it’s still there Monday, I might have to go back and take a look at it again.  I had a good vibe on it.  There is another dog I am thinking about.  A German Shorthair.  Nice dog… but it wasn’t one of my 3 selected breeds.  It would make a great companion for roaming the hills with a rifle in hand.    

1400hrs:  I completed 2 knives today.  I'll ship 1 out tomorrow but the other is waiting.  The purchaser has changed his mind.  This is a slight problem because this was an Ogre Works Kerambit and I have some time invested into it.  Well, not really a problem.  This means it's available for immediate shipping.  It also means I am not going to start a special knife until after it's paid for.  So, if you think you would like a Kerambit, I have the perfect one for you with no waiting. 

Funny this.  Chuck Taylor steps down and the very next day the rebels step back.  Liberia is not looking like it's going to be the huge problem that the liberals were making it out to be.  I must assert my opinion that this is something we should have done a long time ago.  Something Taylor should have done a long time ago as well.   Liberals being wrong yet again.  This makes me wonder.  They have been wrong on so many issues... are they right about ANYTHING? 

Email from one of the Horde: “Once again the Greedy Hand and ever watchful eye of Big Bro. is at it again. They have developed systems that can track you with your phone and while you are driving around town. But now they want to track the letters you send out!  My GOD what will it be next? Tagging us like Salmon, so they can watch us swimming in the ocean! Ya know what? That Tin Foil hat is starting to look better every day! Link - John"  People take privacy for granted, until the loose it.  John, you forget the face recognition technology in large public venues.  Scans your face and meshes that with a huge database.  It can track you around watching you and where you go.  Who you talk to.  Big Brother was a nothing.  This is THX1138 now.

Massachusetts is nucking futs.  Citizens there are having to fight for the right to keep pepper spray.  If I was a thug... Mass would be the perfect place to go rampaging.  People there have no right to defend themselves and if they do, you could probably sue and win for it.  Man, I would have a field day out there if I was a gangster or something.  This article is a freaking joke.  People can not really be that stupid.  "Pepper spray isnt a good idea.  A self defense course would be better."  No... it isn't a weapon is better than being unarmed.  Better yet, having a weapon and the training to use it is better yet.  If that weapon is a handgun and you are trained in how to use it properly... outstanding.   The big disappointment is Mitt Romney, a good Utah raised boy who should know better.  He raised the FID charge to a hundred bucks!  What an asshole! 

Aug 11th, Monday: Noon:  I’ve been looking for dogs.  We are looking for a pair.  As I mentioned before, we are interested in 3 breeds.  German Shepard, Doberman, Norwegian Elkhound.  If any  of my readers come across “Free Puppies” of any of these breeds, and your in Utah or close to it, let me know.  3 months ago I saw some kids giving away German Shepard puppies.  I didn’t get any because we are in an apartment and such are not allowed.  Now that we are going to a place with some property, I want my boys to have a couple dogs.  It’s good for the boys and good for the dogs.  So keep your eye out for me.  Thanks.

Talk about a sore loser.  Old Chuck Taylor did indeed step down as the President of Liberia.   But one the way out the door, he made sure to take some cheap shots at America.  Read the article and check out some of the bullshit remarks this fucknozzle is saying.  "I do not stop out of fear. I do not stop out of fright. I stop out of love for you, my people," Taylor declared, adding, "I fought for you."   Oh that is rich.  That is just funny.  Uh, Taylor?  Dude, if were such a man of the people how come you have been saying “I’ll step down” for the last decade?  If you love the people so much, how come you have armed rebels riding around taking control of ½ your country?  Is it because they just don’t love you in return or is it because you have been screwing these people so severely that they have no choice but to seek your removal from office?    Give me a break, Chuck.  Your leaving because the people have fired you, and you just had to wait until it was safe for you to make your escape.    "They can call off their dogs now." Taylor said. "We can have peace."   Indeed.  Now that your gone.  Don’t blame America for your flawed service to your country.  Taylor, you’re a piece of shit and the entire world is glad to see you go.  Funny, you can’t even stay in your own country.  Why is that?  Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. 

Email from a new reader:  “Ogre, great website.  I was turned on to you a few weeks ago.  I especially love the knife I ordered from you.  My Benchmade Ascent is now resting in my sock drawer.  Question for you.  How do I become a member of The Horde? - Kevin”   Thanks for the email Kevin, and I am pleased you like your knife.   You will like it even better if you do a little work on it.  Sand the edges of the G-10 down to round them off and break out a set of small Allen wrenches and open her up.  Polish the metal around where the blade meets the washers, put small bit of FP-10 in there and then put it back together and tighten it up to the point YOU like best.  You have the MT025, and I think it’s the best of the line… and it can be even better.  Now, as to becoming a member of The Horde.  Being a member is something earned on your own.  It’s a matter of your own personal Ogerization.  When you become one, you will know it.  [Insert quote from the Oracle in The Matrix here]   The Horde is not an institution.  It is a state of being.  To be a member of the Horde, you must be able to identify good from evil, right from wrong, be able and willing and swear to defend the undeserving sheep around you from harm from two legged wolves… even if they don’t deserve it.  You don’t have to like them, but you will help them and defend them because it’s the right thing to do… even if you know they wouldn’t do the same for you.  You will stand in the gap when the goblins come to prey on the weak and timid sheep anywhere you are, for you will not tolerate predators in your prowling grounds.  You keep your weapons about you in excellent working condition regardless of appearance.  You will render aid when and where aid is needed to the best of your ability.  This means stopping when you see a damsel in distress with her hood open on the side of the road, or if you see a struggling animal suffering from a car strike crawling off the road… you will be merciful and end it’s misery.  You will love your Country.  You will defend it in your own way.  Yet you will question all those in authority.  You will question all the rules being enforced by those in authority.  You will scoff and mock all those of “The Left”.  You will strive to educate the uneducated in matters of importance, such as matters found in the Bill of Rights.  You will be responsible for your own actions, and never look to others to blame… and you will not accept such from others.  You will appreciate the finer things in life.  Know what a good steak is.  Know the glory of a well grilled bratwurst.  Yet you can also enjoy the subtleties in the flavors of properly prepared sushi.  The nuances of a musical piece, the artistry of a dancer, the humor of a comedian.  You will have in your library a book of a collection of poetry.  You will stop and smell a rose… if you feel like it.  You will note the color of a sunset.  You indulge the whims of a child and listen to them, because they will one day be like you.  You can even let yourself be misty eyed while attending a show when the story is one of tragedy or loss, because you can understand the full spectrum of the human condition and relate with it.  You will be in the eyes of the Liberal Sheep a low brow, knuckle dragging, meat eating bastard.  And you will be pleased to be so.   You will have honor and keep your self in honor, because honor is something no one else can take from you, but you can throw it away yourself.  Those are the tenets of The Horde.   So you don’t ask me, if your one of us.  You ask yourself.

