tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70731962012-01-30T00:44:01.387-06:00Scribbles and Scrawls from an unrepentant swashbuckling primate.El Capitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.comBlogger26671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073196.post-86460123762421753222012-01-30T00:32:00.003-06:002012-01-30T00:44:01.398-06:00

Didn't Expect To See That!In an astonishingly objective article in the Houston Barnacle, the use of sound suppressors aka 'silencers' is discussed in a rational, non-PSH manner.Of course, it must be said that the Hunting/Outdoor staff of the Barnacle's sportswriters have long offset the pinkos, pantywaists and poseurs of the Features and Op/Ed sections. I'm just surprised it got past the editors

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This Won't End Well...*Sigh*Against my better judgement, I have finally upgraded my cellphone.I've never really liked the things, though I will admit they come in handy in emergencies. That's why I was arm-twisted into getting one by my mother 8 years ago. In truth, it was her old Kyocera. She upgraded, and I starting carrying the thing around full time. (Aside from the umpteen thousand times

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More Tales From The Man's DomainYou Will Become One With The Bureaucratic Collective!Ah, but the assimilation process is long and insidious...I've been working for The Man for about 7.5 years now. It's the longest I've been with any single employer.Up to this point, I've avoided drinking the Kool-Ade and joining the ranks of the proles, drones, Gammas, jobsworths, or whatever you choose to call

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And Perhaps A Boxer Dog!Something a bit different. Mostly 'cause I miss my kitties...Can't blame the cats for their choice of sleeping locations. Most of the time the pink squishy things are quiet, plus they're warm and smell like milk!

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"Ghosts? I Thought You Said *Goats*!"Wanna know what a baby goat sounds like when it's hungry at 3 AM?OK, go find a dog's squeaky toy. Get one that's REALLY annoying.Hook up the squeaky toy to a microphone, and pipe it through an amplifier. Set the speaker output right outside your bedroom window. Stomp on that squeaky toy at random intervals. Double the squeak rate whenever the neighbor is

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I Need A Less Expensive Hobby!Oh, the endless parade of tempting goodies from the gun retailers...I'm telling ya, it's like being a kid in a candy store every single day. Always something new to tempt the eye and shred the wallet!!Latest obsession: The blunderbuss!!Offered by one of the online sporting goods retailers, for $300 you too can have your very own percussion blunderbuss!Of course,

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We Will *Not* Teach Them How To Fly!I've been kicking around the idea of acquiring a dog or two. As much as I groove on the kitties, and loved Betsy Cat & Pookie Cat, I do like dogs, and haven't owned one for 20 years or so.Nothing's decided yet. I still have a lot of decisions to make regarding age, breed, source, and so forth. I'm also trying to get my head around owning a breed that I've

El Capitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073196.post-83490781691772969262012-01-17T16:21:00.003-06:002012-01-17T16:34:46.592-06:00

It Was A Long Weekend, And I Am Confyoozed...OK, some of you gunny types help me out here.I detect a subtle whiff of snark in this post by Collector's Firearms:Winchester 70 8mm Mauser caliber rifle. Post-64 model, re-barreled to 8mm Mauser caliber. What a great idea! Excellent condition. $495.00OK, 1963 was the high-water mark for Model 70. After that, the post-64 rifles declined in quality and

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Sunday Morning WisdomDad emailed the piece below to me & my BIL. I appreciate the sentiment, but I'd much prefer if he'd go with us to the range and let us buy him a pistol. Dad's not much for up close and personal altercations. He's a Navy man, but did his fighting with guided missiles...At any rate, the best line is the last one!***************My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there comes a

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This Probably Won't End Well...Well, now I've gone & done it.100 years of upgrades in shaving technology, and I've just taken a huge leap backwards for no good reason.I have acquired a straight razor.At this point, I haven't decided if it's going to be used for face-scraping, or just opening the occasional shipping carton.I was hunting around on eBay for a damascus-bladed knife, and ran across a

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Baby Count - Other Cousins & Sibling: 15El Capitan - ZERO!!At about 11 p.m., my cousin Scott posted 'Go Time' on Facebook. I dunno whether that signaled the rush to the hospital, or the "Bombs Away!!" moment, but a new cousin has been dragged kicking & screaming into the world!Named Sage Gabriel (insert El Cap & Cousin Scott's last name), he's a healthy 9 lb poop-geyser. Mother & son are doing

