December 21, 2013
A few vids (not all of which are safe for work) are in the extended entry, for your listening pleasure. Hope your birthday is a happy one sweetie. (and you know who you are, unless of course, you have amnesia,...
September 27, 2013
Being a smart ass can make serious discussions tricky, I admit. Take for example this recent exchange: Scarlett: So what do you think about the Starbucks thing? Pub: I don't want to have to hash this out again. All I'm...
September 21, 2013
Well, when a co-worker and our boss quit on the same day, I thought that'd max out the overtime opportunities within the company. I was wrong. After that the owners decided they didn't need a supervisor over my division after...
July 21, 2013
Women and Children First was a doctrine first recorded in a novel from 1860 by William Douglas O'Connor entitled Harrington: A Story of True Love. In that simple phrase I see the roots of chivalry, and a basic tenant that...
June 01, 2013
With apologies to Rogers, Hammerstein, Mary Martin, Patricia Neaway, Julie Andrews and perhaps most of all to Tam. Flint locks and doubles and single shot rifles Drillings with engravings that make quite the eye-full Perazzi’s & Merkels priced more than...
April 28, 2013
I knew this whole taking over the world business would be a very hands on endeavor, I just had no idea it'd require so much overtime. So, in lieu of content, here's an oldie* from Incubus. I'd not listen to...
March 30, 2013
Some folks buy into the illusion of civilization a bit too fervently. Over at Tractor Tracks the most heavily armed twig on the planet tall for her weight and level of armament lovely and talented proprietress starts off discussing a...
March 27, 2013
"We live in an area that’s wooded and secluded,' Biden said. 'I said, Jill, if there’s ever a problem just walk out on the balcony here … put that double-barreled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.' 'I promise...
March 09, 2013
A lady I used to know sent this to me a few years back. If you've seen it before go ahead and seen it again. After all, that is one bad-ass little horsie, and an extremely competent rider. (and I...
February 27, 2013
Anheuser-Busch accused of watering down beer How could you tell?...
We interrupt the normal gun owner control coverage here for an equally perplexing take on reality: A transgendered student is in the middle of a civil rights controversy (warning: annoying auto-play vid at link) From the headline it sounds a...
February 18, 2013
This is exactly the kinda thing that made me realize I shouldn't even try lotto: Virginia Beach pizza shop offering discount to gun owners Show up, show proof of gun ownership - like pointing to your sidearm or flashing a...
February 17, 2013
Maker's Mark Won't Cut Alcohol Content I know I feel much better about the coming collapse/crash/zombipocalypse now....
February 11, 2013
Miss Borowski also has a post up on this Act: Reasons to Oppose the So-Called Violence Against Women Act. What she said. (oh and I'm pro fuzzy puppies, just so ya know)...
February 10, 2013
Via Glenn Reynolds comes this: Maker's Mark waters down its bourbon to meet rising demand. If you'll pardon me I'm off to find a sack cloth in my size - I think I have enough ashes......
February 02, 2013
Threatened status for wolverines could launch protection in Colorado I find the headline kind of ironic. But then again I've seen Red Dawn and I know what the legislature here wants to do to us....
May 18, 2007
The last time I owned a pet I was about 10. I remember my grandfather telling me of his bird dog & showing me where he was buried in our back yard. Now this dog had died years before I...
May 17, 2007
I was thinking about local bands & realized that I've seen some of the best entertainers in the world, but odds are you wouldn't catch them unless you were looking for them. So here area few of my recommendations:...
Just some YouTube vids that I dig & wanted to access from one page. Mainly it's just for the song although occasionally the video itself will be cool....
I found this over at View From The Porch. It's a utility to keep your kitty from using your computer without your prior express consent. I'd almost think about trying it out but A: I don't have a cat &...
In an effort to clean out my bookmarks here are some non gun related links I thought were worth saving for one reason or a'tother....
Puddle of Mudd doesn't tune to A-440, or at least they didn't on this tune. Now contrary to popular misconception musical training (especially at the college level) does not merely consist of learning to play while drunk (though that's always...
Since I already listed the DVD's here's a list of the books on the shelf at Casa Publicola. These aren't all the books I own. A few are loaned out (for example a WW2 vet I know has most of...
May 16, 2007
Anachronista has a trailer up to Pirates of the Great Salt Lake. It's an indie film due out soon. Go to her place for the details. & Arrr, or something....
...but it got to me anyway. Probably due to the date today, as it's yet another anniversary that holds no joy. Or maybe it's just the insomnia catching up with me. But go read. It's Oscar Poppa's Mother Day post....
Just a reminder, Towel Day is May 25th. That is all....