Aug 10th, Sunday: 1700hrs:  Gregory Hines has past away.  Died of cancer.  We are saddened by this.  He was one of the better entertainers out there.  Truly a very talented man and an inspiration to my wife's family who are also entertainers.  Hines had personally called up my mother in law not to long ago to invite her to come to New Yuck and meet with him.   Running Scared, one of his movies is hilarious. 

I'm working on my Guns of HEAT article.  I'm posting it, but it is not complete.  Things have become interesting here at home as we are prepping another move to this place out in the country.  Large area for the kids to play with no worries about who is hiding in the bushes.  Especially since I am looking for a pair of German Shepard dogs or Dobermans to watch over them.  I was up at 2 AM writing this while watching an old VHS tape of the movie.  I will have to get the DVD and verify my Gun Recognition.

Email from a new reader:  “Ogre,  Just got turned on to your site this week and I love it!!  Finally a site that has the cojones to call a spade a spade and screw PC for the sake of well just screwing PC.  Check out this link to the Newsmax.com article on the MP-5’s at the UN.  Is this guy your typical dumb-ass reporter or what? In this article, he calls these machine guns, submachine guns, rifles, assault rifles and just all sorts of different names. Obviously this guy has all the weapons knowledge of Sarah Brady, and I ain’t sure that ain’t spottin’ ‘em a few points.  This is what is wrong with gun ownership in this country today. To many dumb-asses that don’t know what the hell they are talking about scarring other dumb-asses that don’t know enough to know that dumb-ass one don’t know what he’s talking about.   I am writing Newsmax and complain thought you and a few other readers might want to go there too.  Keep up the good work.  Gordon”  Thanks for the email Gordon.  I appreciate the kudos.  Let’s take a look at this article.  WTF is this?  “The MP-5 sub-machine guns, para-military assault rifles made by Heckler and Koch of Germany”  Why did he have to re-describe what he just described?  And do so incorrectly?  The MP5 not (MP-5) is indeed a submachinegun.  He had that part right and then goes and screws himself up.  It’s not Para-Military… it IS military.  And it’s not an assault rifle either, assault rifles are select fire weapons chambered in intermediate rifle calibers.  As bad as his illustrated lack if firearms knowledge is, the worst thing about the article is the core matter.  The ATF originally refused to allow the UN Body Guards access to HK MP5s… but here is the nasty bit:  “Through political pressure coming from senior Clinton administration officials, the U.N. eventually got ATF to discreetly reverse its denial.”  Oh hell… Elitism at its worst.  The ATF bowed to the wishes of Clinton against what is written in the laws?  Are you fucking kidding me?  The UN body guards do not get to pack around MP5s inside the United States!  What kind of bullshit is this?  You can write Newsmax…  I’m writing Senator Hatch.  I know the Clintons have a hard on for the UN, but this is against the law, but the ATF is letting it happen.  The UN needs to be kicked out of the United States.  I suggest we take all the little boats the Cubans are using to cross over to Florida in, and but the UN asshats on them and push them out to sea.  If those countries want these dip shits back, they can go pick their bobbing asses out of the water. You know what?  The UN NEEDS better fire power.  Because they are so lucky we don’t go up to New Yuck and throw them out ourselves.  Fuck the UN.

Aug 9th, Saturday:  Evening:  Take a look at my knives for sale page.  I put up descriptions of some of the custom work that I will do on them.  I also have one knife ready to ship with some custom work done already. 

Email from reader:  "Ogre, thanks for selling the knife.  It just arrived today.  You were not kidding, this is an awesome knife! - Brian"  Your welcome Brian.  For those curious, he wanted an MT-025 with the Ogre Carry Melt.  He has also ordered 2 more of the same.  Thank you, Brian! 

I watched a couple interesting flicks last night and today.  Last night it was THE DUNWICH HORROR.  A movie based on the story by HP Lovecraft.  This would be a very difficult movie to make and yet it was attempted back in the 70's.  This is a film that should not have been made then or anytime.  Having read the book, I can tell you there are things in the book that are what makes it scary while at the same time they just do not translate to film in any way shape or form.  As a result, this movie ranks and the most rank of all horror films.  They took way too much liberty in making this flick by changing the story and adding a major character to the film that didn't exist in the book.  Wilber was played as a charismatic cultist instead of a nasty mutant.  The new character is a cute blonde that lets herself fall victim Wilber's charm/powers.  She was very sexy moaning and stretching on the alter, sure... but it wasn't in the book so I don't appreciate her being included.  Then after it's all over, there is the explanation from the book that makes absolutely ZERO sense according to the way the movie went.  And for special effects, they flash prints the film's colorized negatives in such a way as to not cause stress or fear... but to cause shooting bolts of pain right through your retinas.    For your own personal safety:  Do Not Watch This Film.  For the Love of Lovecraft - Avoid this film at all costs!   The other movie was a remake of an older flick and I have to admit that I liked it a great deal by the underlying and unspoken messages in it.  SOLARIS.  With Mr George Clooney and that one Irish chick from RONIN... She is so hot with that long gorgeous hair...  Anyways, it's a sci-fi thriller kind of an attempt, but really it's a romance.  I can't explain it, but this flick is a trip and well worth the rental.   If you have any problems with the movie, feel free to talk to me about it. 

Morning: NEVER eat a bratwurst with sauerkraut after midnight.  Ooh man.  Not good in the morning.  I feel like I slept in one of those NASA machines that spins you around.  No brats & kraut after 8PM for the rest of my life!  But man, it was a great midnight snack.  What brand of kraut was that?  Hebrew National?  Whatever, it’s gooood stuff.  Really crisp with a mild flavor… I like to pile it on.  Just not in the middle of the night.    

