Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Culture

Mother’s Day

Well, just what shall I get Damsel for Mothers Day? BLING-BLING? Naw, she has plenty of that already. This time she needs BANG-BANG!

Photo: Damsel fires her new piece at the indoor range.

As usual, I met with the boss last week to discuss current activities, progress and problems. When it came time to discuss planned absences, I mentioned that I needed some time off that afternoon to go and pick up Damsel’s Mothers’ Day gift.

“That’s fine,” he said, “What are you going to get her?” he asked.

“A Smith & Wesson 686-6 three-fifty-seven magnum revolver,” I answered.

“No, really . . .” he chuckled.

“Seriously,” I replied, “that’s what she wants. You should have seen her face light up the first time I suggested such a thing. You would have thought I offered her a pair of 200 karat diamond-encrusted slippers and a coach ride to the Prince’s Ball.”

“The Damsel takes pride in our home and garden,” I said, “and home security is definitely on her list of essential ‘housewares.'”

“Right,” the boss said slowly as he mused, as though to ponder how his spouse might consider such a concept, “that’s important these days.”

I couldn’t agree more.

Inset: Not a bad first firing group – five of seven rounds in the “stop zone.”

13 May 2006 by Culture Firearms Law and Order People

A Tale of Two Saplings

Today we had good ol’ homemade spaghetti and meatballs. We prepared it using freshly ground beef (i.e. ground in our kitchen from top round), pork sausage, freshly chopped savories and a great meaty marinara sauce. Very good, if I do say so myself.

After dinner, the Cap’n and I went for a walk as usual. We pass these two trees that the city planted (on the same day) in the parkway in front of neighboring homes. We think its funny that one of the neighbors seems to water his tree and the other seem not to.

06 May 2006 by California Culture Home & Garden

Charlie Daniels – Must Read

Over at Palos Verdes Blog, Bill has posted Charlie Daniels’ reaction to the illegal immigrants demonstration. This is an excerpted paragraph:

What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it’s tantamount to saying, “I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there’s nothing you can do about it.” It’s an “in your face” action and speaking just for me I don’t like it one little bit. If there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn’t be happening. Where are you, you bunch of lilly livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution?

Photo: Charlie Daniels in Iraq

And I just love the last paragraph:

I don’t blame anybody for wanting to come to America, but if you don’t respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others. And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes. Please get that other one out of my face.

Please read the whole article at: Palos Verdes Blog: Mexican Standoff.

04 May 2006 by Culture Law and Order

The Morse Code

Samuel F. B. Morse (1791 – 1872), artist, inventor, politician and professor, is credited with the invention of the telegraph in 1844; at that time, he sent a telegraphic message from the Supreme Court in Washington, D. C., to his assistant in Baltimore, MD. The message, “What hath God wrought?” a Biblical quotation from Numbers 24:23, was sent in the code that Morse devised. Morse Code (International) is still used today by the Military, amateur radio operators, and Boy Scouts. Some traditionalist ham operators still use the original American Morse Code.

Right: Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady

While Morse had a tendency towards eccentricity and had some heretical religious views, there is one “Morse Code” which no American should ever forget:

“If you beat your sword into a plowshare, you will probably end up plowing for someone who kept their sword.” — Samuel F.B. Morse

02 May 2006 by Culture People Technobabble

A Presidential Barber Poll?

I went on-line to find illustrated instructions on how to use an electric hair clipper for men’s haircutting. As often happens in internet searches, I found something I didn’t expect, but found it to be — well — very interesting. From the Wahl Clipper website (emphasis mine):

NOT SO FAST, JOHN KERRY

Survey Says President Bush Has Best Hair

Sterling , IL ( July 8, 2004 ) – May the best candidate win, but when it comes to the most presidential hair, George W. Bush has America’s vote, according to Wahl Clipper Corporation’s 2004 Grooming Survey and First Ever “Index” on men’s grooming habits.

Despite John Kerry’s recent claim that the Kerry-Edwards ticket has the best hair, Wahl’s survey found that the majority of Americans overwhelmingly voted for Bush’s hair over Kerry’s (Bush – 51 percent; Kerry – 30 percent; neither-10 percent; don’t know- 9 percent.)

Although the President’s poll numbers are sagging, I must agree that President Bush usually has better hair days than Kerry — assuming one would notice Kerry’s hair with all that blithering rhetoric constantly spewing from his mouth. Like, for instance, yesterday, Kerry indicated he was still proud to be anti-war, anti-military and would repeat his 1970’s lies all over again. (And, he has had bad hair the whole time since then.)

27 Apr 2006 by Culture People

Happy Easter

We wish you a very Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and just a happy, nice, beautiful spring Day!

Right on cue, two of my Easter Lilies opened up today! They are soooo beautiful! Have a great day!

16 Apr 2006 by Culture Photography

The Right Quadrant

Usually, I consider on-line tests a waste of time and effort, and that may be true in most cases, but I was intrigued by the results from a poll I saw on another blog last week. So, I took the political preferences on-line test at OkCupid! Politics Test and the results are in: I am socially and economically conservative and am best described as a strong Republican.

Hmmmm . . . I sort of knew that already. What I discovered, however is where I fall with respect to the politics of some famous people:

I consider myself in good company up there between Presidents Reagan and Bush.

John Kerry should be depicted down in the corner with Mahatma Ghandi; Kerry is certainly not a centrist.

16 Apr 2006 by Blogosphere Culture

Categories

Archives