Back in the days when I was participating in that exercise in abstract & concrete rejection known as internet dating I saw a phrase used by several dozens of women in their profiles. I'm not talking about "Republicans/Conservatives/Libertarians/Gun nuts need...
The date is set: July 7th. Location to be determined. All that's certain about the location is that it will indeed be un-central. But check in with Resurrection Song for more details....
May 14, 2007
"Can the PlayStation 3 aid cancer research? An experimental science project reaches epic proportions courtesy of Sony's powerful processor." Interesting. As I am but a humble mostly gun blogger I recommend you read the article for yourself....
May 06, 2007
Pet Food Poisoning Mystery May Be Solved(CBS/AP) The mystery of how two chemicals that are considered non-toxic poisoned so many pets may have been solved, CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports. The breakthrough was made at the University of Guelph...
May 05, 2007
Being a stranger in a strange land I am sometimes looked at askance for my beverage preferences (among other things). This I hope will serve to show that we Southerners do, in fact, know what we're doing: "Tea drinkers may...
May 02, 2007
Swamped. Rushed. Busy as hell. Etc. In the extended entry I offer you "metal kitty". No time to dig for the right tune (though I might try to update this post later). But my pal Anachronista has a cute little...
April 24, 2007
As anyone who pays attention to the time stamps on my posts can deduce, I did not find this article surprising in the least: "Insomnia Hits 'Night Owls' Harder" & to continue my streak of right choices in lifestyle: "Cocoa,...
April 22, 2007
Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 & Part 5. I'm not terribly surprised but that does not mean I'm not pissed about the latest finding: "For the first time, investigators are saying the chemical that has...
Instapundit points to an article about modern cancer research. On a related note I found this article about mixing Western & traditional Eastern medicines to treat cancer. An excerpt from the latter: "Mok said some hospitals in China were using...
April 21, 2007
Meteor shower that is. The Lyrids peak this weekend. The best viewing times are reported to be Sunday morning & Monday morning starting a few hours before dawn. If for some reason you can't catch the Lyrids then don't fret....
April 19, 2007
This Saturday, April 21rst, the American Cancer Society will be holding its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Denver, Co. Click here for details....
April 18, 2007
Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4. "Pet food recall expanded on new finding" Great. Since I hadn't heard anything about it in a while I was hoping the worst of it was over. "An industrial...
April 15, 2007
Swamped & rushed actually, but speaking of Rush... When I was in college a lot of the kids I attended with were Rush fanatics (including my not-so-tall hot blonde brunette friend). I always thought they were cool for a progressive...
April 14, 2007
It's the one & only hit by a band called Tonic. Shame as I liked a few of their other tunes, but this one was the best I've heard from them. The harmony is simple but effective which is a...
April 08, 2007
When I was a musician I was ruthless - economically that is. If the cash was there I'd play any damn place (even did a solo gig for a furniture store once - now that's a tough crowd). If the...
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. Sometimes It Snows In April is not just the name of a song by Prince. Around here it's also the justification from the weather guy when he...
April 05, 2007
Here are Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3. Some dog biscuits have been added to the recall as well as menu having expanded the range of products they're recalling. "The recall is one of the largest pet food recalls...
April 04, 2007
In case you missed them here's Part One & Part Two There's a bit more information & 4 companies are now recalling some of their pet foods. I'm just going to jot down what I have so far & offer...
April 02, 2007
There are a few things I was planning on writing about today but unfortunately a sudden loss & its attendant obligations has booked most of my time over the next week or so. Hopefully I'll be able to jot down...
April 01, 2007
When Shania came out a lot of purists were complaining that she wasn't really country. I always thought this tune put that accusation to rest. It's a very cute little ditty with a pretty traditional country format. It's a simple...
March 31, 2007
The previous post on the pet food recall can be found here. There've been a few additions to the brands previously recalled: "Nestle Purina PetCare Co. said it was recalling all sizes and varieties of its Alpo Prime Cuts in...
March 30, 2007
For those of you who haven't heard a small town near the Kansas border got hit very hard by a tornado Wednesday night. The twister was 200 yards wide & touched down for about a mile. It killed one woman...
March 29, 2007
Don't blame me - I picked up the expression from Say Uncle. He should have known how impressionable I was. :) Instapundit has a nice round up on the Webb gun incident. (though since it was a Beretta 92 there's...
March 26, 2007
Any blogger worth his weight in spam will tell you that we tend to spend significantly more time reading than writing. In the process I tend to collect links that I simply don't have time to expand upon or use...