A sad email has come to me this morning.  I thought that I had to share it.  You might see more of these emails.  Me becoming a psychologist and all that.  Think of me as Frasier for Firearms… I'm listening.  “I bought a Kimber Tactical Pro II after doing some research.   I thought I had made an educated purchase.  Yes, I'm somewhat new to guns.  I guess these guns need break in time.  I have had rounds fail to feed and empty cases stuck in the extractor (an external one).  Kimber hasn't answered my email yet, and I feel like I'm stuck with a piece of junk.  Maybe I wish I had gotten a different model?  Do you think this gun can be fixed?  By the way, I shoot Winchester 230gr factory ball ammo at the range.  Thanks for listening to me cry. John”  The Tac Pro II?  Isn’t that an upper level Commander sized gun?  I think so...  I don’t follow Kimber’s naming convention as they are not my favorite 1911 makers.  However they are one of the better ones out there for production 1911s.  I'm just a Springfield man myself.  The TRP, fantastic!  Your Kimber should NOT be doing that.  How many rounds have you fired through it yet?  On 1911’s I don’t even start looking at reliability or accuracy until AFTER 500 rounds, because yes, these guns do need a break in period.  However this sounds a bit more than what you would expect even in an overly tight new gun.  No, I don’t think you have a piece of junk… but there is a glitch someplace there.  I bet it feels a bit too tight doesn’t it?  Well, you have 3 options, John.  You strip it down, clean it really good, lube it up with FP-10 and then sell it. That was option one.  Two, is you clean it and lube it really good, and then shoot the hell out of it and work it in using different ammunition.  Winchester .45 loads are not my favorite.  Use different ammo.  Several different varieties. Blazer, Speer, Hornady… everything you can get your hands on.  If there is something wrong with a weapon it either hygiene, ammo or mechanical.  So by doing Option 2 you can see if it’s H, or A.  If it’s not and you surpass 500 with continual issues, then you now it’s an M factor.  Option 3 you can do now or later.  Call (800) 880-2418… email is slow with all gun companies.  Call them and talk to them on the phone.  I’ve only dealt with Kimber’s customer service once and that was 7 or 8 years ago.  I’m not sure how they are, but you have a warranty and they need to honor it.  1911’s sometimes need a bit more consideration when you just get one.  NEVER pick up a pistol and just put it in a holster and expect it to work.  Never go in with an unproven gun.  On Duty, or for CCW or for Home Defense.  500 rounds is my count.  After 500 rounds with no stoppages, then I can start trusting it.   So to sum it up, yes, it can be fixed.  As to if you got the right gun or not, ANY new auto pistol can have some problems when they are spanking new.  Most modern guns don’t… but they can and if you read some gun forums you will find instances of just about every gun make and model out there with someone bitching about a rare bad apple.  If I were you, I’d clean it and lube it really good, shoot the hell out of it this weekend and then call Kimber Monday morning.  If you have “Lost All Confidence” in the gun, then take it back to where you got it and trade it in on something different.  Guns are supposed to be enjoyable not headaches.  There is no shame in ditching a gun you don’t enjoy having.  Get one that you will enjoy.  There are plenty of other good .45ACP options out there.  Personally, I'd break it in some more with different ammo and call Kimber to talk to them about it.  You have a good gun that you should probably not give up on yet.  It's worth sorting it out.  Also, with a new 1911 I like to use a good grease on the rails when breaking it in.  Let me know how it goes and what you decide to do.

Aug 8th, Friday:  1400hrs:   I have taken my personal MTech knife, an MT025 and have modified it.  I took it apart (again) and went nuts with it.  I polished the blade to a mirror finish, repolished the bearing surface, and carefully reshaped the G10 giving it a "melt" job all the way around on both sides.  Then cleaned it all up and put it back together using FP-10 inside the bearings and tensioning the unit till it is "just right".   It opens smoother than any other knife I've ever had... and that includes some very high end knives.  Locks up tight and there is zero blade play.  The new shape feels good in the hand.  Very good.  Holding it with another one that is not modified... the difference is amazing.  My knife opens smoother, feels more solid, more comfortable and it feels smaller.  Slipping it in and clipping it to my pocket... oh yeah, it's now "just right".  I just wish this knife had the "Speed Safe" mechanism like my Boa.  This knife will be carried now when I am going to be doing things more rough with it.  While the Boa is my favorite knife ever, I don't want to get rough with it.  This MT025 is a knife I would be afraid to play dirty with.  It's now my working knife and the Boa my "dress knife".  Hmmm... looking at both knives together... I shouldn't have polished the blade.  My mistake.  It took a lot of time to do and truthfully, the bead blasted blade looks better.  Oh well.  I'm doing another one right now... as custom job for someone, but I'm going to leave the blade blasted.  I remain very impressed with these knives.  I'm telling you, you need to get one.  These are NOT the cheap knives you find at the flea market.  These knives are just as good as Cold Steel or Columbia River.  If you work on it... it's just as good as Benchmade.  Well, maybe not but that is because Benchmade uses a better grade knife steel.  Better, but not much better.

1100hrs:  We have a new member of the family.  His name is "Shinobi".  He is sleek, small, young, and a full blooded Ninja.  He is a Siamese cat.  He comes with the house we are going to be moving into at the end of the month.  We are getting out of this apartment because, well, it's an apartment and we hate it.  You know the old cliche about thin walls and you can hear the other people having sex in the other apartment?  Well, we are the Others in this case and I want my privacy.  I want my boys to be able to have the freedom to run around outside with out the bother of the children of the retards that live in the other apartments around here.  We moved here because it was the only thing available at the time and we had to move.  This new place as a huge area that is about a 100 yard square that the kids can run around in.  No yard per say... but that can be remedied with a little forced labor.  I'll be searching for a pair of puppies for my boys.  The Cat?  Well, he lives there.  It's his home.  Long story.  But my boys have already adopted him. 

Because of the hits to the Guns of the Matrix article, I decided to polish it a bit and correct the typos I noticed.    I'm working on "The Guns of HEAT"  right now.  Mainly because it stands out as one of the top Gun Flicks out there.  Look for that to be posted Sunday. 

I was in a discussion with someone about the Libertarian Party.  While liking some of the Libertarian standards, I find them to be very fundamentally flawed and can’t vote for any true party line Libertarian.  They support legalizing drugs while at the same time cutting the legs out from under the poor and cutting everything from the Federal Budget that isn’t military spending… like funds for public education.  I think the Libertarians are screwed up.  If it were up to them, I wouldn’t be able to go back to school.  My kids wouldn’t even have a school to go to because this BFE county we live in doesn’t have to funds to even turn the lights on without federal funding.  Looking in a crystal ball, if it were up to the Libertarians, the Crack Whore industry would become legalized free enterprises that would be free to expand because there is nothing illegal about them any more… the drugs they smoke or the acts they do to get the money for the drugs.  The rich would become richer as usual sure, but the poor would become all the more poorer because they can’t afford to feed or educate themselves.  But man, they are “FREE”!  Free to starve to death, free to be abused and downtrodden.  I don’t like that.  I think even dumbshits have right to some aid as such because they have kids… Kids deserve every chance to become valuable citizens in America.  And they are not going to make it when they are cold, hungry, and stupid.  A true Libertarian Free State would be like a Post Revolution – Pre turn of the Century France.  To get an idea of what this would all be like, read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.  Yes, I am down with personal freedom and responsibility, but I'm not down with grinding people under with my boot heels.  The United States is the greatest nation on the whole fucking planet and there is no reason for the poor and hungry to be poor and hungry when we have the money to do otherwise.  We just need to spend wisely.  Government Spending Control doesn't mean Government Stop Spending.  What we need to do is stop spending money on bullshit like the Space Program, The V-22 Osprey, Counting African Gerbils in Oregon, Operating National Parks With Federal Money when Privatizing would cost less and improve everything... same with other Federal programs.  Privatization is the key to federal budget control... not cutting everything.   It's bad enough that booze is the #1 cause of people getting killed on the streets... but they want to make drugs legal?  Fuck that.  Legalization is bullshit.  You want to control drugs?  Legalizing it isn't the answer.  This isn't Amsterdam.  We need to control the boarders and take the smugglers and just fucking shoot them.  The Drug War is a whole other issue... but surrendering to it is about as stupid as putting a gun to your head and pulling the trigger saying "I think it's unloaded".    Keeping kids stupid and proliferating the sexualization of them is the goal of the Liberals!  Yet that is what the Libertarians will allow!  No Way!  No Fucking Way.  Liberals, Libertarians... both Libs.  Both would have long term negative effects on the country.  The only thing that makes political sense in long term national effect is the Republicans. 

