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OK, What Do YOU Want

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OK, What Do YOU Want?

Over the years there have been a lot of complaints about the comment service I use here at TSM, HaloScan. Well, HaloScan is offering a new commenting service, Echo. They promise that all the old archived comments will import, and the features list is extensive, but the one that I find most interesting is comment threading.

The comments are as much for you, my readers, as for me. So the question is, should I switch?

UPDATE: It appears that I don’t have a choice in the matter. Per JS-Kit:

If you are an existing Haloscan user, you will be upgraded to Echo shortly.

I hope it works, and I hope y’all like it.

I Knew They Couldn’t Stay Away

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I Knew They Couldn’t Stay Away

A while back Kim and Connie du Toit stopped blogging, about ten months ago, in fact. At the time I knew that they’d not stay away long – they had too much to say, and too big a fan base to abandon.

Well, they’re back, but in a slightly different medium. Via email:

From the “Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Roam The Internet” department:

Connie and I have decided to explore this strange new technology called “radio.” Starting on Saturday October 3rd, we will begin a weekend Internet radio show on BlogTalkRadio.com.

The show will run on Saturday and Sunday evenings, at 7pm Eastern/6pm Central. You can find a BlogTalkRadio widget to listen to our “preview” show at our new site: www.kimandconnie.com.

I expect their new show to be as interesting, provoking, and fascinating as their blogs were.

Light Posting

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Light Posting

There’ve been some changes at work recently. My boss has left the company for a really terrific opportunity, and as a result a lot more responsibility has landed in my lap. We’re still light on work, but what we do have is on a tight deadline. I’m still a little wiped out from last weekend, too.

A lot has been going on in both the gun world and in politics, but I just can’t seem to work up the enthusiasm necessary to write about it. And, of course, I was waiting for a response from Joe Rothstein “after the holiday,” but it would appear that I’ve dropped off his journalistic radar.

Odd, that.

If I can muster some gumption, I might vivisect his original piece and send it to him for commentary, but for some reason that idea just doesn’t appeal at the moment.

Oh well. The nicest thing about being a blogger (besides posting from your mother’s basement in your pajamas) is that if you don’t want to write, you don’t have to write.

More later.

Maybe.

Prepping for GBRIV

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The Rendezvous starts in two (2) days. I’m leaving tomorrow morning at O-Dark-Thirty AM, and I plan on driving straight through. That should put me in Reno between 9 and 10 PM. I’ve decided to travel through Mordor California this year, at least on the way up. It should (I emphasize should) save me about an hour, and hopefully the scenery will be better than the sun-blasted landscape of Nevada has been these last three years.

On-line ticket sales for the Para GI Expert / Front Sight training certificate ended Saturday at midnight, or close to it. Total ticket sales, both at Soldiers’ Angels before PayPal went asshat, and after LuckyGunner.com was kind enough to pick up the gauntlet, came to (drumroll please): 449! After the 3% credit card processing fee (and PayPal’s cut), that means y’all have donated $4,355 to Project Valour IT. Thank you! With what we’ll add at the Rendezvous, Project Valour IT should be able to pick up several new systems!

The weather this year looks to be perfect, with daily highs of about 90 and evening lows in the upper 50’s. Perfect T-shirt weather, rather than the snow we got last year. And I own so many offensive, politically-incorrect T-shirts, it makes choosing which ones to take very difficult.

Speaking of choice, I’m still trying to decide what boomsticks to take with me. The Remington 700 5R (now with a NightForce scope in place of the Leupold) is a given, and one of the ARs, I think. The Garand, and I believe I’ll bring Baby Blue, too. (No .30 Carbine ammo to be had in Tucson. Oops. Perhaps I’ll bring Conan the Borg instead. It’s been a while since that one’s been out of the safe, and I have .22 ammo.) I’ll have to buy some ammo for her, though. I haven’t had a chance to reload for .30 Carbine yet. But I’ve got this new (to me) P14 Enfield I’ve yet to put a round through . . .

For handguns, my full-size Kimber upper is out getting the slide Gunkoted and some tritium night-sights installed. I hoped to have it back in time for the Rendezvous, but no. I think I’ll bring my S&W 25-13 Mountain Gun and some .45LC for it, but I’ll be leaving the companion Winchester 94 here. I might bring the Hi-Power, since I have the better part of a case of 124gr. NATO-spec Europellets. Of course, I’ll bring the Para Gun Blog 45, and the GI Expert I’m giving away. And last but not least, I think I’ll bring my Boomershoot pistol.

Anyway, I’ve got to do some running around, pick up some ammo, load some ammo, pack everything up, and then get to bed early. No posting tomorrow, probably – at least not until I get to Reno, and even then I’ll probably be too wiped to post more than “I’m here!” If you’re coming, I look forward to seeing you! If you’re not, shame on you! But stay tuned – we’ll be liveblogging a lot of it!

Here’s the updated schedule of events.