March 23, 2007
(originally posted 03/19/07 16:30 MDT by Jed) Publicola mentioned that some of the readers here have pets, but don't check mainstream news too often, and asked me to put up a notice. Pet deaths prompt major pet food recall. Here's...
March 22, 2007
Cathy Siepp has passed. Lung cancer was the culprit. The Smallest Minority has some thoughts on losing folks that he's only known through the net. If I had time to say something insightful or poignant I probably couldn't. I didn't...
March 17, 2007
Say whatever you want about Chicago or New York but for me the place I'd most like to be on St. Patrick's Day is Savannah, Georgia. Not only do they have the 2nd biggest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the...
March 14, 2007
It's a Kylie Minogue tune that really grew on me a few years back. A then current girlfriend really liked it & it was playing the last time I took her out dancing (yes; I used to get my groove...
March 12, 2007
I'm still working on the Parker post. These 16 day work weeks don't really allow me time to explore my verbosity as I'd like. In the meantime I think more photos of mammals designed to elicit an emotionally favorable response...
March 11, 2007
I've read the Parker v. D.C. decision & a ton of commentary on it but unfortunately I don't have the time to write down any thoughts. But later I will try to point out what I see as problems with...
February 18, 2007
Word has come to me of the passing of Calvin "Mac" McKinney on December 21rst of 2006. If the name doesn't sound familiar that's even more of a shame because you didn't know him & his fame was not a...
February 14, 2007
The tune was the work of that much reknowned songwriting duo Rogers & Hart. It was first performed in the musical Babes in Arms in 1937 & has since become one of the standards in the jazz world. Here are...
February 12, 2007
I don't really care for hospitals. Not only have some of my favorite folks died there I generally find it has too many sick people to be a really healthy environment (hey - on what I get paid as a...
February 09, 2007
"The American Cancer Society projects that lung cancer will be diagnosed in 213,000 Americans in 2007 and kill 160,000." That's an almost 75% fatality rate, though it's probable that some or most of the newly diagnosed will not die within...
February 07, 2007
Since it's only a week away (Valentine's Day that is)... The Colorado Symphony Orchestra will put on a concert called Romance of the Violin on Saturday February 10th beginning at 7:30 p.m. It will feature the works of Beethoven, Colombier,...
January 27, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. On certain cars it's necessary to remove the alternator from underneath. This is because either the designers assumed that alternators never ever go bad or otherwise need...
January 26, 2007
Since Say Uncle talked about it in a meme related post & The Smallest Minority did an entire post on it, who am I to turn down easy blog fodder? Uncle mentioned that he'd heard that a small percentage of...
January 25, 2007
This kind of surprised me, well as much as anything can. "Men who have breast cancer have a significantly increased risk of a second cancer, according to the largest study ever done on the subject." I never really considered that...
January 19, 2007
A few bloggers have suggested movies to see. Annika highly recommends a dark comedy called little miss something or other. If you're into christmas flicks then I've suggested A Nightmare Before Christmas while Colt CCO prefers Die Hard. Mary Katherine...
This is interesting, in a "I'm sure the leg will re-attach all by itself so I don't need to go into that bulding" kinda way. "A nasty staph germ circulating in and out of hospitals produces a poison that can...
January 18, 2007
I'm going to take a little bit longer route than I had originally planned with this series. It all started with the post If I Were A Rich Man. BB King. I've seen him twice. I don't go to very...
January 17, 2007
That's a line from the tune "Through Glass" by Stone Sour. I really dug the tune when it came out but I wasn't really sure what it was about. Thanks to the Wikipedia entry on the song now I do...
January 16, 2007
"Dorn, who left for a two-week camping trip Dec. 6, had a tent, a sleeping bag and enough food and water for two weeks. After that, she drank from the river, kept warm by building fires and 'used very little...
January 12, 2007
Prince yet again. A simple tune in instrumentation but damn if the kid can't make ya feel what he's talkin' 'bout. The dynamics of the piano coupled with the inflections of his voice & the backing vocals - you have...
January 10, 2007
G. Love & Special Sauce. Here's G. Love doing Still Hangin' Around (at a very happening bar in Charlotte) & here's the whole crew doing Hot Cookin' & Cold Beverage to give you a better idea of their sound. You...
January 08, 2007
For previous Snow Related Notes click here. Yesterday I noticed that oddly enough there's not much difference between snow & sand when the wind picks up: If you look up while it's snowing your face will feel a slight sting...
January 02, 2007
The Styx tune. As you can see from the lyrics the song was about the perils of cocaine use but let's not let that get in the way of a title appropriate segue into the post. Besides, I always was...
January 01, 2007
The new list of banned words & phrases is out & I can't say that I don't really sympathize. "Lake Superior State University on Sunday released its annual 'List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use,...