If anything, Arnold as a Governor will at least be entertaining.  He already is.

The Subaru Starter issue is not yet resolved, but I now have the solution in mind now.  A remote start button.  I can bypass the ignition system with a switch off the solenoid.  I have another little problem.. very small.  There is a little switch in the gear shifter boot that locks the key unless your in Park or Neutral... yeah, that was working fine before... but... uh... well... I, uh... kinda ripped it apart yesterday.  LOL... easy fix... but with half the dash ripped out and the wiring exposed... to quote CR SAM, "It looks stolen as hell". 

Aug 7th, Thursday: 1400hrs:  So the Terminator is going to try for the Governorship after all.  Interesting.  I wonder what made him change his mind.  Its not the money is it?  Isn’t he taking a big pay cut if he becomes Governor?  Hmmm… Second thought… maybe not.  All his last movies have been stinkers.  Has he done anything good since Kindergarten Cop?  Please remember, this fool is a RINO and is not to be trusted.  He is an elitist and that is not a complementary term.  I don’t like him politically and I don’t even really like his movies.  Some of his movies can be called some of the worst films ever made.  The only upshot of his winning the election is that he can’t do any worse than Grey Davis.   His ideas are good and bad.  On the good side, he has a lot of desire to improve education and while I think the political public schools are so screwed up, I can’t help but to support any desire to improve it.  However he screws up big time when he says he wants to bring back businesses to pay for more big programs.  What they need to do is to take a serious look at all the programs and trim the fat and redundancies.  But his biggest mistake is his unyielding belief in Gun Control.   One reporter said that “This wont be good for Davis!”  Please.  As if that jackass has ANY hope of surviving this election.   We will probably be seeing several law suits and other legal entanglements in the aftermath thanks to Al Gore and the Floridians.   We will also see all the tools of the Governor’s trade get pasted.  Stolen files, computers, software, office supplies, etc.  Just like the Clintons staff did, just like the Salt Lake City’s mayor’s staff did when Rock Anderson took over.  Democrats are poor losers.  Let me clarify that… they are good and loosing, they just behave badly after the fact.

I have noticed that my Guns of the Matrix article has gathered no moss in the blogosphere.  It’s mentioned and referenced and linked in quite a few places.  Interesting.  I’m pleased that it’s popular.  I had a lot of fun writing that one.  More fun that doing little posts like this one every day.   Just to let you know, my full time classes are starting in just a couple weeks.  When this happens my updates are going to be fewer.  However bigger articles are going to still happen as I can.  I still have the Gun Lube Tests article that I am still working on… no rush on it.   And I have a lot of other things going on too but now isn’t a time to discuss them.   I am planning to do a “Guns Of” article for a couple other of my favorite movies:  HEAT, RONIN, and EQUILIBRIUM.   Any other flicks I should think about?

Email from my brother: “Hey, we just finished watching Dog Soldiers. Once again, you proved your judgment. That was freaking awesome. Where the heck do you find all these never heard of movies? Those werewolves were sweet and for the most part, the military part was on target.  If you have any other movie recommendations, let us know. We go back to school in two and a half weeks.  Just counting the days. Well, talk to ya later. Peace out.” I am glad you guys liked it.   To give my readers a little background on this, I suggest they watch a movie called “Dog Soldiers”.  The strengths of this movie are 2 fold.  First, the excellent squad action and gun handling in the first half of the movie.  This of course fades out in the second half, but the second have had it’s strength in the werewolves.  I think these are perhaps the creepiest werewolves ever shown in a movie.  This is hard to do because werewolves, like all the “Classic Monsters” have all been done to death… so how are you going to make them even remotely interesting?  These guys did a stunningly good job of it by simply breaking “The Divine Proportion”.  Watch it and you will know what I mean.  These WW creatures are truly nightmarish.  The ending sucks, as most endings do, but I warned them of this fact.  Still, it’s a film worth renting if you find yourself with a Get One Free situation.  Not for kiddies.  Put them to bed before you turn this one on.  It will disturb them greatly for many years.  Scar them emotionally.   Any other good suggestions?  Why, brothers, just take a look at my Movie page.  School starting… Yup.  I am counting too.  That is scaring me more than a pack of werewolves.  Regardless of my arrogance and bravado, I am still human.  Even for an Ogre.  I suffer from a dreadful feeling that I am not good enough to go back to school.  I think that I will fail or wont be able to finish the courses and this will all be for naught.  That is what scares the shit out of me.    That and my Grandmother-In-Law.  *shudder*

Email from Reader: “Subarus are great regarding their motors and stuff like that.. It's not uncommon to see them running around with 200,000+ miles on the odometer.  Plus some make great trail/mild off-road vehicles, which is I suppose why you bought that car in the first place. They are common in Australia and there are several aftermarket companies that sell heavy-duty brush guards and small lift kits were you can use small pick-up tires for the extra ground clearance.  Here's what I do if I have a jap car that has trouble with the neutral start cutoff switch: Get rid of that switch. Ground that wire out so that the car thinks it's in neutral all the time. Of course if the car has different idle characteristics or something like that when it's in neutral, then you can't do that, but I don't think that will be a issue.  Then you can do useful things with the starter, like in a emergency or awkward/dangerous position were you can't start the car you can use the starter motor to move the car a few feet. This is a trick that is used by 4x4's that have carbureted motors that can't restart after dying at extreme angles. Of course this reduces the life of starter, so it should only be used in a pinch. :)  To bad I don't live in your area or I'd be considering buying your car.”  Well, you hit the nail on the head as to what I am trying to do with the car already.  The only trouble is finding just where that switch is so I CAN disable it.  It’s not to be found anywhere.  As for the starter trick, I’ve used that in the past in my Audis as a push to get the car rolling to where I could compression start the engine.  You know, get it rolling and turn the key on and pop the clutch… believe me, I have a history of needing to do that.  Where out a starter?  Please.  You can buy one with a life time warranty and replace it in 15 minutes once a year.  I don’t give a flip about the starter.  Two wires, two bolts, done.  The engines in a Subaru are unique… they are actually certified as small aircraft engines… well, at least the one in my car is.  This engine is the only reason why I love-hate relationship with the car.  The engine is WONDERFUL.  I just wish this car was a stick and not an auto.  If anyone has a stick that wants to trade, I’m game.  I would give up the power locks, windows, all that jazz for a stick shift.  Mainly because I like to feather the clutch when sliding sideways around a curve… gives me more control of the car’s attitude.    As much as I like the engine… the lack of a clutch is why I would trade it off.

