devastation & reform

tear it down just to build it back up

Rights


It appears that folks in Chicago & Oak Park, Illinois will finally join the rest of the country in being provided all of their rights, specifically their 2nd Amendment rights.

It amazes me that even in an "open carry" state, such as our own NC, that the public can be so (seemingly intentionally) misinformed about something as important as protecting yourself and your family. For example, my grandmother told me she wants my grandfather to carry his firearm while working on their property (a farm in the country) but told me that he would need to take a concealed carry class to do so. Wrong.

Much like the High Point Police Officer who, at a traffic roadblock when I informed him that my firearm was out in the open, on the dash, informed me that it was dangerous to open carry because it really depends on the opinion of the officer as to whether the firearm is concealed. It was laying on the dash, unholstered. If I were trying to conceal it, I'd like to think I'd find a better hiding spot. His advice was for me to sign up for a concealed carry class. My advice to him would be to re-think his position as someone who is to "protect and serve." Quit terrorizing the general public into signing up to be counted/registered/labeled, and paying you for something they are already allowed to do as provided by our Bill of Rights.

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Filed under  //   ponderings  

Summer Fun

       

Vengeance, a Badge, and a Gun

 

Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal approved the Silver Star citation on April 28, 2004, which gave a detailed account of Tillman's death including the phrase "in the line of devastating enemy fire", but the next day he sent a P4 memo warning senior government members that Tillman might actually have been killed by friendly fire.

Source


If you are skeptical about the reliability of wiki's, just click one of the forty-seven references listed at the bottom of the page and continue reading about General McChrystal and see if you think the Rolling Stone article should be reason for resignation/firing.

 
 


Here.

Filed under  //   ponderings  

Rework

You're better off with a kick-ass Half, than a half-assed Whole 


—Jason Fried from Rework


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Filed under  //   books   currently reading   quote  

Before, During, & After

Dave Clemens. He cuts hair. You should probably make him your new barber.

     

Rope swinging at Belews Lake

 

This is what Memorial Day looked for us. Hope you had a lovely one as well.

Dear World, have a great work week without me.

The Anti-Facebook


http://www.joindiaspora.com/


I freakin love this. I don't even know what it is yet and I'm ready to
sign up -- anything that takes Facebook down a notch is alright by me.

 

Merlefest 2010

     

 

The rest of the pictures are here

Filed under  //   music   photography  

Due Date

 
"I've seen the movie. It's like the second greatest movie I've ever done — largely due to Zach Galifianakis, who is crazy good in every scene, and Todd Phillips, who is just one of the great American directors. I guarantee you're going to love it — I went to the last screening and people were literally saying, 'Oh my god, It's gotta stop — my face hurts!'"   --- Robert Downey, Jr.
 
 
More info here
 
 
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Filed under  //   comedy   humor  

Riding in my niece's new go-kart with Bentley (their new puppy). She is a natural behind the wheel. At 10yrs old she already knows what 'oversteer' is and how to correct it by turning into the slide and giving it more gas. I am one proud uncle!

Filed under  //   outdoors  

VIR - Bosch Engineering 250

   

 

See the other pics here.

Filed under  //   Motorsports   outdoors   VIR  

Making graphics for Delaware


Sent Kenneth this teaser pic of a graphic I'm finishing up for his upcoming series "Make War"

Filed under  //   graphic design  

Not measuring up to the marketed idea of who I should be

I have a lot of fans who live in real-life scenarios, not just live within the walls of their church. They aren't surrounded by Christians all day long; they don't just listen to Christian music. I have a lot of critically thinking fans who are trying to sort out their lives as Christians as best they know how. I think as a result of that, a lot of them have been marginalized; they're still seeking to be Christians but not always measuring up to the marketed idea of who they should be.

 

--Jennifer Knapp

 

As my twitter stream fills with thoughts and quotes from my friends about their church, church life, the latest quote from John Piper, the latest verse that wrecked their world, I can't help but notice how many of my friends live their lives in the shadow of the church. I wonder sometimes if the very things they try so hard to abstain from are the things God has given us for our enjoyment.  Are my friends' Church colored glasses keeping their eyes so firmly set on Heaven that they may be missing out on their time alotted on Earth?

 

Read the rest of the interview with Jennifer Knapp here

Filed under  //   ponderings  

The Digital Age

 

Consider blogs. Their great wonder is their dynamic speed. We are exposed to many more ideas than previously possible and given a chance to dialogue in near real-time. Yet because of their brevity and the constant evolution of content, blogs are forced to stay on the surface. Blogs are ill-suited for deep level analysis and thoughtful reasoning. The Internet makes a flat stone of the mind and skips it across the surface of the world's information ocean. A book, by contrast, is a sturdy submarine diving the mind deep into the sea.

 

---Shane Hipps (Flickering Pixels p.146)

 

 

 

Filed under  //   books   quote  

Grandma Arb is on the cutting edge of technology


The iTape.

Hayes.

I get the greatest wife ever and she gets a shiny new wedding ring for our 5yr anniversary. I get the better end of the deal.