KtKC Day 13

I seriously have no idea what I'm doing.  And I apologize to the guy who's club I broke.

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KtKC Day 12

Worked overnight last night, do the same tonight, combined with a lingering sinus infection means I don't have a photo today.  Slept a good while, and then signed paperwork to put an offer in on a new house.  Grown up stuff and all that.

Rest assured, once i got up and moving I was kilted, and I'll have a good picture tomorrow.

Also, my offer from yesterday still stands. Made the same offer on facebook, but everybody seems to have missed the "donate" part...

Magpul AK Grip Shipping

Been waiting for these.

KtKC Day 11

Got distracted looking at houses and forgot to get a picture... then realized I have no ideas for humorous kilted photos.  So, give me some ideas, and since it's a fundraiser type of thing, donate some money and I just may get the picture, no matter how absurd the idea is.

I gots nuthin'.

I'm sure you know the deal, donate, email me the receipt and add your photo request in the body of the email, and as long as it's legal, I'll make it happen!

KtKC Day 10

Wedding planning is tough some times... like having your bonus mom-in-law feed you cake.

OM-NomNom!!

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Imaginate

I know I've mentioned it before, but I always love watching Danny MacAskill ride.

Caracal Model C Recall

All recalled, no fix, full refund.  Something about the slide breaking in half.

More Press

They don't have a web version, but here's a snapshot of the article in this week's Portage County Gazette.

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KtKC Day 9

Had to work early this morning, and at some point my face decided it'd be an awesome idea to pick up a wicked sinus infection.  Long story short, even though I was kilted after work, I completely blanked on getting a pic.

On the upside, as we pulled out of Walgreens with the psuedoephedrine, I decided that if I ever need a parking lot painted, I don't want to hire the guys that did theirs.

How much is "drunk insurance"?

I don't work tomorrow, so hopefully I'll remember to get a quick photo.

And as always, please direct your sympathy donations here.

ETA:  Sympathy picture!  Sniffley tea time.

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KtKC Day 8

Power tools and kilts. Few things manlier.

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Another News Piece

Also had a small story in the local interwebs newspaper.

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KtKC Day 7

Robert Wadlow reached a staggering 8'11" before he died at the age of 22, making him the tallest man to have ever lived. Thankfully my glands cut me off around the same age at a lowly 6'4" and some change, leaving me as probably not even the tallest gun blogger in Wisconsin.

Believe it, or not.

We were in Wisconsin Dells last night and today for the Badger Yellow Ribbon program (hence the neked face...) and walked around a little after.  It was a little late in the day to do much other than walk through and get back home, but we stopped in front of Ripley's Believe It or Not for a photo.

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KtKC Links

Apparently the page I was linking to on Livestrong has something broken in the code, and the donate button didn't work (thank you Mr. USAA guy for letting me know!)

Here's the new link. I have adjusted the links on the blog.

KtKC Day 6 - The News!

Didn't get a picture for the day, we have a full blown TV news story!

I didn't get to see the broadcast, but it's good to see the beard immortalized before having to shave it off for Army stuff this weekend.

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KtKC Day 5

I was going to pose with a bottle of Jameson, but everybody said this one worked better with the kilt.

McSomething-or-other, Scottish, right?

The beer sounds pretty good, looking forward to trying it.

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Do Work.

With the weather flip-flopping in a distinctly Wisconsin way (frost warnings tonight, supposed to be in the 80s Friday...) the mice keep making their way in.  Going of the cats' behavior today, they're obviously getting up through the kitchen by the dishwasher.

Sitting here watching Brewers' Post-game (9-3 over the Pirates! A rare win for the year...) I heard somebody bounce off the dishwasher, and 5 seconds later, Lila prances into the living room to show off.

She says Simon is slacking.  That's the 3rd confirmed kill in the last week for her, a long way from the girl that got one two years ago and freaked out when it squeaked.  I guess she's got her killing blow down now.

I'm just glad one of them finally started paying their share of the rent.

KtKC Day 4

Snooty whiskey drinking!  Neglected to get a picture while i was doing miniature gaming, oops.

Hamilton Grey and bourbon.

Although some mead would have matched the shirt better, oops.

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KtKC Day 3

Busy day, almost forgot to get a photo, so I grabbed some stuff and gave Manda the camera.  It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Get some!(Heritage of Ireland that is.)