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Fun & Games With Tiny Little PixelsI know, I said I'd be cutting down on the PhotoChops this year...Still, when Eric posts his pointy beard for all to see, what's a guy to do??At first, I thought to put him in a cavalier hat.Alas, after it was completed, I realized that the line between a cavalier hat and a pimp hat was a fine, fine line indeed. It brought to mind Maurice Chevalier instead of a

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Try Not To Set Your House On Fire!The Brady Campaign To Disarm Law-Abiding Citizens And Set Them At The Mercy Of Law-Ignoring Thugs has decided that January 8th shall be the day to "Light A Candle To Stop Violence".Tonight, Millions Thousands Hundreds Dozens Just the few remaining zealots who think disarming citizens is a good idea will gather in the streets, and light candles and wish for gusts

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These Are Not The Droids Guns You're Looking For...OK, that was weird.Got a call at the crack of dawn from my brother-in-law. He was browsing on Texas Gun Trader, and was certain he'd found his stolen .45 Auto.A bit of background... He'd purchased a Springfield Armory .45, and after putting a couple of hundred rounds through it, sent it off for some replacement sights or a trigger job or some

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Only Ten Things???Dropped by Yabu's place this afternoon, and saw he's got a post up asking you to list 10 things that get under your skin.OK, I'm hip to the scheme...10) Driving recklessly/too fast for road or traffic conditionsLook, kill yourself if you must. I'd prefer if you didn't take me with you 'cause you're late for work.9) Ad servers that can't manage to work properlyDrives me nuts

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One More Official Holiday This Month!There's no better way to ring in the New Year than visit to the cardiologist!Luckily, I passed my 430,000 mile scheduled inspection, and he shooed me off and told me not to come back for six months. BP was 128/88 and everything's sputtering along as it should be.In other news, I'm going to try and put out more original content this year, and tone down the pix

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Moderately Safe For Work!Well, I'd hoped to have something a bit more impressive for the first post of a new year other than the dregs of my "Funny Pix" folder...Ah, well. With free ice cream, sometimes you get the Tutti-Frutti instead of the Triple Fudge Ripple.SEEN AROUND TOWN:"I don't know whyYou'd eat whoopie pie.Perhaps you'll die..."Shop Smart! Shop S-Mart!!(Ignore this one if you've

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Four Gun Posts In A Row? Time For Crapblogging!!A few weeks back, Tam mentioned a cartridge called the ".10 Eichelberger Long Rifle". I'd never heard of the critter. Seems that you pull the bullet out of the case, reneck the primed brass, then stuff in a smidgen of powder and a tee-ninesy .1" bullet. Yeah, one tenth of an inch diameter!And I thought the .17 Rimfire was a silly idea...My idea

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I Think I Just Jizzed In My Pants...The Russian WWII "Fire Hedgehog". 88 submachine guns mounted in the belly of a TU-2 attack bomber.I think they're PPD-40s, not PPSh-41 SMGs.Completely useless, but way cool!

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I Should Be On Vacation This Week...I got to thinking about how stout a reload I'd be willing to put through the Ruger Redhawk before I p#ssy out, pulling off the wood grips and putting some Hogue SquishyGrips on it.I've got a Hogue Monogrip on the Blackhawk, and it tones down the .357 bark to a mere whimper. I also had a Monogrip on the Speed Six, and while it works like a charm, the rubber

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In Which I Continue To Impersonate A Gun BloggerGot some Xmas cash burning a hole in your pocket? Need something exceedingly rare to inspire pistol-envy at the range? Have I got the toy for you...First, a little background. The Pistole Parabellum 1908, more commonly known as the Luger or P.08, was Germany's primary military sidearm in WWI, and was also common in WWII, though it was eventually

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I Still Have Two Gifts To Acquire...Well, I've dawdled around the house long enough. Time to load up the sleigh and head toward my sister's place.Have a very Merry Christmas, everyone.

