May 2011 - Argghhh!

Just as the OSS Jedburgh teams jumped into Normandy ahead of the main invasion force, so to was there a gathering tonight at Angelo's Brick Oven pizzeria in Lenoir City, Tennessee - only this was the early birds who arrived today for the LuckyGunner Blogger Shoot tomorrow. No, we will not be shooting any bloggers or gun industry writers. Not even with paintballs. Dream on. Heh - that would be a fun event though, wouldn't it? The GOA vs NRA Paintball War? If you understand that reference,...

WARNING: DO NOT continue, if your suffer from high blood pressure.

Is that what where I believe they're searching?

(Click to make their trunks Jumboesque) Boq

And we get new friends to play with all the time. And still, we get paid! A little more Armed Forces Day stuff - of, and by, the warriors themselves. Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm not allowed near the activity in the second picture... even on Armed Forces Day. 5/8/2011 Lance Cpl. Pete Shea, rifleman, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, attempts a new firing position here May 9 during the 2011 Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting. Shea said he learned...

A is for apple and B is for boat, that used to be right, but now it won't float!Age before beauty is what we once said, but let's be a bit more realistic instead.Now The Alphabet:A's for arthritis; B's the bad back, C's the chest pains, perhaps car-di-ac?D is for dental decay and decline, E is for eyesight, can't read that top line!F is for fissures and fluid retention, G is for gas which I'd rather not mention.H is high blood pressure--I'd rather it low; I for incisions...

Nichola soldiers on. A note from Dr. Sean Maloney, a Canadian Forces historian and friend of the Castle, just back from doing fieldwork in Afghanistan: John: We're now naming our helicopter-mounted Dillon Gatling Guns after our female troops KIA. This one is named for Captain Nichola Goddard, an artillery officer killed in 2006 during a battle in Zharey district, who I am sure you are familiar with. Cheers! -Sean Get some, Nichola - payback's a ***.

Those are timid eyes for a tread-head.