December 31, 2006
(Originally posted 12-31-06 8:47 p.m. MST. Bumped to the top for hopefully obvious reasons. Scroll down for newer posts.) Robert Burns wrote a poem that became a song. Ah Burns...what else can you say about a poet who found a...
I meant to post this yesterday but reflecting on the lesons discussed in Snow Related Note Part Two I became distracted. The title is translated from German as "A Little Night Music" & is one of Mozart's most recognizable pieces...
December 29, 2006
I realized two things while just digging out my car (yes I'm fool enough to drive in this mess we have out here - a front wheel drive stick shift will make a person brave): Happiness is having a pair...
The anti-smoking movement is moving in on the South. I've heard from friends that they're starting to raise their voices in NC & now I see at Say Uncle's they have their sights on Tennessee. & some smoking ban supporters...
The Four Tops. I did a show with them (on the same bill) a few months before Laurence Payton passed. They were a great band especially considering their mileage. Here's the vid. I'm not quite sure how to lead into...
December 28, 2006
A cool little TLC tune. Here's the vid. The forecast is full of good news if you like digging. "Today's forecast is about as clear as it gets: snow. The National Weather Service is expecting 10 to 18 inches in...
December 26, 2006
Via Tam comes this hearty (& humorously expressed) recommendation for the best Christmas movie ever. It'll surely please us gun nuts w/o having anything to do with wishes for a BB gun (though I dig that flick as well)....
Just a last minute Christmas bonus. I'm not partial to musicals in general but there are a few I really dig. The Nightmare Before Chrsitmas is one of them. Danny Elfman does a magnificant job with the score. While not...
December 25, 2006
originally posted 12-21-06 00:25. Bumped to the top for obvious reasons. Scroll down for newer posts I'm not a christian any more & even when I was I didn't celebrate Christmas. The reasons for that are sundry & complex &...
Gloria Gaynor. Here's the vid. In keeping with the topic of preparedness (see the post called Let It Snow) Instapundit linked to a page with 5 neat tricks for survival in less than civilized locations. He made mention of Macgyver...
I found this funny for some reason: "A Christmas card that bore a three-cent stamp on its first trip through the mail is still going strong, thanks to a little tape and a lasting friendship. The card has been exchanged...
It looks like one did. "...DeBakey, 98, is the oldest survivor of the operation he developed to repair a damaged aorta, the main artery from the heart. He is back to working nearly full days and walks increasingly longer distances,...
I wrote a post a while back about a furry friend who was ill. I'll be quick to claim that I'm just making sure I've got the hang of the work-around to the upload problems I've been having, but odds...
It was done by Temple of the Dog on their debut (& only) album. Chris Cornell sung the tune & his current band Audioslave has added it to their live set. Here's Cornell doing the tune by himself (as part...
James Brown has died. The cause of death hasn't been determined yet but he had been hospitalized for pneumonia the day before. I've seen video clips of him performing as recently as last June so his decline seems kind of...
December 24, 2006
Chris Byrne & I have a mild but perhaps noticable disagreement in regards to Vai. It really boils down to a matter of perception & I won't say that Chris is wrong or that I'm empirically right. Music can be...
Quiet Riot. Ya can't have the 80's without Quiet Riot. Here's the vid. A UK study warns of danger to a kid's hearing from toys that are too loud. & they have a point - some toys are loud enough...
If you've ever seen the movie "Crossroads" (not the Britney Spears one) you might recall that question. It's how the devil's servant announces a call for anyone who wants to play against Jack Butler (played by Steve Vai) in a...
December 22, 2006
Target got the message it seems. They've removed the Guevara CD cases from their shelves. "Target Corp said on Friday it had pulled a CD carrying case bearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara's image after an outcry by critics who label the...
December 21, 2006
Originally posted 12-20-06 05:30 - Date of post altered to keep it at the top of the page. One of my favorite Bill Withers tunes. It's also the tune where I learned (through mild chastisement by a friend) not too...
December 20, 2006
I was going to attempt to write an emergency preparedness kit post but in doing a little digging I'd forgotten that I'd done that already (ah senility – the gift that keeps on giving). Check out Needful Things & please...
After spending an hour trying to get back into my driveway (including digging my car out 3 times), exchanging harsh words with a snow-plowman & realizing that waterproof boots only work when the snow is below the highest point of...
December 19, 2006
Another John Mayer tune. Here's the vid. From the chorus: "I wanna run through the halls of my high school I wanna scream at the top of my lungs I just found out there's no such thing as the real...
