Update…

Murphy from Lagniappe’s Lair is alive and well, stayed with me last night. He’s on the road, travelling, but is having problems with his laptop. He said to let everyone know that as soon as he gets that unscrewed, he’ll … Continue reading

Research…

Is the bane of an author’s existence, especially if you ‘want’ to get the details right. And trying to do westerns ‘right’ means research… An 1880s cowboy on the range. Probably in the Dakotas. Noted western photographer O’Sullivan actually had … Continue reading

Scaled Composites…

Is at it again! Stratolaunch Roc flew for the second time yesterday! The world’s widest plane featuring two separate fuselages had its second test flight Thursday, marking a successful venture for Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier plane. The giant plane features a wingspan of … Continue reading

Things to think about…

A new scam… Courtesy of Cedar Brook Financial If you received an email update on an order from Amazon you did not place, beware, it’s likely an attempt to steal your credit card information. Unlike emails from Nigerian royalty and … Continue reading

An interesting post…

A thought provoking post from Ammo.com The terms “nationalism” and “patriotism” are often used interchangeably. This is understandable, as they have somewhat overlapping meanings, both of which suffer from a certain amount of vagueness. However, there are a number of … Continue reading

Well done!!!

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office in the southwest corner of Virginia, put this out to ‘update’ the folks on the new laws… They DO have a university there, Radford, and are just down the road from VPI in Blacksburg. Happy … Continue reading

Compare…

And contrast… 1992- On August 19, Deputy DA Lawrence Morrison delivered the opening statement and a week later, the videotape of the beating was shown. The doctors who treated Denny testified, describing his wounds and their efforts to repair them. Next to … Continue reading

Fixing to get busy…

Gotta play host this weekend… I know better than to do this… But… We’re doing Foolzcon again. Should be an interesting mix of people, between writers, pilots, shooters, and various ‘other’ folks… and folks started showing up last night. Contrary … Continue reading

Out of the mouths of babes…

Or logic from an uncluttered Mind … A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its … Continue reading

Wow…

It’s pretty bad when CNN actually has to do a ‘positive’ piece on a Pub… As part of a larger story about Florida’s vaccine rollout, the renowned newsmagazine program spotlighted a recent $100,000 donation that Publix made to DeSantis’ re-election bid. … Continue reading