monkeylizard

  If it's brown right now, it's probably bermuda. If it's green right now, it's probably fescue (maybe rye grass).

Happy Birthday     I used the large font so you can read it better.  :D   Seriously though, CBS Sunday Morning had a good piece this week on people doing great things later in life. Colonel Sanders was 65 when he started KFC. You're just getting started at 63.

Good point. That would give a clean story line about how the wolves find ASZ. They find Nicholas on the roadway somewhere and he tells them about it, thinking that the tough guys in the Wolfpack will be able to take it over, completely underestimating the superior toughness of Rick & Co.

Some days it's hard to tell the difference.

NO!!!!!!!!! Don't tell people about Joey's House of Pizza! It's hard enough to get in there already.   I mean, uh....     Joey's? That place is nasty....nobody should ever go there.

OK. That's much better. I'll go back and rewatch that scene. Other than Nicholas (The swift hammer of Glenn Justice coming soon), Aidan-I-shoot-grenades, and Pete, everyone else in the town seems to be on the up and up, just clueless.   The problem with any of them killing Pete is that he's the town doctor. He'll have to be the one to save Tara next week, making Rick/Carol realize his value to the town.   I predict that Nicholas, on the other hand, will be tried, judged, and summarily executed.

Yeah, they talked about that in last week's episode at the party. Rick said they work good for walkers, but a human can run right up them. Mr. architect agreed and said that's the kind of input he needs, or something like that. I doubt we'll see them move them around. The supports will just be on the inside come some new episode and a character will make a comment about how glad they are to have that finally done.

They're raiding the shopping mall construction site for materials. They're extending the wall to encircle a larger area in preparation for finding more people to live in Rickville.     As inept as the construction crew was at taking care of that small batch of Z's and as bad as the two with Glenn tripped out in the warehouse, I don't know how they've survived this long.   What threw me was that I thought the construction guy who advanced first said he was going to kill Abraham. something like "he's dead and I'm going to make sure he stays that way". Maybe he just meant he thought Abraham was dead and he was going to shoot his corpse in the head to prevent the big red zombie machine from coming after them. Sounded more sinister than that, but former crew boss never said anything about that when he resigned to Deena.

I think a Mosin 1891/30 makes a good home defense rifle. You can hide in the closet in a back bedroom and skewer the invader when they come in the front door. Or pig-stick the guy in your neighbor's house from your kitchen window. :)   Seriously though, cheap to buy and cheap to shoot can be two different things. .223 and 7.62x39 ammo are about the cheapest centerfire cartridges around without getting into something obscure and/or hard to find. It's possible (when the ATF doesn't use the b-a-n word) to find steel-cased in those calibers for around 20 cents each if you can buy in bulk. .308 is going to be closer to 50 cents and 30-30 is north of 60 cents.   Personally, I think the SKS prices are crazy right now and have been for a while. You can get an AK fir just a few bucks more, but then again, you can get an AR for about the price of an AK these days. AR prices are scraping the bottom. If you can swing one, now's a good time to do it. I've seen the Smith&Wesson M&P Sport AR-15 as low as about $525 lately.

The only one in the original Alexandria group with real contributing skills is the architect husband. Even that's unfocused and prone to design flaws from lack of "out there" experience. With Glenn, Rick, Carol and Darryl advising on security matters, his designs could become solid defenses.   I think Sam cozied up to Carol because she's not just a mother figure, but a strong mother figure. Something he doesn't have if his mom is being beat and won't stand up for herself or for him. If daddy's beating him, he may see Carol as someone who can protect him. Her little speach in the pantry may have had the opposite effect in some ways than she intended. Instead of staying away, he's drawing closer to her. I suspect he won't say anything about the guns, but because of loyalty, not fear. If Carol ever has proof he's beating Sam, Darryl won't have to gut him like a squirrel. Carol will slit his throat passing him on the sidewalk and never break stride....which would make a phenomenal closing scene for an episode.   +1 to seeing that the group is being put in position to take over everything. Bring on the RickCaroltatorship and let's go hunt some wolves!

