Stark White Backgrounds

Zack Arias gives a tutorial on shooting into a stark white background. It's not how I did it , but I might use it in the future.

For the image at right, I used a white cinderblock wall and direct sunlight. It did not take much to blow out the wall when the jacket was properly exposed. At any rate, Zack Arias is blogrolled. Good stuff there.

Front Sight, Press

Syd's back.

Go read.

I'd like to welcome Rick 9mm Ector to my blogroll. Looking forward to more Rick!

The Best of Times

"They are the last bastion, the last gathering place, of a free people."

That is the way it was for years, indeed decades. That's the reason why the opposition is so rabid about closing gun shows down. If the free people can not gather, they can not meet. If they can not meet, they can not organize. If they can not organize, they can not resist.

Except now, there is the internet. It is the worst of times and the best of times.

Give the Sipsey Street Irregulars a look.

The Shootist

I want to take a moment to welcome one of my friends to the blogosphere. Gordon Hutchinson is a writer for Louisiana Sportsman and is the author of two books, "The Quest and the Quarry" and with co-author Todd Masson, "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab." Gordon was a reserve law enforcement officer for twenty-five years, and is a state certified concealed carry instructor.

After huricane Katrina, Gordon began hearing alarming rumors of gun confiscations in and around New Orleans. Where others avoided or denied the illegal actions, Gordon dove in and began gathering accounts of the confiscations. He published these in the only book written about the widespread gun confiscations among the chaos, when police disarmed the citizens they were sworn to protect.

If you really want to know the latest in the battle for the illegally confiscated New Orleans guns, Gordon is on the front lines still. As a potent example of his understanding of the proceedings, this article explains why the NRA/SLA lawsuit against the city of New Orleans was never really about the guns rusting away in storage after all.

I am humbled to welcome Gordon to my blogroll. Visit The Shootist. Let us never forget New Orleans!

The Well Runs Dry

Depression Bicycling, Or How To Find Two Cheap Wheels

Good, solid advice on choosing the right bike for transiting and surviving the city streets on a regular basis. Blogrolled!

Blogroll Deletion

I have removed Oddee.com from my blogroll. Last night, while visiting that website, it attempted to insert a trojan.Pidief.D into my computer. Next a Tidserv!inf insertion was attempted. Later in the evening and this afternoon, I confirmed Oddee as the launch pad for both these malicious programs. Oddee, you aren't worth it.

I advise all readers to avoid Oddee.com.

I advise all readers to upgrade their Adobe reader to Adobe 9.

Dark Roasted Blend....... You may be next.

Lady Luck Shines

"How did it happen? That's the scariest part of this whole short story. I'm not really sure. I'm a stickler for keeping my finger off a trigger. I'm a freak about checking the condition of a gun. The XDm has a loaded chamber indicator. All of this failed in a split second."

A negligent discharge described at Firearm Fun. It takes a man to own up to a ND.

Thank you for the story Kennard. You're blogrolled.

Surmounting the Obstacles to Cycling

BSNYC has some words of wisdom for anyone wanting to get into or get back into bicycling.

If you are a cyclist and you have not found Bike Snob's blog, you are missing the bike worlds equivalent of Tam's View From The Porch. Total, unmitigated, well honed and incisive snark that has teeth that cut to the bone in one snap.

Bayou Renaissance Man

I see Preacherman has cranked up a blog. Welcome to the blogosphere Peter!

Blogroll Addition

Float Floor RN welcome to my blogroll.

If anyone wants masterful nurse blogging, go.

Blogroll Addition

Welcome, Skywriter, to my blogroll!

At least the refrigerator is in the house instead of out back full of holes.........

Blogroll

I welcome Kenn Blanchard, also known as Black Man with a Gun to my blogroll. To quote Kenn,

I am one of the most audacious advocates of firearms ownership in the United States. I believe in the right of the law abiding to own firearms. What makes this an issue of contention is for those that do not hunt, collect, shoot recreationally, compete with or legally own their firearms. For them, guns not in the hands of law enforcement or the military are associated negatively.

As a former law enforcement trainer of American of African descent, I use this site to educate, enlighten and entertain all about inequalities in the practices of gun prohibition and the racism, ignorance and danger of not learning the truth.

Welcome, Kenn.

Blog Roll Addition

Signs that the Bush administration has made this a not-so-kinder and gentler nation is evidenced by the recent arrest of NASA astronaut Navy Captain Lisa Nowak for attempted kidnap and murder. No administration has ever produced killer astronauts with the possible exception of Herbert Hoover's, but I'm not totally sure about that.

Anyway, so the story is this Capt. Nowak drove halfway across the country to Florida, wearing a diaper so she wouldn't have to stop(!), with the intention of kidnapping and possibly killing this other skinny chick who had been eyeballing this hunky astronaut fly-boy that Nowak apparently had the hots for. Talk about "Days of Our Lives!" Anyway, she wasn't successful and got arrested, charged with multiple felonies, and then released wearing some kind of GPS tracking thing. You think that's weird? What comes next makes that seem tame.

Just two days later back in Florida, famous celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, America's premier space cadet, is suddenly found dead in her hotel room. Capt. Nowak is nowhere to be seen, and the connection is simply too obvious to overlook. Speculation is that the gravity of Ms. Smith's enormous breasts possibly pulling in astronauts from the nearby space center simply made her too much of a threat in Capt. Nowak's mind, and you can figure out the rest.

What turns a decorated female astronaut into a killer? What makes a traveling killer astronaut wear diapers? What makes a diaper-wearing female killer astronaut kill other women who attract astronauts? The questions are nearly endless, but the fact remains: a space cadet is dead, the world waits for answers, and astronaut Nowak, wherever she is, isn't talking.

Welcome to my blog roll Peace Moonbeam! Damn, that's some funny stuff!

Damn Tam!

If that girl can dance as well as she writes, then it's time to shake out the sawdust and clear the floor!

Sell Off!

It looks like Tam is dumping her Smiths and 1911s in favor of Glocks, now that AWB2 is on the horizon!

That's some mighty fine shootin' iron that gal has, including a left handed M&P!

I'm first in line!

Tam's Take on Zumbo

"On Friday evening, a gunwriter who was apparently tired of his 42-year career put his word processor in his mouth and pulled the trigger......"

Damn I wish I could write like that!

The Trolley Square Massacre

And so they shamelessly dance in the blood of the innocent...

Merry Christmas

For my readers........on my blog roll you will find a smorgasborg of pre-selected, screened, washed and dried new blogs. No assembly required. Enjoy!

I Found a Jewel.......and a Turd

Jewel= PawPaw's House. PawPaw is a retired cop from central Louisiana who has been blogging since April 2005. I found him via the Carnival of Cordite, and dadgummit, someday I'm gonna have to shake this fellow's hand! I've been reading through his archives, and he has some of the best posts on New Orleans and the gun grabbing/Eddie Compass saga I have read. Timely, concise, and dead to nuts on the money. Take a look at Pawpaw, you will be glad you did.


Turd= While reading PawPaw's archives, I found this Moonbat extraordinaire. Take a look at Blue Flypaper if you feel the need for some liberal emesis to get your bowels moving. When it comes to barking moonbats, this chick just may be the Chihuahua you want to smack on the nose with a newspaper. Bow wow Blue! What I want to know is how do I get on her black list? Hey Babe.......I put you on the Right! How does it feel? Tell me it's satire..........Please......