This brings up the thought, if you have ideas for pictures of me in a kilt doing stuff, comment away!

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6 Fancy ways to brew coffee

From I (Heart) Coffee blog.

I'm using the third option today.

Kilted Grillin'

Day 2 of KtKC!

Stewart Black, because ALL THE COLORS!

Honey-mustard chicken, potatoes, corn, and a T-bone.

Good food to knock me out for the graveyard shift tonight...

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KtKC Day 1

The 5.11 TDK was the easiest one to put on this morning when I left for work without waking anybody up.  Got a couple double takes at the grocery store after work, but that was it.  Still have some more errands to run though...

I don't have a list of glorious prizes to offer to bribe you like some people (kind of ran out of time to get that together this year, hopefully next time...) although I may be able to scrounge up something for the top donation or as a raffle sort of deal.  Regardless, if you want to help out with the cause, you can donate HERE.

Time

Went on my Fourth(?) Annual "Holy-$&@% am I out of shape" ride today.  This typically involves a loop or two of my favorite chunk of single track down the river a bit.

Things have changed in the last couple years...

I haven't really rode the Island for well over a year.  Not too long before the deployment I dumped my park bike pretty hard and bruised/broke a rib (never bothered getting it checked, just sucked it up... not the best option...) so I didn't get out much before leaving last summer.

The Island is constantly evolving.  I don't think it's an "official" trail of any sort, simply a few miles of track cut into a publicly owned island on the river.  There's a core of riders that keep it clean, and have been slowly building up log stacks and now lengths of boardwalk over some of the wetter places (both better for the environment and a new challenge, notice the narrow width and general unevenness.)  The one pictured above was not the biggest, or longest, or steepest, but you don't see it until you're pretty much on it.

My shoulders still hate me, but I'm just taking that as a sign I need to ride more.

Advice from the trail...

Best way to get these bastards off? If you're unfamiliar, they even stick to skin.

And of course, I just took the socks out of the packaging just before the ride... oops.

Kilt Pin

Still remember how to make stuff. Like a brass kilt pin for next month.

Home

Again.  Vacations never last long enough, even if you give up and spend too much time in the cabin because summer decided to finally show up (90+ temps and 90+% humidity sucks after a month of like 50 and dry...)

(This was actually the "offloading" photo... but no reception at the cabin.)

It was nice to get up north away from everything and get the boats out on the lake.  Even better to be there after the "weekend" when everybody else on the lake went home.

Only real downside was the heat advisories, serious thunderstorms, and flash and areal-flood warnings.  I was actually a bit nervous this morning and thought we might have been stuck.  There was a bucket loader working right up on the road at the end of the driveway, but it was fixing the new intersection on the other side of the road where it had washed out overnight.  Regardless, the lake had come up almost half a foot overnight, and it was a good thing we dragged the kayaks further up the hill last night, otherwise we might have had to start the motor boat and go searching for them.

M&P Shield Safety Notice

ALL M&P Shield™ firearms manufactured before August 19, 2013.
Smith & Wesson has identified a condition where the trigger bar pin could damage the lower trigger in certain M&P Shields in a way that may affect the functionality of the drop safety feature of the firearm, potentially allowing the pistol to discharge if it is dropped.Any unintended discharge of a firearm has the potential to cause injury, and we ask that you STOP USING YOUR PISTOL IMMEDIATELY UNTIL IT HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND, IF THE CONDITION IS FOUND, REPAIRED.

Check your guns and get them fixed if you need too.

MHIEH&BRPG

Er, Monster Hunter International Employee Handbook and Role Playing Game is up on Amazon.  Having had my copy for a little over a month, I can say it's well worth it for the fluff as well as the actual game part. Some cool background in there.

Whoops

I really need to get back on the wagon with this thing, huh?

So over the weekend, some hi-jinx occurred on the local County Sheriff's facebook page. Some people realize they have a surplus "Peacekeeper."  Numerous butthurt comments ensued, and the Chief Deputy went on a rant about it (the Sheriff was on vacation... cat's away, mice will play, etc.)  It was a pretty good rant though, so click through the break and laugh at the hippie butthurt.

Play Ball!!

Gonna suck going back to work this week.

Yum

Some days you just have to light a fire and spoil yourself.