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Wish All You Want, It Ain't Gonna Snow...Well, not much of a vacation. Just off Friday and Monday.I'm SOOO tempted to slink back to bed for a few hours, but I've got a laundry list of items that need to get accomplished before driving out to my sister's place tomorrow afternoon.Still need gifts for my BIL and sister. At this late date, it's a gift card or a wad of cash.Clean out the truck, oil

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I Should Have Taken The Week Off...More amusement by way of the Interwebs:

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In Lieu Of Actual Bloggy Content!OK, campers. Here's a quiz.What is the item pictured, what do you get from it, and what do you do with it once you get it?I can almost guarantee you'll have some hanging about this time of year.Good Luck!UPDATE: Yes, that is indeed a nutmeg in its natural state. Red mace surrounds the nut.

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First Target? The Disney Cruise Ship!!CANNONS!! WHERE ARE THE M@!#&$F&$%ING CANNONS???!?!?!??

El Capitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073196.post-9879214508143500762011-12-16T12:00:00.004-06:002011-12-16T12:40:24.937-06:00

Is It Cigar Time Yet??I thought I'd share a few of my stogie shop finds from the past year.In no particular order, 'cause they're all damn fine sticks!1) CAO La Traviata - I tend to prefer a dark maduro wrapper on my stogies, but for this bargain-priced cigar, I'll recommend the "Divino" with the lighter Habano wrapper. It's a medium/full robusto, with a Dominican/Nicaraguan filler. Remarkable

El Capitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073196.post-55913916588136783022011-12-14T17:01:00.003-06:002011-12-14T17:06:36.404-06:00

More PhotoChop Phun!I posted this on FB yesterday. Those of you who missed the "Game of Thrones" miniseries on HBO, or haven't read GRRM's Song of Ice & Fire might miss the punchline...Tagline: Try not to lose your head in all the holiday excitement!(Click Pic to Biggie-Size)

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Santa, I Know She Won't Fit In My Stocking, But...Oh, my.I've stumbled across a picture of Nigella Lawson covered in caramel!(Posted below!)I've already got a pic on the blog of Monica Bellucci covered in honey. (And one with her wearing naught but espresso grounds, now that I think about it!)If I can somehow acquire a pic of Jordana Brewster and Cote de Pablo wrestling in butterscotch sauce, I

El Capitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073196.post-71798277907478745382011-12-11T11:12:00.003-06:002011-12-11T11:21:32.648-06:00

El Capitan Puts On His Drinking CapI saw a commercial a few weeks ago advertising a new beer from Guinness.It was a lager, not a stout. I do enjoy a Guinness Stout every so often, but it's a bit heavy for regular drinking.A couple of weeks prowling the supermarkets turned up no sign of the new brew, so I stopped by the local MegaLiquorMart to inquire.Score!!I got home, and sampled a few whilst

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Xmas Time Is Here, By Golly! Disapproval Would Be Folly!I just got my first couple of Christmas cards in the mail...Usually I've got my tail tied in a knot by now, trying to get mine addressed and sent out before the 24th.Somehow, the whole process escaped me this year.Hmmm. Better go see what's available.Be warned, they might be cigar-scented this year. I might just do all my addressing and

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'Cause EVERYONE Needs At Least Five Or Six .22 Rifles!!Hmmmm.Collector's has kinda-sorta tweaked my fancy. Again...It's a Ruger 10/22:I'm such a pushover for a straight-stocked long gun. If this particular Ruger 10/22 had a Mannlicher forestock instead of the Schnabel forend, we wouldn't be having this chat. I'd be tear-assing across town to put it on layaway.As it is, I'm intrigued, but not

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Must Be Residual Nuclear Testing Fallout"Crazy" is not a medical term.Still, it's a lot easier to slip into conversation than "Absolutely Batshit Insane" or "Nuttier Than Squirrel Turds".I'm a bit astounded by the sheer number of stories that reach the news where an innocent soul has suffered some misfortune due to not an accident, not premeditated malice, but instead the unlucky coincidence of

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Only 18 Shopping Days Until Xmas!!The blogpost that refuses to go away, 'cause it's driving me crazy...Due to the help of readers AlanDP, Elisson, ConnYank & Grey, there's been a few holes filled in with the unknowns in the Pop Culture Icon Pop Quiz.(Or, just scroll down a few posts instead of clicking the link!)I've done a quick cut & paste job with the unknowns. Anything jump out at y'all?

