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  Smoking cigars is one of the finest pleasures you can have on deployment.  Makes you feel almost at home, then you remember you don't have a proper drink to go along with it.  But it's still one of those nice things.

  Okay, but they flat out admitted that to KKing that they aren't lawyers.  And that raises all kinds of questions.    Will the attorney who drafted their trust template stand by the work if something comes to pass?  Coyote can't, they aren't lawyers.  Those of us who used the TGO venders that offer trust services have that benefit.   Do those who get a trust through Coyote have an attorney-client relationship with anybody?  Doubt it since the folks at Coyote aren't lawyers.  I have an attorney-client relationship (and all the legal protections therein) with John Wells.  Ditto for the folks who used Chip Cain.   Finally, how well versed are Coyote's lawyers in Tennessee law?  My trust attorney is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association.  How about Coyote's?  Is that even a valid question since we don't know how far their services extend beyond acquiring a template of a trust?   These are the things I sought out a professional and paid the extra bit of money for.

If he's going to Djibouti, the base there has been around for a bit and should be stocked well enough for what we called "lickies and chewies."   If he's going to a more astute location, his wish list might grow accordingly.  Also, the mail system is pretty good for the military these days, so anything is a click away from Amazon.   The two best things I ever got sent to me while OCONUS Cake baked and sealed into a mason jar.  The flavor kept perfectly and before long, all my friends wanted "fat kid cake in a jar" sent to them as well. Nice bedding.  My Aunt Janice sent me some nice bed sheets and a comforter during one of my tours.  The ones they sell in the PX were the basic cheap ones, and that soft as a feather bed sheet set I had helped put me to sleep every night.

Was in the gym Friday, and used Metallica to get through my lift.  Their cover of Blue Oyster Cult's Astronomy is pretty good, IMO.

  I agree with your assessment that Common Core isn't the evil, brainwash the children, type of plan some make it out to be.  It's absurd to use 20th century learning models in the 21st century.  Just because it was good enough back in the day, doesn't mean it's good enough today.    I do think the 2yr community college can help, if it's targeted towards specific career fields.  I would like to see it infused with more vocational courses and have it minimized on the general education side.  There are plenty of fields in the technical, medical and yes, the service industry, that can have a plan of study set out in a 2yr college plan that will prepare people for entry into a workforce.  From there, follow on training and on the job experience should be just fine instead of two extra years of college full of electives and classes not really relevant for the field.    Production in the American economy isn't making a surge anytime soon.  At least not as long as we have trade agreements with countries who will make it cheaper than it can be made here.  Businesses are always going to look for the lowest production costs.  Preparing the next generation to take their place in an economy with that fact in mind is essential.   It sucks, but it is what it is.

Whoever takes this, let me know if you want to let that AR stock in the lower left hand corner of the top box go.

Google is hoping this takes off, and they're in competition with Apple Pay for the market for it.  With this latest "convenience" for the consumer, they have another more method of targeting advertising to you, and knowing what you just bought is a lot better than knowing what you were browsing on the internet.  Use the Google Wallet enough, and you will start seeing advertisements in your Google searches related to places you shopped not too long ago.   It also wouldn't surprise me if Google was making a small fee from transactions used through the Google Wallet.  They wouldn't need it to be huge to add up a good profit if enough people catch on.       I use my credit card for everything that isn't a cash withdraw from the ATM and just pay the balance every few weeks or so.  I use the analytical tools, and an excel spreadsheet to do a quick track of where I'm spending so I can pick out any trends and adjust spending as needed.    I've never had the pleasure of identity theft, but my bank (USAA) has more than enough protections on my credit card for me to feel comfortable.  Whenever there is a data breach where your card was used, they send you a new one riki tik.  Luckily, I've only had to go through the change once.    I'd be skeptical of a do everything card that isn't regulated by my bank, but that's just me.     If by "bad guys" you mean our own government via the NSA, than yes.     I always turn off my location settings by default.  Partly to save battery life, partly for privacy concerns.  The only real time trace they get from me when I'm not using the GPS to drive to a new place is through tower hits.   But yeah, it's scary how much data they get from people who willingly leave the factory default settings on. 

