20121107
post-election wrap-up
It is Mlle. Sklodovska's first night of the new junior smallbore season. As I was driving her to the range, she asked, "Who won the election?"
"Mr. Obama has been re-elected."
Hmmmm. "Is that a good thing?"
I thought for a second. "Not optimal."
"Mr. Obama has been re-elected."
Hmmmm. "Is that a good thing?"
I thought for a second. "Not optimal."
20121105
Hunh
I might have failed to tell you that on neighboring Farflung Silos AFB, the base exchange has installed a firearms counter and does land-office business in blasters. Not just yer plain-jane duck-hunting NEF break-open shotguns and bolt .22's either. They seem to lean hard on pocket blasters and Black rifles. Quite good prices on everything Springer. And I never knew how pretty a Ruger 77/44 was until I saw one there.
I walked past that counter the other day with FrankenBoy in tow, and noticed a family crowded up to the counter. Dad talking to the dealer, one or two offspring units in a stroller, and Momma in faux-stretch-leather pants handling a S&W M&P.
Double-take: she was slowly, deliberately turning the pistol and looking straight down the barrel.
I walked past that counter the other day with FrankenBoy in tow, and noticed a family crowded up to the counter. Dad talking to the dealer, one or two offspring units in a stroller, and Momma in faux-stretch-leather pants handling a S&W M&P.
Double-take: she was slowly, deliberately turning the pistol and looking straight down the barrel.
words that I wish were more common
I heard a guest on a radio talk show last week use a word that I wish I heard more often: 'whence.'
Which is proper usage: "let it go back from whence it came" or "let it go back whence it came"?
Other words that should stage a comeback:
Which is proper usage: "let it go back from whence it came" or "let it go back whence it came"?
Other words that should stage a comeback:
- disabuse
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