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Sic Transit Gloria ConfinioAn unpleasant surprise this week.(Click pic to embiggify, it's a little dark at this size)The tree swing that's been a fixture of the cul de sac for years has collapsed.My next door neighbor Greg built it out of 4x4s, lag bolts and heavy chain back when his kids were in diapers. He & his wife Pat would sit out there in the evenings as their kids ran & shrieked. All of

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A Fifty? He's Worth Twenty At The Most!!I haven't fired up the photochop machine in a while...There were a few pics posted online from the recent Hysterics at Eric's.I just couldn't resist the urge to make some counterfeit CSA money!(Click to embigginate!)

El Capitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073196.post-56774711428153027522011-11-29T17:54:00.003-06:002011-11-29T18:05:14.543-06:00

The Minimalist EditionOK, I am needing some assistance!!I ran across this chart of pop culture icons, and I can't figure them all out. They're characters from comics, movies, TV, music, etc., rendered as very simple facial icons.Some are easy. Some, not at all.The ones marked with a red dot are the ones I'm stuck on. My full list of guesses is down below. Don't scroll down if you want to

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Fun & Games While Ignoring A Few StatutesMr. Switchy threw a rod.Actually, it was just a broken coil spring, but that's enough to put him on the sidelines while a replacement could be found.I'd planned ahead and stocked a replacement. As per usual, I'd placed it somewhere very safe for when the need arose.It's still in that very safe place. Wherever that might be...Fortunately, there's a few

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Put This One In The "Bad Idea" PileI've never been a fan of fondue, and even less so now.A recent trend in buffets and wedding receptions is the chocolate fondue fountain. Instead of a bubbling pot of chocolate over a can of Sterno, you've got a self-heated warmer and a pump, and the liquified chocolate cascades down a series of bowls. You then dip your fruit/cake on a stick in it and

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The Horror... The Horror...OK, I told myself I wasn't going to enter a single retail establishment today.Sigh. I was weak.The three hours spent in a big leather wingback chair smoking cigars & watching football at the local ManCave went OK. They do sell the cigars, so it does qualify as retail. The proprietor waved me to the chair saying "Pay later! $CollegeTeam is about to score. I don't

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At Least The Cowboys Won!Well, as Thanksgiving Days go, I've had better, and I've had worse.The older I get, the more I appreciate my family. When I was a teenager, I pretty much had to be dragged in a hammerlock to family events. I much preferred being anywhere else, usually hanging out with friends than enduring yet another get-together of all the old fogies and their endless stories of days

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20 Years Ago, This Would Have Infuriated Me. Now, I Just Chuckle!We had the annual Smoke & Powder Crawl in October, the yearly outing for the stogierati to shoot guns and smoke cigars & quaff spirits (not all at the same time...)This year we were slightly stymied by the Harris County burn ban, put in place due to the drought. As a result, there was no smoking inside city & county parks. Since

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Bad Desserts Are Pure EvilBleaugh.This is the advertisement:Grab the nearest hammock and kick back Key West style. Dive into layered flavors of tart key lime and creamy meringue. At 100 calories, it's worth taking the plunge.This is the reality:Scrape the nearest dumpster and kick back with some whale spooge that washed up on Key West! Dive into chemically-generated flavors of citric

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Fun & Games At Tranquility ParkI saw in the local fishwrapper that several fleabaggers had gotten themselves busted for blocking a road. Guess they were protesting the greed of people trying to go home after work...I got to chatting with one of the HPD officers who patrols the downtown district. We're both regulars at a downtown cigar shop, and we get to trade tales of dumb criminals and

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I Need A Better Lens!Here's a couple of shots of downtown after dark...

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Geez! You'd Think I'd Read A Book Once In A While...OK, quick cinema update:J. Edgar: Went to see it with some friends on Sunday. Typical piece of Clint Eastwood filmmaking. Nothing too flashy, and good storytelling. However, unless you've just got a hankering for films about pudgy paranoid closeted Feds, this might leave you cold.Leonardo DiCaprio had a solid performance. You never doubted

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Suddenly, I'm Glad I'm Not A Redhead...Upon arising from a Saturday afternoon/evening nap, I'm suddenly aware of the disconcerting resemblance between myself and a tiny orangutan, at least from the eyebrows on up.The increasing expanse of bare scalp and the tendency for my remaining bedheaded hair to stick straight up is somewhat distressing. Might be time to start sleeping in a nightcap.Or

