A little too big for the pocket, I'd think, but it should fit in a handy nook in a weary traveling cultist's suitcase.


Sold on eBay for $53.67.  But not to me, in case you're wondering.

Another version is currently up for auction, starting at a mere $9.99.  Both versions stand 5 inches tall.

Also available is a Formless Spawn idol, starting at $39.99.  This one is 8 inches high.

Let the kids have some BB gun practice today.  My daughter is getting a lot better at holding a rifle correctly, even if it is only a Daisy Buck.  Getting her cheek into the stock, putting the front sight on the target, etc.  I'm not really bothering her with the rear sight yet, and at 5 yards, who needs a rear sight anyway?  It's a pretty big target.

She's getting a head start from my perspective.  I didn't shoot even a BB gun until I was 12 years old.  I was shooting centerfire rifles at 14, so I guess I got caught up once I started.

This morning I blocked another site from the G00gl3 ads in the sidebar.  Although I won't provide an actual hyperlink, their site is protectpolice dot org.

They are allegedly an organization of law enforcement officers whose main purpose is to oppose the Tiahrt Amendment.

But of course we must not take them at face value.  This time it's very easy to follow the money, because at the very bottom of their home page is this (screenshot):


Case closed, as far as I'm concerned.

UPDATE:  Tiahrt Responds to MAIG Campaign of Lies and Distortion at house.gov.

Another Christian perspective on self defense and the Second Amendment.  Why They Hate the Second Amendment or What the Second Amendment Declares About Us at Reproach of Men:

Thus, even though men are evil, they also fear death. Moreover, they fear where they will go when they die. For this simple reason alone, the Second Amendment secures the rest of the rights that the LORD God gave us. It is only when men do not see any prospect of dying that they become bold in their wickedness, and their willingness to harm their fellow man. This is also the reason the death penalty is effective in deterring crime as well.

The problem today is that we in America are a society in which the vast majority of individuals believe that they are inherently good, and that only a few “bad apples” cause the problems we have. This kind of thinking is not scriptural, rather it comes straight out of humanist doctrine and teaching. In fact, the idea that man can become good by his own efforts is a central part of the philosophy of Communism and the striving to create the “new communist man.”

The outworking of this kind of thinking is the belief that we can somehow create a utopian society if only we can get rid of the implements of violence. Thus, the blame is laid upon “the gun” when guns are used in the commission of a crime, instead of upon the person who wilfully chose to commit the crime. (After all, that would be to tacitly admit that we are all inherently given to evil.) It is also the driving force behind the idea that individuals in government are somehow better than the “common man” and that they are more enlightened and would never oppress their fellow citizens. After all, aren’t they elevated above the rest of us?

Via The War On Guns.

Another anti-freedom goon crawls out from under a rock and leaves a trail of slime glistening in the sunlight.  At CNSNews.com:

"The Second Amendment is one of the clearest statements of right in the Constitution," Benjamin Wittes, a guest scholar at the center-left Brookings Institution, acknowledged in a discussion Monday. "We've had decades of sort of intellectual gymnastics to try to make those words not mean what they say."

Wittes, who said he has "no particular enthusiasm for the idea of a gun culture," said that rather than try to limit gun ownership through regulation that potentially violates the Second Amendment, opponents of gun ownership should set their sights on repealing the amendment altogether.

I'm glad that these people are dropping all the mealy-mouthed lies and just saying what they feel. It gets the fence-sitters off the fence.

Via The Liberty Zone.

Stung by a scorpion again.  This time it was in my pants pocket.  Stuck my hand in my pocket, and pow!  Same hand that I cut a couple of days ago, but at least not the same finger.

Taking a couple of days of slacktime before I start the new job.  Maybe I'll get some range time this weekend.  Not today, though, because I know from previous experience I'm going to start feeling pretty queasy from the venom.

UPDATE:  Ran into two more of these little suckers today, although they were both outside the house.  One found by the kids in one of their big playground toys in the yard (yard sale acquisition), and the other found by myself hiding behind the switch to the security light.  How did I ever manage to notice a scorpion hiding behind a pole-mounted light switch box?  I don't know.  I seem to have a knack for noticing out of place things that might be dangerous.  Or at least painful.  Unless they're in my pocket, of course.

Been watching closely for copperheads at night when I go out to feed the dogs.  It's been so hot at night lately that I won't be surprised to run into one or two.  So far, no luck.

Dug a couple of post holes today but the sand is getting too dry.  Once I get about 2 1/2 feet down the sand just starts slipping through the digger.  It's only slightly more coarse than baby powder.  Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration, but not by much.