Another email and a good question:  “I am trying to decide on a good 45 auto to buy for self defense.  I have carried a Sig 229 in 40 caliber for 4 years and am used to something that is very reliable, the problem is I cant afford another Sig or I would go with a Sig 220.  What do you think about a Springfield Mil-Spec or a CZ97? Will they hold up?  And what about reliability and accuracy?  I have even considered a revolver namely a Ruger GP100.  I would appreciate your opinion.”  Hmmm, a very good question, Marlon.  As much as I love the CZ-97 for its feel and accuracy… I don’t think I would recommend it for defense.  Comp or Range, fine.  Defense?  Not yet.  For a 97 to be worthy of defense use it would have to be worked.  I had some reliability issues with mine that causes me to distrust it.  However, it was the most accurate handgun I have EVER owned.   Seriously.  A Mil-Spec Springfield would certainly do the job, and has for the better part of a century so I can’t fault it in the slightest.  Springfield has a warranty matched only in my opinion by Taurus.  Now, you mentioned the 97 as being an acceptable option, so this tells me you have large hands and are not afraid of a large auto.  You also are used to a DA/SA trigger system.  So here are 2 other options for you:   Taurus 945 offers a lot of variants check them out here.  There is one that is sure to fit your bill.  Taurus and Springfield back their handguns better than anyone.  That makes it a great value that you can pick up cheaper than you would expect.  About in your range if you shop around a little.  Don’t worry about the old opinions of Taurus that they are second rate.  This is no the case and hasn’t been for almost 10 years.  They had a bad reputation that is hard to break in the Gun Industry.   The Beretta 92 series has a bad rap for slide breaks that was mostly unfounded and it STILL has that reputation in spite of billions of rounds fired with no similar breaks.  Speaking of Beretta… the other option is also in your budget if you shop around a little deeper.  The Beretta Cougar.  It has the same round count as the 1911, 8 to 10 rounds.  It’s a unique pistol that feels great in the hands and feels good when shooting.   I’d hunt gunbroker.com or talk to your favorite FFL and see if he can’t find one for you.  Either gun is a solid choice that is being used by police officers and other professional gunslingers.  You just don’t hear about them very often or at all.  Then there are the other regular choices of HK, Glock or S&W… but the HK is more expensive and the others are further down on my list.  My first choice would of course have been the SIG P220 or the smaller P245 for easier carry.  Oh, the Cougar can be had smaller as well for CCW.  So my first admonition would be to shop around for a SIG P220 or P245 and see if you can’t find one you can afford.  Maybe even saving a few months if needed.  Barring that, take a good look at the Taurus and the Beretta.    Hope I aimed you in the right direction.  Let me know what you have selected.

Aug 6th, Wed: 1900hrs:  Sometimes you don’t want to inherit anything… no really…  Remember when I talked about the mother yesterday?  Well, this one is a little different.  What if you found at after your mom passed away that she was really Norman Bates’ Mom?  This story has Creep Show written all over it and what makes it worse is that it is all true.  Mom dies.  So daughter goes up into the attic and starts going through things… find 3 chests full of potential treasure.  Opens them.  Finds the bodies of 3 dead babies.   Judas Priest!  Really makes you wonder about Mom doesn’t it?  I could probably see this if this was a case from back in the first half of the 1900’s.  Like in the 30s with the great depression and all that jazz.  But Mom passed away in 1999.  This makes the story much more ghoulish.  Just how old are these bodies and who are they?  Siblings?  Still births?  Or something more sinister.  Would make for an interesting book.  By H.P. Lovecraft

This issue about this Gay Bishop.  Is this a case about the Church or this guy’s career?  I think this man in question needs to take a deep reflection as to what is best for his church.  There is a deep divide that will tear the church apart and many members will fall off regardless of the choice made.  This guy needs to decide what is best for the church.  Being voted in as a Gay bishop, or being voted off as a Gay bishop.  Either way, in my opinion the best thing would be to drop out of the picture and make the issue fade off.   At least that is my opinion.  UPDATE:  Well, I wrote the above early this morning and I had a lot of issues to take care of today so it didn’t get posted.  More on that in a minute.  Looks like this guy was voted in as was expected.  The church playing politics instead of being a church.  The pundits and apologists make the case that homosexuality as a sin is a matter of interpretation of the Bible.  Here is mine.  It IS a sin.  And as such, in my opinion this guy should not be a Bishop, Priest, or even an Alter Boy.  That’s my personal opinion.  This doesn’t mean I’m going to tie a gay guy to the bumper of my pickup truck… I just don’t think it’s right that they take a position of moral authority (in anything) in the church.   I have no problem with a homosexual being a homosexual… but please, no, I don’t want them preaching to me about sin and repentance.  You know, the stuff you get lectured about in Church.  Anyways, this doesn’t come as a surprise to me.  As said, I expected it to go this way.  It was the politically correct way to go.  Remember people, there is no right and wrong any more… there is just Political Correctness.

Well, the (fucking) Subaru is now parked outside where I will be able to tear it apart and rebuild it at my leisure.   To get it out of where it was, it required a Ford F-150 to go into 4 Low and a tow chain that was more than 20 feet long.  I think I have whiplash from the several big yanks.  Thank heavens this Sube has good solid tow hooks in the front end or I would have been worried about ripping out a transaxle or something.    If ANYONE out there knows how to permanently override the neutral safety switch, and the ignition key release switch… I would appreciate the information.  Yeah, I screwed up the little switch that tells the ignition switch that I can take the key out.  What happened to the good old days when you could start the car with a screw driver?  I remember we had a Chevy Caprice Wagon many many many years ago that you could start with a butter knife or screw driver.   Now that was called “Practical”.  These days?  It’s like a getting a committee vote.  Oh, this is in a 92 Subaru Legacy AWD autostick.  A green one.  I don’t know why that was important, but I was asked that – the color – at a Sube shop in Virginia.  I didn’t know Sube made the different colored cars differently… but I hear the red ones go faster.    What I need is for a Sube shop to email me the diagrams and information out of the shop manual for this car.  No, not the Haynes or Chilton manuals… the factory shop manual.  This crap isn’t in the Haynes or Chiltons – I already looked.   You know, since I am going to have to completely remove the dash – I might as well strip this thing down completely and prep it for Rally Racing.  Any ways, if anyone even knows someone who knows where this little alchemy secret is, get me a number and I’ll call them.  The best thing about the car is it’s engine.  As much as this car pisses me off – once I am in it and rolling – all is forgiven.  This engine loves to rev and run hard and I respect that.  I can be beating the shit out if it and the engine wont even hint at overheating.  Kinda like my Jeep.  I can flog the hell out of it and the engine wont even get hot.

The sun is getting low and it’s cooled off out there a bit… time to get back into the Sube and start tearing it apart. 