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I'm Gonna Kick That Redbox For This POS!...This movie sucks like a parasite.Finally saw a few superhero movies on DVD. Captain America wasn't too bad. Xmen: First Class would have been better, except for a squad of soldiers carrying M4 carbines in 1963.Green Lantern? Bad, bad, bad...It's hard to take seriously as a hero the guy who played Van Wilder. That bulldog humping the éclair scene

El Capitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073196.post-72388658734578062782011-11-08T21:56:00.003-06:002011-11-08T22:09:12.112-06:00

Verdammt Shrecklich Öctenleggen!Jeebus, but I hate me some spiders...Despite my overwhelming fear and loathing towards the eight-legged nasties, I've been sharing the front porch with one for the past few weeks.It's been wise enough to stay up out of the way, and spin its web so that it doesn't hang over the sidewalk or into the porch area, so I haven't had the need to go find a can of WD-40.

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To Be Verbose About It: Exercise Your Franchise, Or Stuff A Sock In Your Yap.Sorry for the lack of content. I'm busy swotting up on all the constitutional amendments before I go yank the ballot levers tomorrow.Actually, I've never yanked the lever. Kinda pissed about that. It's either been a Scan-tron form or an e-Slate ballot ever since I started voting in 1986.Maybe I ought to move to a small

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Leave Work 3 Hours Early? No, Not Me!!!OK, I've never eaten a fistful of dried, salted junebugs, but I imagine that if I did eat a fistful of dried, salted junebugs, they couldn't taste any worse than these dry-roasted edamame beans.I kinda like the fresh soybeans. The ones you microwave & they steam in the bag? Very tasty, high-protein and mix well with peas or some other veggie for a filling

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Because I Care!When the cold wind blows and the bayou gets ripply,I notice that the boobs on the wimmens gets nipply.I'd offer to warm them through the applying of friction,but I'd likely just get a sharp kick in the diction.So keep your paws to yourself and temper your amusement,Or you'll be sacked in a jiffy for sexual harassment!Dunno why that popped in my head. Doesn't even rhyme very well...

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Where'd I Leave Those Damn Sunglasses?Been a while since you've seen 'They Live'?Might be time for a rewatch. The players have changed, but the game remains the same...

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Trick-Or-Treaters Beware!!!I Have A Garden Hose, And I'm Not Afraid To Use It!!Here's a random sample of stuff I found on the web and here in H-Town:EVIL PUMPKIN!!!Just a bit of Armor-All, and that vinyl top's as good as new!!I don't think this is enforceable...(Backstory: Some movie production company took over the ground floor of my office last week. Since it's owned by The Man, and business

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Maybe Next Year!!The Hysterics at Eric's is in full swing, and I'm still here in Texas...They've got a live feed on Eric's website, so I'm still able to catch the Elderly Brothers concert, and even got to join in on 'Sloop John B' and a couple of others within my meager guitar skills.Maybe by next year I'll have the chops to keep up with a few more!Oh, man... Now they just jumped into "Johnny B.

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Happy Happy Joy Joy!!Got called on the carpet this afternoon.I was pretty sure it was for a reaming out on my foot-dragging regarding the planned move down to the HR floor. I'm now the sole remainder of our happy band of warrior-bureaucrats left on the 7th floor, and though my shiny new cubicle has been built out and wired for sound, I'm still not packed up, and don't plan to be until after Xmas

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This Is Post # 2,362, On The Off Chance You're Counting.Y'know, I almost let this one slip by unannounced!I spent all last week planning to do a big post on October 26th for the 7th year of the Baboon Pirates blog, then found out last night that my actual start date was on Oct. 23rd.Oops...Well, wouldn't be the first time I've scrod the cod in the pursuit of bloggy amusement.Holy shit. Seven

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Next Time, Blow Smoke At The Goose...My sister and her kids were here this weekend. As a result, I'm pretty frazzled as a result of trying to keep up with two rugrats all weekend.On Sunday, as my sister was loading the truck to return home, she mentioned that there was some weed smoke drifting in from somewhere.Sure enough, some of the neighbor kids were sneaking a toke or two of the

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This Post Brought To You By Too Much Healthy FoodSo, which are you hungry for??A pint of Schweddy Balls?Some of Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls?Or just a McRib patty without any BBQ sauce?

