Random Crap

Tomorrow morning is opening day of Central TX whitetail deer season.  After the absolute SHIT of a last week and a half we have had, I am so looking forward to sitting out in the middle of the woods, listening to my tinnitus, napping and maybe shooting a deer. 

Full Military Honors at a funeral is a VERY moving sight to see.  Plus, seeing these men that were born well after I was already in college, with chests full of medals and ribbons denoting service in Iraq and Afghanistan is very humbling.

Oh, and it turns out that my Father-in-Law was a total badass.  The kind of guy that Jack Bauer wants to be when he grows up.
 

Apple released some new gadget, and the faithful and Pius have lined up for communion


Some new gun company has made a completely impractical and ungainly .22LR, and is trying douchebag 'guerrilla marketing' like spamming message boards and such.  Plus, they are calling a .22 'combat' and 'tactical'.  Not going to link them direct, but you can see it on The Firearm Blog

I'll be hunting with my DPMS "Oracle" AR-10 copy.  The more I play with that gun, the more I like it.  While on the guy trip a few weeks ago, I used it to lay some absolute MURDER on some turtles.  It was fun as heck to use a complete overkill rifle for that:

My wife made a cool forearm 'sock' that gives it a little more of a 'hunter' look:

I hope to get a more complete writeup of our 3 days of Guns, Food and excellent Beer in the next few days.  But here is a sneak peek of the THIRTY-THREE beers we had for the tasting: