Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…

  • Med Class AAR

    Really glad I spend the $ and time to go through the tactical med class today that was expertly delivered by Greg Ellifritz of Active Response Training.  My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner.  While I’m by no means a qualified medical professional, I know a lot more and at least have…

  • Holes

    It will be light posting today since I am in an all day trauma medicine class. No, I don’t expect to be a world class Surgeon or even as good as a EMT with one day of training. But knowledge is power and I do expect to have a little more knoweldge at the end…

  • The fair is a veritable smorgasbord

    We’ve lived in Grant County for 7 years now. But I still prefer going to the Boone County fair. It’s one part nostalgia (the fair of my youth), one part the grounds (it’s a pretty nice layout) and one part food (country ham sandwiches and home made pie).

  • If an election is held and no one votes, is there a government?

    Watching Detroit eat itself is entertaining, for the schadenfreude as well as the phoenix like stories of rebirth (plus I keep waiting see a mention of Omni Consumer Corp buying up the whole place). One story that caught my eye was a recent report about the relatively light turnout in local elections. Elections which, by…

  • Another reason to do a chamber check

    Did a chamber check before I was going to put my pistol on this morning (working from home so I can carry). Glad I did. Guess what’s getting cleaned today?

  • A centennial review

    Note: I have been working on this post for a while but in recent weeks some of my long held beliefs about government have been tested. So I reserve the right to argue with myself in later posts ;-). If you accept the premise that government should exist and that democracy is a legitimate form…

  • Beginning, Middle and End

    This weekend a step was taken towards parental happiness: my son helped mow the lawn.  Even though it was only the push mower and he only cut about 300 square yards of the nearly 4 acres I have to mow, I already have visions of graduating from labor to management: sipping mohitos from my hammock…

  • Free product ideas

    Since I am feeling generous this morning I’m going to give you, my 10 readers, a few free product ideas.  I give these away without any license – but if you go off and make them I’d like a free one in exchange for the inspiration I provided you. First up, I’d like a personal…

  • Take a step towards liberty

    Looking back on past blog posts, I realize that I never posted about getting my Kentucky Concealed Carry of a Deadly Weapon (CCDW) Instructor permit a few months back – all my updates where in the internet black hole known as Facebook.  My original CCDW permit instructor, Joe Kalil, contacted me and asked if I’d…