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Mmmm.... Fried Cardinal!Here's some World Series advice:When walking to the plate, remember to grasp your bat firmly!

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"BITCH BITCH BITCH" Bitched The BeeeyotchDidn't think this day would ever end!Burning desire for a quart or two of anaesthetic...Which one do y'all think would induce oblivion quicker?T-Bird sez "Serve Cold"Night Train sez "Serve Very Cold"Kinda like how revenge is best served...

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Someone Tell Jimbo To Stay Out Of Floods!Never get out of the boat...And while you're at it, keep your ass in the car, too!That scaly bastard's gotta be 16 feet long!

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Some Cooks Have Too Much Time On Their Hands...OK, let me see if I understand the concept.You take a pumpkin pie, and bake it inside of a spice cake.You bake an apple pie inside of a yellow cake.You bake a cherry pie inside of a white cake.Once that's done, you stack them atop one another, then slather the whole thing in cream cheese icing and dump sprinkles on top.I'm not sure whether to eat it,

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Hope You Don't Mind The Wind!Some jobs just wouldn't be much fun.First of all, you're stuck on a 16' X 2' sliver of aluminum for 8 hours a day.Second, you're WAYYYYY THE F#&% UP THERE!!!!I don't worry too much about them dropping a drill or a hammer. Gravity has its way, and they fall straight down.OTOH, if they drop a trowel, a squeegee or a slab of granite facing or anything that has the

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It's Only Wednesday? Damn!!I'm on the road a lot this week, so in lieu of actual content, here's some amusing pics I've found!Enjoy!UPDATE: D'oh! Almost forgot the funniest one!

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I Laughed About This All Day!!Inspired by a comment made during lunch at the Smoke & Powder Crawl this past weekend:

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We're Gonna Need A Bigger Humidor!Oh, man. I'm getting too old for this much fun on a weekend...Saturday was the 15th annual W. Houston Smoke & Powder Crawl. This was my 5th year to join the crew for a day of stogies and shooting.As usual, the day started at the American Shooting Center. A bit of a hitch this year, as the drought-induced burn ban in the surrounding county park forced a no

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I Wanted Tear Gas, Dammit!!Well, sort of occupied.The local offshoot of the Occupy Wallstreet group descended on Houston this morning.Houston didn't really notice...Since I work downtown, I was able to walk over to City Hall and snap a few photos of the protest. Then, of course, I had to return to work. I didn't have the leisure to hang out all day and make noise and wave signs.According the

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I Even Miss The Cat Yak On The Bed...Just not feeling the urge to blog.Maybe tomorrow.

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Felis Secundus Mortuus EstPookie Cat died this morning. I am now completely out of household felines.Pookie was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer this summer. Not having the wherewithal to try chemotherapy and radiation on a 13? year old cat, I had the vet remove some tumors and I'd hoped to slow the progress of the cancer with steroids.There were some complications from the surgery. With a big

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Mmmmm! Smoothie!

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Do Not Want!!Usually I'm a sucker for anything chambered in .45 Long Colt.This time, not so much...Courtesy of US Firearms Mfg, this is their Omni Snubnose model.AKA, one seriously fugly pistol!

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Cat-Blogging? Better Than No Post At All.One of the best things about cats is that they're always doing something that will make you laugh. They likely don't intend to, but I think it's inherent in their personalities.Take this pic for example.A bushel basket of cats crammed in a bathroom sink!Look at 'em! They're just so gosh-darned cute!But I'd still have to turn on the faucet, just to watch

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Weekend? What Weekend?Look what the Big Brown Truck of Happiness brought me!See y'all in 1042 pages!UPDATE: Plowed through 504 pages until I forced myself to quit at 2:20 AM Monday morning...Very good so far!!