Aug 5th: Tuesday: Funny how earlier today I mention that the Jeep is doing well.  And it still is.  But it’s interesting how the Subaru has taken offense to that.  It’s now stuck indicating 3^rd gear… regardless of the actual gear.  Since it’s not showing Neutral – the safety switch isn’t open and this I can’t get my car to start – again.  No matter what I do.  It’s not going into neutral or park so I can’t start it.  All week it’s been stuck in Neutral so I could start and stop with no problems.  This wouldn’t be so annoying were it not parked out in the middle of the fucking desert with buzzards circling overhead.  See, I took my boys out shooting today.  We practiced aiming and breathing and tracking skills through the desert scrub.  After a few hours of this, we were all hot and tired and thirsty… so we jumped into the car to rush back into town for some refreshment.  This is when I noticed the car was going to be a problem.  There was nothing I could do to get started.   Nothing.  It was a long march for the little ones to a construction guy who had a cell phone on him.  Called in an evac mission and we were soon picked up with cold refreshment waiting on board… in the trusty Jeep.   If anyone wants a 1992 Subaru Legacy… YOU CAN HAVE THE FUCKING THING!!!!!  AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   No, not have, but I will gladly sell it to you cheap or trade you for an old Jeep.   Power everything, automatic.   Make a reasonable offer and you can come get it.  I’ll give you the keys and you can do with it as you will.  I am so freaking done with it.  As soon as I get it running again – I am going to take it to a dealership and trade it off.  I’ve had it.  I’d trade it straight across for a 1970 Ford… I don’t care… as long as the Ford starts and runs drives with no problem – I don’t care what it is.   AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   It's not too much to ask is it?  Just for something to take my boys and I from point A to point B?  That's not too hard is it?  Evidently it is.   Shoulda stuck with that damned Mustang.  Maybe I should look for a Buick. FUCK!!!!!

1030hrs:  28 email messages.  8 of which were actual emails to ME.  The rest was SPAM.  Let’s see what the theme was today.  Weight loss, penis drugs, Russian girls who want to come to America to be my mistress.  Hmmm.  That’s interesting.  Usually they want to be Brides, but now just being the other woman is acceptable.  I didn’t know being a concubine was something to aspire to in Russia.  Hmmm What else?   Symantec spammed me with an offer to buy a download version of NAV.  Which I already have.   Lose more weight faster… ah… it’s a carrot juice colon blow thing.  No thanks.  What happened to Prune Juice?   When did prune juice go out of style?  I thought everyone knew that it was prunes that greased the tracts?   Well, who am I to question such well written and promoted marketing?  The most interesting bit of spam… other than the financial programs (admittedly I am tempted to get that Visa Gold Card with the name Mad Ogre on it) was one that offered the secrets to paper cutting.  Whoa!  This isn’t something you see every day.  But you can cut out fantastic patterns and designs out of paper… but only if you have The Secret.  Damn.  I better not get the secret but if I had it, I’d probably tell some one.   Let’s see, what else.  Half.com has been pimping us to sell there.  But I think the most interesting spam of the day is for “The Lip Plumper”.  “You can kiss your thin lip.s goodbye! Painlessly stimulates your lip.s to produce collagen & hyaluronic moisture, which results in LARGER, PLUMPER & more DESIRABLE lips! Exclusive break through formula is DIFFERENT from any other lip plumper - IT ACTUALLY WORKS! Easy to use, just glide it on to PERMANENTLY double your lip size and shape naturally - everyone will notice the difference!  With regular use you will get PROVOCATIVE, POUTY lip.s in 30 days or your MONEY BACK!”  With of course a tight close up of Angelina Jolie's lips.  Or is it “lip.s”?  I don’t know… I think Ogre might look good with provocative pouty lip.s.  It’s only 25 bucks.  So, this is stuff you rub on your lips and it makes your lips swell up?  That has to be painful.  With out spending 25 bucks, there are other ways to get the same results.  There is the famous capture a bee in a jar and put you lips into it so the bee can sting them.  There is the stage method of just drawing a bigger mouth and filling in with lipstick.  Then there is the Alabama method of just getting a fat lip from a sock to the mouth by some guy in a tank top.   No thank you.  Sure Angelina’s lips are delightfully plump and provocative and pouty… but I really don’t think they would look good on me.  And just now in popped another spam that asked “Am I Happy?”  *Grrrrrr*  I’d be a lot happier if you jackasses would stop sending me so much fucking spam all the damn time!  I don’t give a rats ass about spammers rationalizations for the deplorable practice.  Spamming is the worse form of marketing right next to telemarketing.  I swear, if I ever find a spammer within arms reach… I’m going to choke the life out of him with my bare hands. 

Listening to a lot of conservative people talking and I hear a lot of them mention Lieberman as an acceptable Democratic candidate.  Two questions: 1.  Why is Lieberman acceptable?  2.  How can ANY Democrat be acceptable if they are still Democrats?  What in depths of Hades do we need a Democrat for when we have a guy in the big office that is pushing Democrat programs?  I humble submit that Lieberman is patently unacceptable and that there is not a single candidate on the left who is.  Not for the Governorship of California and not for the United States as a whole.  While I am sure Lieberman is the nicest guy on the planet, he is still of the left and a tool for their greater goals which are all sinister in nature when you dig deeper and look at the big picture of the Liberal America.   No Lieberman.  No Democrats.  No Left Turns!  You know, I just wish this guy was a Republican.  If it wasn’t for the Left’s agenda, he wouldn’t be that bad.  He is certainly better than most other Democrats, but that isn't saying much.

“I think I killed the baby.”  Not “I sliced my baby’s throat open”.  Licensing for cars and guns… Perhaps they should do the same for Parenting?  This is absolutely horrid.  Another mother murdering her child.  This is the most evil thing ever.  This is worse that man murdering a rape victim.  There is a sacred bond between a mother and a child… and for the mother to do something such as this.  Horrible.  Her statement indicates a disconnect from the victim.  The word “the” in this case communicates more than was spoken.  With the word “The” she says she was emotionally detached from the infant.  She had no love for the child.  She was very cold and collected when she did this evil deed.  As if it was just a Postpartum Abortion.  Yet when asked if she felt sorry, she said “Oh, yes, I do.”  No, if she was sorry about this her wording used “My” then we could probably believe she was sorry.  As the word “my” would indicated ownership, custody, a bond.  No, this was not a glitched firing of neurons in her brain.  This was not a traumatic emotional breakdown.  This was cold blooded, and probably premeditated murder.  The only thing she is sorry for is that she faces repercussions, not that she lost her baby.   Perhaps abortion is a good thing… so fewer babies are born to such monstrous bitches… so they don’t have to look at their mothers faces… so that they don’t have to suffer the ultimate betrayal.       