December 16, 2006
I know I've already pointed out the tune once but it seemed so fitting here. Besides it is a solid little rock tune (& no; even I can't use that same lame-as-hell joke again. For now at least). But the...
December 14, 2006
ZZ Top. I try to stay away from the "classic rock" bands because I presume most folks who come here are very familiar with that genre. But this is much more of a blues tune than a rock tune (yet...
December 10, 2006
The Eric Clapton tune. Here's the vid (though the sound quality isn't great). & here are the lyrics. James Kim walked 16 miles before succumbing to exposure. I first read about it over at Hell in a Handbasket but Mr....
December 07, 2006
An Alecia Moore tune. But you probably know her as Pink. Babygirl got a helluva voice. & ya have to appreciate an artist who wears a t-shirt that says "Die Napster Scum". But it's a solid little rock tune (no;...
November 29, 2006
My family is "et up" with cancer. My mother died in her early 50's from it, my father's brother died in his late 40's from it & various & sundry other relatives have succumbed to it over the years (though...
October 26, 2006
The NBA commissioner says he thinks guns are okay at home but shouldn't be carried. "It's a pretty, I think, widely accepted statistic that if you carry a gun, your chances of being shot by one increase dramatically,' Stern said...
September 25, 2006
An Aerosmith tune. It's a more relevant title but perhaps "Janie's Got A Gun" would be more fititng with the topic I'm writing about today although it's not exactly right either. This will be a big deviation from what I...
August 27, 2006
Calif. city: Secondhand smoke a nuisance. Considering the state of California has been a nusiance to the entire country neighboring it (that'd be the u.S. of A.) I'm glad there's an easy way for those behind the lines to irritate...
August 24, 2006
Alternatively titled: A Peek Into My World or It Sucks To Be Pub Predestination versus Free Will. That's what I've been dwelling on as of late. Unless this is your first time here or you don't know much about the...
May 20, 2006
Couple of items just picked up on Bloglines: Rivrdog participates in a gun turn in program. Ravenwood has a run in with the cops. Clayton Cramer has a report of a fake NRA endorsement postcard mailing. This seems to be...
April 17, 2006
Deja Moo - the feeling you've heard this bullshit before. See also: The Euston Manifesto (via David of Resurrection Song). They lost me at "...It involves making common cause with genuine democrats, whether socialist or not." More or less collectivist...
March 02, 2006
Since all the smart kids are doing it (repeatedly) & getting the attention of the smart & pretty kids I figured I'd give it a shot....
March 01, 2006
Again, not a directly gun related post but I couldn't pass this up. A maker of whisky on the island of Islay will make 12 barrels of 184 proof whisky this year. That's 92% alcohol. Now this is nothing new....
October 24, 2005
A few days ago I rented Season 3 Disc 1 of In Living Color. Some of the skits are funny as hell & besides, the Fly Girls - well - they were fly. One of the skits went over my...
September 06, 2005
There are a lot of posts by bloggers on what to have in case of some prolonged emergency such as the one in New Orleans. I may or may not have any experiences that make my opinions matter, but I'll...
August 28, 2005
Just testing, don't mind me......
August 26, 2005
This is not directly gun related (though I might play a round of "Six Degrees of John Moses Browning"). Gretchen Wilson is being asked by some ass in Tennessee (actually the AG, or Ass, Generally) to stop using chaw (i.e....
May 02, 2005
Apparently he's switched to hollowpoints. "For Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, happiness is a warm gun. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jolie says the two actors came to trust each other while taking gun training for the upcoming "Mr....
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"A Mexican television actress died on Friday of a heart attack after a man armed with a pistol approached her vehicle on a Mexico City street, officials said." It's tragic & my sympathies go out to her family. It's even...
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January 05, 2005
This started out as a comment to this post of Kim du Toit's which asked for feedback on this post of Mrs. du Toit's concerning whether gun owners have a moral or societal obligation to hold themselves to a higher...
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December 23, 2004
Imagine you're in a bar, or a store or some other public place. A man walks up to you purposefully. As he approaches he starts swearing at you & accusing you of sleeping with his wife. You did not sleep...
December 21, 2004
Jason's situation has generated a lot of comments around the blogosphere. Most have been supportive but a few haven't been. It's interesting how gun owners can turn so quickly on their own kind because of seemingly minute differences. Disagreeing with...
September 22, 2004
Just a few links I thought were interesting....
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August 14, 2004
To all the victims of Charley may God watch over you wherever you are. To all the survivors of Charley may He comfort you....
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August 09, 2004
"We do have an incredibly large number of weapons dispersed among our citizens but it's part of our liberal tradition and the great confidence that the state places in its citizens,"...
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