Awards!!

Ok, just one.  Six over at The Warrior Class has bestowed the honor of the "Stylish Blogger Award" onto me.

I have no clue as to the origins of the award, only that I noticed it popping up at random places around the interwebs in the last couple weeks, and had a sinking suspicion it was simply a matter of time.

I guess part of the award is to go on to tell all of you seven random facts you may not know about me, and then pass it along to 10 other bloggers.  I may take a page from Breda though, as I don't know if I can even think of 10 other bloggers that I think are worthy and haven't already gotten it.  Well see how it goes after hashing out a handful plus two worth of randomness.

1. I didn't have a driver's license until I was 19.  All through high school I biked everywhere, and simply didn't have a need for it.

2. I worked in a bakery making donuts at one point.  I was a freshly minted "combat veteran," and felt like breaking stereotypes and got a job.  I was hired on the spot because two employees walked out that night and my friend who worked there said I was looking for work.  I ended up putting in my two week notice one week after starting.  Not because the job sucked (not that it didn't...) but because I landed a job doing DOT contract surveying work for exactly twice the pay, and with daylight hours.  I still didn't eat donuts for over a  year after that though.

3. I lettered in Theater in high school.

4. I was a certified EMT-B at one point in time.  I never actually did it as a job though, apparently doing your clinical hours in a combat hospital makes you over-qualified when the local ER is looking for a glorified CNA.

5. I'm mildly dyslexic, especially with lists of numbers.  So of course my first job in the Army was as a Surveyor.  Extra point of hilarity, 7 of the 10 Army soldiers in my AIT class were dyslexic.  You'd think they'd check for that for surveyors...

6. I can't swim.  I never learned how, and I float about as well as a submarine with a leaky screen door (I used to say "about as well as a rock," but then I took a Geology class and learned some volcanic rocks actually do float, so a random rock has a better statistical chance than I do.)  Yes, I own a kayak, but I always wear a PFD when I'm in it.

7. I'm lactose intolerant, which really sucks living in Wisconsin.

As to passing it along... meh, too chain letter-ish for me.

Slow day...

So I've been tossing around starting this thing for a while, and the insanely slow day at work has gotten me off my butt to do it.(ok, I'm actually sitting, but it's metaphorical) I figure I like guns and coffee... a lot... and I've got the Internet, so what the hell, why not?

Here's some stuff about me, just in case you're wondering, I'm a pretty regular recreational shooter, I try to shoot at least every other week, and more if I can. I'm in college, and got my schedule worked out for the semester so I'll be able to get out once a week if things go well. I lean towards the practical and target side of things, I'm an Afghanistan veteran (Engineers HOOAH!), so I've had some real world experience with it too.(not tons of it, but more than some) I also blame the Army for my massive addiction to coffee, and the never ending search for the good stuff.(i.e. not Starbucks)

I work in the summer running the climbing program at a Boy Scout camp, and I have a natural rock face, not plastic and wood like most, and get to spend a good amount of time at that job working down at the rifle range as well teaching scouts how to shoot. All that coupled with living in a National Forrest for a couple months equals a pretty sweet job. Plus we run the NRA 4 Position Sport Shooting qualification series, so I got the chance to blow everyone away and get through all nine bars of Sharpshooter and earn my Expert rating in under 7 weeks.

I think something that will help me keep up on this thing is if I lay out some goals and missions and whatnot for this blog... let's see...

-Show off my toys; by this I mean share with people what I'm shooting, how I've got it set up, how it works, and if I think it's any good.

-Ramble about my feelings of the local coffee scene; I spend a lot of my free time and study time at local coffee shops. Might be interesting to say what I'm drinking on any given day.

-Stay away from politics (mostly); there's already plenty of that around, and I honestly don't care for really going in depth about it, especially on the Internet. The only exception is CCW in Wisconsin. I think we should have it, and I'm personally offended by Doyle's response to it.

-Talk about gun stuff I'm exited about; like the PK380 post below.

There's a start I guess. I'm sure I'll think of more stuff, and I know more random crap will pop up in the future.

I guess that's it for now... if you've got any questions for me just toss 'em in the comments.

Me and my GSG-5 before the ice age started.