I am going to be very sad one of these days, when its time to retire our Cherokee.  It’s a unique vehicle even when compared to other Jeeps.  I had to replace the exhaust pipe so I selected a stainless unit that is heavier and fatter than what was originally installed.  This pipe gives the Jeep a very unique sound.  It growls.  It’s only a 2.5 liter 4 banger motor… but it’s an angry little engine.  The growl can be heard from a distance and my wife who drives it the most is always announced in her return.  Constant leakage of power steering fluids shows where we have parked.  It’s amusing to me… what this Jeep has been through and survived.  It’s odometer shows over 250 thousand miles on it, and I have documentation that indicates it has rolled.  One and a quarter million miles and still rolling… still growling.  It has personality… has character.   In it’s time, it’s had some major things going on.  Paperwork shows it has had some engine swaps with one being a V-8 engine believe it or not.  So in another time it was quiet the hotrod.  This makes it very personalized as I am the same way.  Used to be so “high speed and low drag” but have put on a lot of hard mileage.  Bullets, bad ankle, migraines and bad liver… and I’m still growling.   I still need to find a new driver’s seat for it.  The back is broken on it.  A common problem with Jeep Cherokees evidently.  I’ve talked to other Jeepers and several have had to replace the seat too.  Of all the Jeeps in all the junk yards I have found, not one of them still has the driver’s seat.  I’m about ready to buy one on line… but that would be a 100 dollar saddle on a 50 dollar horse.   Well, maybe this horse deserves a nice saddle.   If any Ogre Readers out there come across a Drivers Seat for a 1986 Jeep Cherokee that is in a solid condition… let me know.  I think I might have to call Jeep and talk to them about this.  The newer model jeeps have fine seats.  You don’t hear about them breaking.  Or in many other vehicles either.  Oh well.  It’s still worth it.  I love this Jeep. 

Aug 4th: Monday: 2030hrs:  Best email of the day:  “Thanks for your expose on the M16 AR15.  My dad was issued one in 1966 and found out it was a very accurate single shot.  Since there was only one cleaning rod per squad they had to pass it around during a firefight in order to return fire.  I still have the letters he wrote to my grandmother about what a piece of crap it was.   My buddy who was issued the A2 in 1989 mirrored exactly what you said about the M16 shitting where it eats.  In my drunken mongoloid senility I was considering picking up a cool looking black rifle with my tax refund when I saw your well written review of Stoners Frankenstein. Thanks again for setting me straight. – J”  Thanks for the email J.  If you want a cool black rifle, there are plenty of good options.  Stepping out of the caliber question, a VEPR II is an OUTSTANDING AK variant that has accuracy that can rival most AR-15’s and can be had in .223.  Then again, if you really want an AR, there is the AR-180B that remedies the AR-15’s biggest drawback.  Or if you want to get serious, there is the M96 Recon.  One of the best fighting rifles you can buy.  It remedies even more. 

Another email came in about the 5.56MM round and how it should be classified as a destructive device instead of a little 55 grain twenty two caliber poodle shooter.  5.56MM explodes!  Guys, here is a little incident that happened some years ago… I knew the bank guard in this case.  He was shot through the head by a bank robber armed with an AR-15.  This happened a few days before the big Bank of America robbery in California.  There was big running gun battle and lots of shots were fired.  However there was no video so when the BOA robbery went down on live TV, it was much bigger news.  Anyways, about the wound… the bullet went in one side and out the other right behind his eyes.  He was in the hospital for a few days, and blinded for life.  If the bad guys had used ANYTHING ELSE, even lowly and often scoffed at pistol caliber carbine this guy would have been dead meat.  In fact, the 5.56MM rifle was probably the only rifle that could have possibly gone in and out with such little damage.  Yes, the man was very lucky.  Had also the shot gun anywhere else, there would have been more damage too… but still.  Just an example how the caliber failed.  Read Blackhawk Down.  It talks about the poor ballistic performance.   In case you don’t have a copy of BHD, I have it for you.  Be my guest to copy it all into a word document and read it at your leisure.  I have it on my iPaq actually.   

I heard on the news that the issue of the day for the racist bunch is the naming of tropical storms and hurricanes.  There is no “Black Sounding” names in the list.  Well HOLY SHIT!  Even the weather is racist now!  Damn.  Just another way The Man is keeping a Brutha down.  Let me axe you dis… when can ‘are be a disaster named afta a brother?  Huh?  Cracker?  Uh, let’s see… there are the all the sports riots and the LA riots because of OJ.  You guys want more?  I was joking there.  Seriously.  But this is a non-issue if there ever was one.  Racism will end when dumbshits stop bringing it up.  But this isn't what they want... because they bank on racism.  They make their living of promoting racism.  They LOVE racism.  And notice something?  The "white people" are not the ones that bring it up.    Racism is ugly... that's true.  And I am dead set against it.  Discrimination is wrong regardless of the factors involved, be it age or sex or faith.  But if we really want to be a color blind society, asshats need to stop bitching about there being no hurricanes with black sounding names.  The worse thing than the person complaining... is the media that put her in the news.    I'm not even linking this story, I'm too disgusted.

Don Gwinn wrote a poem called "Open letter to a Soccer Mom"  Read it here.   Spectre has written a reply to it...

"Evil you are, for evil you bring

In your frightened, petty way

From your imagined height

Of lofty righteousness,

Wearing the armor of the unaware

And the laurel of the wishful,

But I know the truth.  I understand your motivation

I see and smell the fear that drives you

For the children!  For the children!

Oh, no- for you.  Your kind can no more

Do an unselfish act than white turn black

So, cloak your malice in officious words,

Hide your fear in your "concern"

Turn your back on what frightens you,

And never, never look death in the eye

But it will come, and do not think

It will be any easier for your pretending

So, leave your fears! Let the pestilence of

The frightened fade away.  Embrace instead a weaker courage,

A moral honesty to face the darkness and light the way

And truth will set you free, the truth that only the strong

Can be truly gentle, and your arms, like your spirit

Can be brandished or wither from lack of use."

Spectre, for those that don't know him is a true Warrior Poet.  Thanks Spectre, we are looking forward to your next update regarding your time at the Yakima Training Center.   I've never been there.

Noonish  Rush Limbaugh has been on the air with his “Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies” for 15 years.  Kudos to Rush for being the single biggest thorn in the side of modern Liberalism.    This is an accomplishment to be proud of. 

What is the deal with AR-15 Advocates always talking about the bullets exploding in the targets?  The US has only one load will “fragment”.  It can break in half when it goes through a target body.  Notice I say that “it can”.  It doesn’t always and as I have said before, it only does this when fired at the full velocity given by the full length rifle barrel and not the popular short M-4 length barrels.   One snide remark was “Have you ever seen a wound from a 5.56MM?”  Yes.  Indeed I have.  Obviously, dumbass, you have not.  As I have explained before (Check the Magic Bullet article in the weapons section) you can not bank on bullets doing anything other than punch a hole into the target.  If it does something else – great – if not, you are left with a nice small .22 caliber hole.  7.62X39MM makes a bigger hole.  “Oh, it just tumbles once and exits leaving another small hole.”  I’m not making this up.  This was a comment made to me over at Geeks With Guns.  Look at it this way, infant, this round got a reputation for being a buzz saw in Viet Nam.  Such a reputation that people thought the bullet tumbled right out of the barrel.  But now all the sudden 5.56MM is the buzz saw and the 7.62 is what just makes the little holes?  This is either the result of some conspiracy to rewrite history, or an unfortunate display of an astonishing amount of ignorance.  I think it’s ignorance.  The only way a full metal jacket bullet is going to explode is if it was fired into a block of C-4 that was subsequently detonated.  Because C-4 wont explode from a bullet strike unlike what is shown in many action movies… but that wont stop some fool from writing me to tell me it does and then question my military experience where I actually used the damn stuff. 

