Stolen from ARFCOM because it kicked over my gigglebox:

Came home today to find my autographed copy of Matthew Bracken's new book Foreign Enemies and Traitors sitting on my doorstep. This rounds out the trilogy, and I'm greatly looking forward to reading it.

Click the book to go to the website!

Too damn funny not to share... Perfectly safe for work.

Montana Pole Dancing

H/T to LawDog.

I do love how Chris Muir draws Barack Obama in the Day by Day cartoon. Check it out!

I've been reading an excellent story called We Interrupt This Program on the web. If you've got some time to spare, check it out.

I also found an interesting new forum where the story is posted: Homesteading Today.

There's a show on FX that puts people into a situation for 30 days, simply called 30 days. A recent one put a Massachusetts anti-gunner deep into the Gun Culture. She lived with a gun-nut family, worked in a gun store, concealed carried (a pellet gun), and of course learned to shoot.

I think it fairly presented the issue, and did open her mind to the positive side of gun ownership. I think it also broadened the gun owner's, and his son's, horizons in a good way. I have to give the lady a lot of credit - she came much farther in one month than my wife has in six years. I wouldn't have started her on a 12 gauge, but that's just me. Go watch.

Here's the video. The site has some annoying buffer issues, but if you reload the page, it does let you restart where you left off.

Viking for TEOTWAWKI.

Here's this month's installment of maybe helpful, maybe funny answers to what you want to know.

glock 27 weak hammer
Technically, Glocks are striker fired, rather than hammer fired. Stripping the slide is easy, and replacing the striker spring is trivial.

shooting a glock gives me sore hands
I've encountered this with sharper shooting ammo, like NATO and +p stuff. You end up tightening your grip to better control the recoil, and the checkering really starts biting into you. The solution is to man up, increase your grip strength, and stop whining.

black power dualing pistols
Must. Behave. Myself.

shooting the loudenboomer
I've got no experience here, but hey, people are hitting my blog on the term loudenboomer! How cool is that?

ar15 truecrypt
I don't think TrueCrypt will run on an AR-15, due to hardware incompatibility.

best kydex owb holster for glock 19
Best is subjective, depending on how you'll use it and what you like. I've had good luck with BladeTech and SideArmor. I also like Raven Concealment if you can get over the uglyness.

is galco ankle glove good carry method for glock 26
Functional, yes. Even reasonably comfortable. Not as fast or easy to access as I might like, but better than being armed with only a harsh word. You'll either need to wear bell-bottoms, or be prepared to explain that it's your colostomy bag - wanna see?

calibers survivalist
My preference is to stick with common rounds - .22LR, 5.56, .308, 9mm, 12 gauge - for survival purposes. The rest are toys or speciality tools.

9mm for survivalist
Yes, a 9mm is sufficient for survivalists, so long as you do your part. Shot placement is everything. Be aware that the season is very short, bag limits are strictly enforced, and they tend to shoot back.

survivalist convention
This year's will be held at an undisclosed location, again. I believe Rawles will be the keynote speaker. Commander Zero will be giving a reloading seminar, and RangerMan will have some books for sale. You should have received your invitation by PGP encrypted mail by now.

best stocked survivalist
I believe they give out the award at the convention.

I see I'm in the running for End of the World Blog of the Year over at Inbetween Naps. I'm up against Ranger Man, and that's some stiff competition, but I believe you the people are looking for change, and I'm just the Survivalist you want answering the phone at 3am!

I'd like to use this new-found notoriety to announce my candidacy for President of the United States. I'm running on a platform of less government, reduced bovine emissions, a chicken in every yard, a bio-diesel plant behind every McDonald's, a Barrett in every closet, Carla Emery on every bookshelf, a moratorium on LOLCatz, amber waves of grain, liberty and gratuitous gun pr0n for all.

Sorry, I think someone spiked my Camelbak.

(If I were to ever rename this blog, I'd call it Blog at the End of the World, with the tagline "So Long, and thanks for all the MREs.")

Want to know what kind of handgun you are? Go take the test.

If this is to be believed, I'm dependable, simple in my style, and I blend into the crowd. I'm also a shadow of the man my father was, and prone to occasional blow-ups.