MacGyver

I definitely had a little bit different morning this year than in years past. As someone who was in 1WTC that day and spent 9 months there afterwards, my kids know about my involvement there. They're young, though so their understanding is definitely limited. This morning, though I was driving my oldest daughter who is in kindergarten to school. There was something about it on the radio, and she asked me about it. We got to talking about what happened, and this morning, for the first time, something changed for my daughter. She realized that 2,977 people had been killed that day by those 19 attackers. In her words, "they didn't get to come home." How do you explain hatred to a kid?

GoDaddy is having serious issues today all the way down at the registrar level. It's affecting a lot of stuff. They're supposedly working on it.

There you go. Good luck with this. I'm kind of interested in the answer myself.

RWS Subsonic is the quietest subsonic ammo I've shot. Hard to find, though.

That's really weird. Folks like Vimeo would seem to be incentivized to get their stuff working on as many platforms as possible. Now that said, I posted here over something like youtube so that I didn't have to break it up into chunks. The video that I uploaded yesterday was a 1.9Gb H.264 .mp4 file. It well could be that their algorithm gives priority to smaller stuff and works bigger stuff in when it can. Who knows? I am glad to have some visibility into this, though. We use Vimeo at work all the time. The person speaking in this video really brought an interesting perspective. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. And interestingly, even though I've been involved in the planning, I have no idea where it's going to end up.

Ahh. XP video codec issue. Thanks.

Interesting. Thanks. I have no idea what's up, but would have expected Vimeo to be platform independent.

Let's talk later this fall. Sounds fun.

Yes. There's been a lot of interest from all over. We're going to try our best to get them all up and online.

Here's video from last night's topic on Civility & Tone in Political Discourse if anyone is interested: http://player.vimeo.com/video/48964178

Make sure you let the sheriff know that you're a voter as well. If he's not willing to follow that law, which others does he choose to disregard? Maybe a well written OpEd in the local paper, too.

It might be cheaper to just get a different barrel. Here's a quick link while I'm on my phone: http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/46586 Remington has a pretty good selection of barrels for the 870.

Don't blow your hand off.

I encrypt my files locally before backing up to the cloud. When I'm not on my mobile, I'll be happy to post more.

Depending on your intent, that's something to think about. I personally like having a top notch 1911 with which I have a personal relationship with the builder, who's here in Tennessee, and who I know will absolutely stand behind his work. I consider it an heirloom piece that I'll pass down. I've had several older family members try to lay claim to it should I ever die an untimely death.

I'll get some pictures up in the next day or so. Jeff is a member here (JeffM), and will work with you to get you exactly the pistol you want. I'd encourage anyone to give him a call. Btw, he is also a great choice if you want to have an off the shelf pistol worked on. I've got a Kimber Warrior that he blueprinted, and it has run thousands of flawless rounds.

I've got one of Jeff's bobtail commanders. you won't be disappointed. I'm in Brentwood most days. Let me know if you'd like to come by and check it out.

I have a friend who was involved in a shooting accident when we were in middle school. Whether you're a gun person or not, I argue strongly that as a responsible parent, you owe it to your child to teach them how to handle a gun. I'll even do it for you.

That's pretty cool...Congrats!

Ohhh..if you're going to HEB, pick up some of their hill country blend coffee, too. Good stuff.

Man, that's a boring drive!

Had her waiting on me when I got home this afternoon. Looking forward to putting her through the paces!

Yeah, the public gathering clause was repealed a couple of years ago - interestingly one of the last Jim Crow laws to be struck down. The Dome does list "no firearms allowed", but as far as I know, they don't conduct searches, and signs have no weight of law unless you're asked to leave. That said, there's a lot of potential for ruining an otherwise fun event when you have to ride MARTA back to where you're staying to stow your weapon.

I thought this might be of interest to some of you, as a lot of our threads lately on one topic have wound up invoking the other at some point in the discussion. As you can see from the topics, this series isn't really meant to win anyone over to anyone else's way of thinking. It certainly won't tell you who to vote for, or to demonize you for who you plan to vote for. Rather, it is to see if we can bring the level of discourse up a level - at least within our little community. It's frustrating to see a group of "Christians" in the media completely co-opt the conversation and then use their pulpit to speak with hate. This is simply an attempt to have a better conversation. If you do plan on coming, be sure to shoot me a note. We're pretty small, but we've got several TGO'ers who will definitely want to put names and faces with any other TGO'ers who show up.

In that case, I would take the job that's offered first, but in case you get more than one offer, go with the one that gives you the most opportunity to grow professionally. During your twenties, you have the unique opportunity to let someone else help you build your expertise, and you're in a position to make some personal sacrifices to do it. Knowledge and skill will be more valuable to you in the 40+ years of working you have in front of you that anything else. Go with the one that offers the most room for personal growth and opportunity.