I got reamed by someone via email.  Because I am selling my knives for 20 bucks and someone on eBay is selling one for 15!  *shock*  Your kidding me?  And all the sudden I'm an asshole because someone is selling it on eBay for less?  Look, eBay is an online auction.  The idea is that more than one person will bid on it.  The idea is that this bidding will make the price go up.  There is an advantage to ordering from me.  The advantage is that you know who is selling it.  You know that I will ship the same day or next and you don't have to wait a week to see if your bid got out bid and then wait for the seller to answer your emails and all that eBay crap.  No.  Not with me.  I get the order and I take care of it ASAP.   If you still want to eBay for the same knife... be my guest.   You expect me to match someone's eBay asking price?  You gotta be kidding me.  Why don't you go to the store and tell them you want the something cheaper because you saw it for less on eBay.   I have to sell the knives for more than I bought them for.  I'm not making much on these things... I'm really not.  It's really not even worth my time and effort.  So yeah, I'm trying to make some money on this deal.  I have no obligation to do otherwise.  It's called capitalism.  Now, here is something your not going to get off eBay.  I'm taking an individual knife and rebuilding it.  Tightening and polishing and sharpening and improving the knife from the inside out.  The results on my own example is an improvement in the overall feel of the knife.  These knives are going to be sold one at a time.  The first few are spoken for.  After these are done, the next ones will be posted on the same knife for sale page as the others... but you will notice a different price.  A small premium for my time.

Just looking at what’s in the news today… we have some interesting items.  Let’s review the highlights:

The Australians sunk one of our subs?  Your kidding me!?    Why those…   Oh, wait a sec.  This was back in WWII and we are still not sure exactly what happened.  All we know for sure, is that the USS Triton is sunk.  I thought the Nips did it, but someone else thinks our friends did it.  Interesting mystery if a pointless one.  Even if it was friendly fire, it’s unfortunate, but these things happen.  We recently shot down a friendly F-16 and bombed Canadian troops.  Mistakes happen.  That’s a fact of war.  War is hell and there is no way to make it a sterile operation friendly to all and made for TV.

The man in charge of running Hyundai has jumped to his death from his 12^th story office.  Interesting.  Makes you wonder why?  Did his application to Honda get turned down?  Or was he just taking responsibility for making Hyundais?  I wish whoever was responsible for the Pontiac Aztec and the Ford Focus would make the same plunge.  Hopefully from a more dramatic attitude.   

The Patriot Act is a huge problem for all those that love freedom.  Just the name is a slap across the face to most of us who read MadOgre.com.  What it is all about is a simple removal of the Bill of Rights whenever the Government feels like it.  Search and Seizure is what it’s all about.  If the Government thinks “Hmmm… John Doe might be a threat”  then the government can be all over John Doe with no restraint or no evidence.  No Probable Cause.  Nothing more than a vague suspicion is required because that’s that the Patriot Act is for – to dig up any evidence.   An unlikely champion against this has come forward to everyone’s surprise.   Your Library. 

Burglars are getting serious now.  They don’t just steal everything in your house now… they will steal your whole house.  Wow.  Sucks to be that guy!   Guy has one of those PreFab houses and the bad guys took it apart and made off with it.  Dayum.   See, this is why I am wanting a Timber Frame home.  It’s a lot harder to move 2 ton trees than a prefab panel.    Wait a second.  Maybe I don’t want a Timber Frame home.  Thieves could still break in pretty easy.  No… I want real security.  I want safety.  I’m serous about this.  I want this.  I want this.  Now THAT is what I am talking about!  This is actually a really good idea.  All the natural insulation would make hot summers cooler, and cold winters warmer.  But the best thing?  You can just mock the hell out of those telemarketers that call trying to sell you vinyl siding.  “Yeah sure… come on out and give me that free estimate.”  When they get there, you can just point and laugh.  The best thing about this, you have your secret location from which to build your very own giant robot to help you take over the world.

And we wonder why Public Schools are so screwed up.  The jokes just write themselves on this one. 

August 1st:  Friday:  Lunchtime:  Well, this explains everything.  Newspaper in the checkout line has a cover story about an Alien who had a “Steamy Affair” with Hillary Clinton.  Suspiciously this looks like the same alien that Bill had an affair with.  I think this might answer a lot of the Clinton personal questions out there.

The CZ-52 pistol has been on my mind a lot lately.  Lot’s of discussion and emailed questions.  This was a gun that my wife hated.  She said it felt evil and I have to admit there was a sinister vibe to it.  But I think perhaps it was because the one I had was a little uglier than usual.  Had dried blood in the holster.  Not kidding.  Mine wasn’t the best example of the breed.  I find myself wanting another one.  Now, when I eventually get another one, I am going to get silly with it.  I’m going to work it like it was a custom 1911.  Custom wood, finish sights, all that.  Hey, stop laughing.  I’m serious.  I want to make the CZ-52 into a gun that attracts some serious consideration by those who normally turn up there noses at it.  I was thinking of doing this with a Mak but the CZ-52 is just so much cooler than a Mak.  I’m going to strip the finish and polish everything then refinish it in a Teflon finish.  Crown the barrel.  Have the sights replaced.  Replace the firing pin with the aftermarket match pin, and have the whole trigger system detail polished by a good gunsmith.  If I have the money, have the lower refinished in NP3.

Remember yesterday when I said Americans do not know how to drive?  Well, there is evidence of this in a report that a woman is suing Chrysler because it’s vans are defective.  Claimed Reason: They don’t handle well.  Actual Reason:  Idiot drove it off the road, panicked, over corrected and crashed it like a dumbass.  But it isn’t her fault.  Chrysler should have made it like a giant 4X4 school bus.  If this doesn’t get thrown out of court, America will we be seeing a lot more cases like that.   No, this can’t possibly be driver error.  No way.  Never mind the fact that the driver was carrying paying passengers making it a commercial vehicle for which she wasn’t licensed.  Never mind the fact that the vehicle was over loaded.  I also suspect she was driving too fast for the road conditions.  No… this is all Chrysler’s fault.   BOGUS LITIGATION:  Making Retards Rich Everyday!

I don’t have time to investigate this in detail, but here is something we will be studying this weekend.  I’ll give you the text book so you can study it so we will be on the same page when I rip it apart.  It wont be very hard, but I want to be thorough.   Just looking at in brief we can see right off the bat that it is poorly written and full of rhetoric.  Surgically examining this joke of a page wont be difficult.

My kids are watching the old classic Sinbad movie.  With the Cyclops and the dragon.  You have to admit it, that was a cool movie.  Kids are loving it.   Bad effects, bad acting, bad costumes, bad casting... but it's just great.  

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