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When Things Get Slow, Run With An Old Meme!!I was sorting through a stack of DVDs when I started quoting lines of dialogue to myself. So, I thought you might as well join in the fun.While it would be very easy to Google the answers, you will not do this! It is against the Blogger Honor Code, and on some of the more obscure quotes, I'll know!!So, here's a bunch of quotes from 20 of my favorite

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It Needs A Bayonet!OK, now they're just f#¢%ing with me...First, they drop a BREN gun on me. At $4000, it is, of course, well beyond my meager ability to acquire, even on layaway.So, what do they do as an encore?Dangle the #1 object of my .30-06 semi-auto desire in front of me!Yes, the Browning Automatic Rifle. Inspired creation of John Moses Browning (PBUH), made with the expressed purpose of

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When Showbiz Types Play With Guns, Darwin's Waiting Offstage!Careful, there, Britney. Keeping a finger on the trigger when you stuff a revolver in your waistband is a real good way to gain an additional nether orifice!Whoever the gun-wrangler is for the video shoot needs to have his trigger finger crushed in a vice. I don't care if it's unloaded, it's just bad gun-handling behavior!One more

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Memes! Easier Than Original Content!!To quote Og:"Take the knife out of your pocket and take a picture of it, and post it. Or post a picture of the same knife from a brochure or whatever.No, not your favorite knife, or your prettiest, but the one that never leaves your side."C'mon! Show me yours! All the cool kids are whipping it out!Here's mine!This is Mr. Switchy. He's been riding with me

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It's Not Easy Staying Green...RAIN!!! GLORIOUS RAIN!!!Hope we see a lot more before the furnace kicks on again.

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Beech, Beech, Beech!!Well, there's no better way to start off the weekend than to vent some steam.So, here goes.The Man switched us from Blue Cross to Cigna. While having any insurance is preferable to none, it's costing a whole lot more. I just refilled my prescriptions via mail-order. Blue Cross got them here in 3 days, and cost $177 for a 3 month supply. Cigna's cost $293, we're on day 7,

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Old Glory Rendered In Poker Chips???Almost forgot to post this...What do you do over the 4th of July when they've banned fireworks due to dry conditions?Mostly sit around and drink scotch and eat gumbo, but you can always turn over the poker table and chips to a couple of munchkins, and let them get creative!By our nickel/dime/quarter stakes, there's $64.50 on the table, more or less...

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If I Was A Lab Rat, At Least I'd Have The SPCA & Humane Society On My Side...Feeling a bit like a rat with electrodes stuck in my noggin...The situation at work is growing tense. The Asst. Director really screwed the pooch yesterday, and tried laying blame on the innocent.Long story short, a bunch of whiny A-holes volunteered to help with a training roll-out of major new policies, then reneged

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10 Years Gone And The Pain Is Still Strong9/11/01I was browsing on Facebook this morning, and noticed that Nancy France had a quiz up asking if you remembered where you were 10 years ago today.About 99.9% replied that they knew where they were, and knew exactly what they were doing at the time.This isn't too surprising. Events like that just sear into your memory. You're stunned into inactivity

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Next Time, I Take The Danger Train!Note To Self: It's almost *always* faster to stay on the surface streets...Out wandering around town again on behalf of The Man. Got to experience a different set of traffic patterns. Mostly the pattern involved stomping on your brake pedal for 45 minutes to go 5 miles.For Houston Knowledge Points - Tell me in the comments what freeway I was on, and what

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"Don't Sit Under The Grackle Tree With Anyone Else But Me!!"As a result of the extended drought, The Man has decreed that as a water-saving measure no vehicles shall be washed until further notice.You'd think they'd make an exception for vehicles that have been shat upon by a horde of grackles!

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There's A Million Reptilian Crocodilians In The Pavilion!"OK, all you scaly snapperheads! I need a crafty alligator to go sneak up on Jimbo!! Who's gonna volunteer??""EXCELLENT! Just don't mess up his farookin' good hair!"

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From Hospital To Hacienda In Two Days!! If the first one's a hit, why not do a sequel?? Blogger dinners are always more fun with a Jerry stirred into the pot! He was able to join Nancy, Leslie and my ownself at Guadalajara Hacienda for some conversation and Tex-Mex cuisine. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Except for this guy. He seemed upset the whole time. Not sure why. I'm pretty

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Thank You, Lord, For Not Hatching Me In Iowa! Saw this list on the Houston Press website... I'd replace a few. Namely, there's no mention of Chicken Fried Bacon strips with cream gravy at Sodolak's in Snook, The Texas Ranger Museum in Waco, The Dallas Cowboys, Pearl beer, and giant armadillos. 50 Reasons Texas Is the Best State in America 50. Port Arthur: A gritty Golden Triangle refinery

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HOT HOT HOT!!! Why on earth didn't I think of this?? Imagine! A smooth even layer of deliciously fiery Rooster Sauce shpritzed over your noodles or eggs or even your ice cream!! OK, perhaps not the ice cream... Still, Sriracha tastes good on almost everything else!

