July 2010 - Argghhh!

With that attitude, no wonder we are in the stink we are in.

Reader Jim B has a personal stake in the war, and sends us this request. In truth, I don't have an opinion or good knowledge. This stuff is too new for my interests or personal experience... I had a phone request for a shoulder hoster that would accomodate a Beretta 92 with a light. I need to get one and ship it to a friend in the 'Stan ASAP. The only purpose for a side arm is to buy time to fight your way to your rifle. When you are in a combat outpost, you sleep a little better (although...

An you think we have it rough here in the US with speed cameras popping-up everywhere...

SWWBOs Fiber Manufactory - trust me, getting this building was cheaper than adding a room to the Castle. And no, we're not getting any baksheesh from Design Toscano. We're just quirky. A little sample of SWWBO's spinning magic - from raw fiber to yarn. SWWBO likes colors. We follow up that with a pic of two of the sentinels who guard SWWBO's manufactory and product while the product is drying... More pics from a recent day at Castle Argghhh! (to include some recent arrivals) available...

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

07/19/2010 - Peruvian marines assault a beach with service members from 10 different nations during a large-scale multinational amphibious beach assault exercise in Ancon, Peru, July 19, 2010. The service members are deployed in support of operation Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, a combined amphibious exercise designed to enhance cooperative partnerships with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia. (DoD photo by Cpl. Brian J. Slaght, U.S. Marine...

A year to the date in which I B*tched *er* BLOGGED on how much carpet baggers *er* public servants are raping the coffers of the State of California, a new reminder surface in the City of Bell, California.

…and sometimes the Ladies likes us right back. For some strange, arcane reason, I seem to draw Lady Lurkers (and you *know* who you are) out from behind the draperies to comment.I still remember the first shy, fragile creature who ventured hesitantly forth to join in a comment party once upon a long ago…Lex took back the plane after the kill and I tried to tell myself I was just a little dizzy and overwhelmed.Ummmmmm – okay, so she’s become a lot *less* fragile since then...