Try Arnold's for some Southern comfort and soul food. Only open for lunch.

  meh. The Loveless is more famous for being famous than it is for great food these days. Plus they're posted. I live under 10 minutes from there and can count the number of times I've been in the past two years by making a fist. The "new" ownership hasn't been good for them, IMO. If you're going to take a drive/ride on the Natchez Trace, it's worth stopping for, but I don't think it's worth going all the way out there just for the food.   I hear great things about breakfast at The Southern downtown and Marche in East Nashville.

  Yep, I forgot about the one in E. Nashville. It's still there too.

  You got to use baggies? He must have changed the policy since I earned mine.

The NRA sets up a swag booth with stuff for sale. T-shirts, hats, pins, etc. http://www.nraam.org/special-events/nrastore.aspx

The Calypso Cafe in Cool Springs and the one in Belle Meade are closed.   Their Thompson Lane/100 Oaks location is open, and I think the one on Elliston Place is still open as well.

  This. Just "clear the fence".   Probably some better stuff in the "cage" part of the warehouse anyway. That's where the small, rare, and valuable stuff is going to be. Not sure why they rolled out there to the warehouse in a van when they have a big rig. Go out there with a crew and empty that place out. The supplies for the wall could wait a day while the truck was in use (or hey...get a 2nd truck!). They'd have enough gear to set up solar on every house instead of having a centralized array, plus spare parts for decades.

Things to do: Grand Ole Opry Backstage tour of The Ryman Country Music Hall of Fame Johnny Cash Museum The 'tonks on Broadway Frist Center (check their site to see if it the current exhibits would interest you or your GF) Cheekwood gardens Belle Meade Plantation (better house and grounds than The Hermitage, but it's not a President's home) Tours of various breweries (Yazoo, Fat Bottom, Jackelope) or the Corsair distillery. Small boutique shopping in East Nashvile, 12 South, The Gulch or Hillsboro Village A show at the Bluebird (if you can get tickets) Visit the state Capitol, state museum, and state military museum (all free). Bicentennial Mall state park Farmers Market next to the Bicentennial Mall

  Yes, Shane beat the crap out of Ed in the quarry for slapping Carol. Carol cried and begged him to stop, then tended to Ed's wounds. He got eaten in the next episode. Darryl was going to smash his head with a pick axe to prevent zombie-Ed, but Carol stepped up and did it, unleashing her pent up rage by smashing the remnants of Ed repeatedly.

I pre-registered almost 2 months ago. Still nothing. I don't think it's about turn-around time so much as it's that they'll send them all out when the date gets a little closer. I suspect they'll shut off the pre-reg option soon and then batch them all up into one big mailing process.

I'm generally fond of the GoalZero products. I like their small portable panels when I'm camping. Their stuff is easy to use and seems well built. That said, I suspect you could build a larger system for that price (or a comparable system for less money) by doing it yourself. If he's looking for an easy turnkey solution and doesn't mind the cost, it's certainly an option. Keep in mind that the output ratings will vary depending on how much sunlight he can get on the panels. When power goes out from ice, that's not usually hapenning on sunny days. The "generator" is a packaged battery/inverter/solar controller. Like most batteries, he would have to keep it maintained by either leaving it plugged in for trickle charging or by storing it in a cool dry place and plugging it in every so often (manufacturer should have a recommended schedule).   If he's worried about EMP, solar may not be there the way he thinks it will unless he stores the components in a Faraday cage. Nobody really knows what will and won't survive an EMP. Even if the solar panels themselves survive, the controller and inverter may not.

http://goo.gl/maps/vVZEc avoids MD altogether and adds 1.5 hours to the default route up I-81.   Keep in mind that you'll only be in MD for a few miles at Hagerstown up I-81. It's up to you if avoiding that is worth 1.5 hours each way or not.

She took 1/4 bar each time. They've individually wrapped 1/4 bars in foil.

You can always spot real Russian WW2 vets. They're the ones who can put their right hand over their heart by first reaching around their back.

Maybe it was this guy.....