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Where's My ObamaCare?? Well, that was an expensive bit of fun... I woke up just before midnight on Sunday with not only an extremely fast heartbeat, but I was getting some extra beats thrown in for good measure. No chest pain, nausea or other symptoms of a heart attack, but while you can go to sleep on an upset stomach and see if it's better in the morning, when the ticker starts hiccuping,

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Go To Gaido's & Get Crabs!! Leslie of Leslie's Omnibus dropped into town this week on a whirlwind social tour, and I was lucky enough to catch up with her for dinner last night. Leslie and Nancy France are busy tearing up Galveston Island in a whirlwind of shopping and hijacking cruise ships. OK, maybe they'll leave the cruise ships alone this time... We met up at Gaido's to do a face-plant

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Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn... Well, there's no easy way to say this, so I'll just say it. Pookie Cat has lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes. It's progressed to the point that trying chemotherapy is a long shot, and an expensive one at that. She's not in a great deal of discomfort at the moment. It's mostly that of an older cat recovering from surgery. She's had her stitches out, and

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Rumble In The Political Jungle! In the wake of the 5.9 earthquake in the Washington D.C. area, the Washington Examiner posted a collection of the funniest Tweets Twittered by Twee Twits: @TPCarney: Krugman says it wasn't big enough. @comradescott: Evidently the quake occurred on a little known fault line outside of DC called "Bush's Fault". @calebhowe: Breaking: Obama administration points

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Malibu Beach Was Now Free Of Dead Seabirds & Rotting Fish! OK, I'm aware this is kind of silly. I blame Tam. She put the idea into my head! Behold: Marabou Barbie!!

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Read To Live, Live To Read!! I'm fairly certain I've done this one before. Still, it's a lazy Sunday, and it's either this, or go take another nap. Boy, my life is hard... Anyway, as previously seen on Leslie's, LeeAnn's & Mostly Cajun's blogs, here's the NPR Skiffy/Fantasy Book List Meme: To follow the NPR (US National Public Radio) meme, copy this list, putting in Bold those you have read.

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If I Ever Have A Daughter, I'll Name Her Brenda! WANTWANTWANTWANTWANT!!! Collector's Firearms has a semi-auto BREN gun for sale!!! Among the contenders for my favorite light machine gun, the BAR and the BREN would duke it out for top position. While my preference will always be for the John Browning (PBUH) design, the BREN is just drop-dead sexy! The top-fed box mag, the quick-change barrel,

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Don't Make Me Do This!!! The problem with doing a good job is that you'll get noticed and asked to do more things. Some of those things you will not like. I guarantee it. I did a series of legal-type lectures for some mid-to-upper level managers recently, and I have to admit, it didn't entirely suck. Not everyone gets my uber-casual approach to learning, (no Podiums, no PowerPoints, no

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"I'm Your Huckleberry!" Question time for all the lurkers! Now, I'm not sayin' I'm buying another gun. Lord knows I've got more than I can keep fed, and housing is becoming a problem. However... Should I put something on layaway with the intent on having it home by Xmas, which of these do you feel would look the best sticking out of a floral-carved crossdraw holster from El Paso Saddlery?

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Only $450 This Time. It's Getting Cheaper! Hmmmph. You'd think two doses of Ketamine inside of a week would improve a cat's mood... Well, maybe not. Pookie Cat is back from the regular vet's office. This one wasn't quite as expensive as the emergency vet, but still pretty damn pricy, all things considered. Pookie knew things were amiss when she saw the file box/cat carrier this morning.

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How About "Quantitative Easing On Down The Road"? Saw this over at the Doug Ross Journal. #5 made me spew iced tea on the keyboard, so I thought I ought to share it... 20. Downgrade One 19. BusT Tour 18. 57 States 17. We have to ride it to know what's in it 16. Spinning the Future 15. Obama, the Bachmann Slayer 14. Rolling Blunder 13. The "Bus-driver acted stupidly" tour 12. Debt Race

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