Go out to a comedy show.  Nashville has a few clubs if I recall.   In a situation like your friends, being able to put aside her own issues and just laugh and something would be a welcome distraction, I'd imagine. 

  I would agree, that he was a voice of moderation, but only outside his own borders.  Inside Saudi Arabia is still very traditional, especially when you compare it to the other countries like Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.  I'm fine with that, since it's there country and all.   But yeah, if we loose a moderate and cooperative Saudi Arabia, that would be bad on many levels.

  More like a bit absurd at $150-200 MSRP.  Even with the watch, I don't see a market that would sustain a product like this.

Some truth right here. Norton is just one giant advertisement for itself with security as a secondary thought. If I had to wipe a drive, I wouldn't say the antivirus did its job. I use Avast, and while far from the be all, end all, it's kept my systems free of infection all the while I surf sites all over the spectrum.

  That's not a big loss.  He wasn't in control of much outside of the major cities anyway.        He's never been the healthiest guy.  Plush fat living, chain smoked, all those wives.  But people have commented how smart he was and how shrewd he was in foreign affairs.  That's something that hopefully won't be lost in the transition. 

If this transition gets bungled, the whole region will suffer.  Saudi Arabia is the real power in the area and most of the other nations there take their cues from them since they don't have the size to stand on their own.

  The worst for me was Taking Chance.  It was an HBO production, but is probably the most powerful war movie I've ever seen.

  Likewise.  I'd love to be able to leave my carry pistol in the truck when I go on campus.  But this bill does nothing that I can tell for us.       Like an employer, the schools and TBR can set rules for their own property, and enforce it through firing of employees or expulsion if it's a student violating it.  The courts would let it stand if the policy governing such a rule was clear- and it is- to the offender.  Just something you waive as a condition of employment or attendance at a university in our state.

Very limited bill for college students and staff/faculty.   Unless the Tennessee Board of Regents is prohibited from making it a violation of TBR/School policy, there will still be a prohibition, with the penalty of expulsion for students who have a firearm in their vehicle, even if they have a HCP.  The only change that was brought about with the recent vehicle carry law was that they couldn't have you arrested for it if a HCP holder was caught doing it.

  It's not the difference in the size of the glass that separates them, it's the style of the red dot.  They are two completely different styles to shoot with.  Having shot both a good bit, I find the EoTech quicker to get a shot off with.  But brands work just fine when you break it down for what you need.   Also, the physical shape of the optic is pretty different between the two.  Aimpoint is tubular shaped, the EoTech is more or less a square on top of a rectangle. 

I have the book on my reading list and will probably wait for the movie to come out on blu-ray.  It seems like the kind of movie I would want to watch alone and not risk being disrupted in any way by others.  Plus I sometimes find myself allergic to well made war movies, and wouldn't want others to become concerned for me.

  For my money, the order of optics is... 1) EoTech 2) Aimpoint 3) Primary Arms   I prefer EoTech for the large reticule for quick acquisition.  I would however call Aimpoint more durable than an EoTech since I beat the hell out of my M68 (Comp2) on three Iraq deployments and it didn't miss a beat.  Putting my personal EoTech through the same stress wouldn't be on my to do list, but I'm confident it's good to go for HD/range work anytime.   The Aimpoint PRO, is the perfect performance/price compromise piece in my mind, but the Primary Arms gear is where you want to look if you have a budget of <$400.

Now there are Newtown families who lost children suing the school for lax security.    The more we see, the more I think there are some lawyers pulling the strings of people who are still grieving the senseless loss of their children with promises of holding someone accountable.  What a shame.

You changed a bit since we met back in May to make a gun parts transaction. :stare:

  Anytime there is anything to do with George Zimmerman, I hear the Looney Tunes theme in the background.  He deserves his day in court for anything he's charged with, but it's not politics when someone has a track record of asshattery. 

  My comments in manly purple.  I think if this is tacked on, it's just the DA drawing up charges to working the odds for a plea bargain.

  I used a video downloader that I have as an add on in Firefox to pull a copy for myself if anybody wants it.

I like how they put "Weight Management" on the label something that is marketed as a form of candy.  That's knowing your market at it's finest.