Randomness Again

As to the carry weapon, here's the current thoughts: small mouse gun for primary, compact double-action auto as the second gun.

The Glock 19 seems to be the forerunner as the second gun. It's light, high-capacity, super-reliable and durable, and double-action. No need to worry about carrying with the hammer back, safety, etc. 9mm ammunition is everywhere, and cheap. Magazines are easy to come by. Parts are easy to find as well, if one were to ever need them. The sights are high visibility. The pistol points very well. Recoil is next to nothing with the 9mm, so anybody can shoot it. It will hide in the Pager Pal, deep pocket, hip holster, whatever.

The double action gets the nod on both weapons.
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Election thoughts: again, does one protest vote to prove a point? No good points are made by doing this. Inaction that allows a known evil to rise to ascendency is just as bad as a deliberate action that helps bring the same thing to pass. Do we really want additional gun control, higher taxes, more entitlement programs, and a weakening of national defense? Not a smart choice by voting for that, or passively allowing that to happen.

I have my limits, though. I'm still not ever going to vote for John McCain, evenif he was running against Emperor Palpatine. Now that I think about it, there may be a passing resemblance between the two........hmmm.
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One month until baby. Scared, happy, nervous, worried. Not the best time to bring a little life into the world, but the timing wasn't mine. I know God has a purpose for all of this, and the timing of it all. I just have to allow him to work his plan, and stay out of his way. It's awfully tough right now. I just read Luke 4, dealing with the temptation of Christ. Are job offers a similar temptation? How do we know if we are following the right path?

The other thing that I can't help but think is: why us? Why are we having to go through all of this? What's the point? Will there really be something better to come out of all of this? How in the world are we going to survive everything that we are having to go through?

Faith is tough when you're about to starve to death. Literally. I guess that's why it's called faith.
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Robert Parker's SPENSER novels are terrific. This is detective fiction at its best. Plus, there's never been a better sidekick than Hawk. I see now where Robert Crais pulled the inspiration for Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Well worth the read. I've knocked out eight of Parker's novels in the last week. They're short reads, but page-turners of the highest order.
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Regular television has very few merits. HEROES on NBC is a pretty good show, mixing XMEN with XFILES. A great combination, in my humble opinion. THE UNIT is another quality show, with good writing, sympathetic characters, and a pretty good dose of realism. Dennis Haysbert is an actor with incredible presence and charisma. He's got a good ensemble cast to work with as well. CRIMINAL MINDS seems to be a decent show.

I maintain that reality television sucks away IQ points. Oprah is shilling for all liberal democratic causes and candidates, and I've formally banned her from the house. Michael J. Fox is now officially just as bad, and we won't support anything he appears in or endorses. After watching BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II the other day, it won't be hard to avoid his movies. That was awful.

Clooney's a liberal, but at least he had the guts to speak out about the awful situation in Darfur. Too bad he's off ER.