New blogger

A fellow member of a shooting-related e-mail list has just taken the plunge into the waters of the blogging world. He’ll be talking about guns, shooting, and anything else that takes his fancy. Please visit Observations Of An Old Cop, and say ‘hi’. Peter

Followers

A couple of long-time readers have e-mailed me, asking me to incorporate the ‘Followers’ widget in my sidebar. A couple of others wanted a picture. I’ve now added both. You’ll see them on the left. Those of you who’ve registered as followers of this blog will have your icon displayed in that list. Anyone clicking… Continue reading Followers

A day in pleasant company

Not much blogging tonight, I’m afraid. I’ll try to do better tomorrow. Ambulance Driver and Xavier arrived this afternoon, to join Lawdog and Tole. We spent the day unpacking thousands of my books and stuffing them into bookcases, telling stories of murder, mayhem and mishaps in the medical, police and chaplaincy field, and generally having… Continue reading A day in pleasant company

Sniggers of the day

Two posts on other blogs made me giggle helplessly today. The first, from Baboon Pirates, speaking of Britney Spears’ latest music video: I suspect if you peeled back the digital effects, overdubbing and careful editing, Britney’s singing voice closely resembles the sound gophers make while being stomped by a careless buffalo. The second, from West,… Continue reading Sniggers of the day

Pink AR-15 raffle for breast cancer research

My buddies at Fuzzy Bunny Movie Guns (FBMG Inc.) are raffling – what else? – a pink AR-15 rifle to support breast cancer research. Details can be found on Larry’s blog. I strongly urge you to support this very worthy cause. Quite apart from the fact that you’ll be doing some good, think of the… Continue reading Pink AR-15 raffle for breast cancer research

An interesting blog

I’ve been alerted to an interesting blog by an e-mail from Mike P. The author describes himself as: An Assistant Professor at West Point’s Department of Social Science (Sosh-P), currently leading a group of eight cadets on a trip to Dharamsala, India. That’s an interesting mixture for a start! He writes about the towns, people… Continue reading An interesting blog