It's Been a while..

To say the least...

I have been off and on the net lately because of recent deployments and just plain laziness.

Plain laziness you ask?

Why yes! I am a lazy fuck!

I am so fuckin' lazy that I am going to get a lawn service to take care of my yard work! I have certain wants and desires in this world and not doing yard work is one of them! Wouldn't you pay an extra $75-100 a month to never do yard work again?

One answer...

FUCK YES!!

I just hope my estimate is closer to the truth than my fears.

I fear with all the gas prices skyrocketing(thank you my job!) and other strange happenings that it will be closer to $200 a month. Still not too bad.

I have trees growing out of my gutters!

Changing it up a bit...

I have come to the realization that i should change this blog's name to more of what I wanted in the first place.

Random Thoughts of an Amateur Gun Guru.

Here is a sample of what is to come...

Most commonly an amateur is understood to be someone who does something without pay or formal training.

Most people think that because you are an amateur that you don't know squat about what you are talking about. I see it a little differently.

Amateurs don't get paid.

Professionals do.

Amateurs can be just as good if not better than the pros as we have seen on shows like Pros vs Joes.

I don't get paid for my opinions and I don't really care what people think of me or my opinions. You need to do your own searching on the internet and come up with your own opinions. If someone takes my advice and it works out great for them then AWESOME!

If it doesn't...

Oh well. I tried.

More often then not I have done a lot research into whatever topic I am commenting on and I know what I am talking about. I don't try to pretend anything or give a bullsh!t answer. I hold a person's integrity to the highest and I will continue to call a spade a spade no matter what anyone gets a offended at.

We should all strive to be the best at what we do and I have to say I am slacking. I have not been giving XDtalk my fullest attention considering I have been dividing my attention between internet arguments(wrestling with pigs in some places), work, the forces of reality, and a the demand for a normal sex life keep me elsewhere. I can't over emphasize the necessity of practice in shooting and I can't tell you guys enough that just cuz the gun didn't work for you doesn't mean they are all broken.

Anyway...

Those of you that still believe Glocks are crappy, ask Dave Sevigny what he thinks.

Those of you that think traditional DA handguns are crap, go ask Ernie Langdon about that one.

To all those Revolver haters out there, Jerry Miculek has a few things to show you.

That is all I have to say for now.

Go find yourselves some answers.

Shawn

Long time!!!

Been quite a while since I was here last. I was not allowed access to my Blog in Qatar but that is OK. I am not pissed. To all who anxiously awaited my safe return, I am back and I am very safe.

I was in the R&R spot in the desert so I was not concerned at all that I would be in any danger but we all still have worries.

This is going to be brief.

Thanks to all that read my blog and thanks to all that respond to it. I can't understand why you guys read such a boring blog but thank you none the less!

Shawn

P.S.

To DOOM-
Thank you for all you did for me and thanks for all you were not able to do(cuz I wouldn't let him!!) I can only bring myself to accept thanks of a greatful nation and know that all forms of gratitude are truly appreciated.

Fear

Fear is the mind killer.

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

A great part in a great book.

Fear is the mind killer. Many of you that know me and the few of you that read this may also know that I am off to sandy locations very, very soon.

Do not fear for me.

I will be fine.

Just like all our men and women who serve this great country of ours, I too know that I may be killed or severely injured. I know I will do my absolute best to keep that from happening but the possibility still remains no matter how safe everyone thinks it is.

Complacency will get you killed faster than anything on this planet. Don't think for a minute I will let these people give me illusions that I am perfectly safe.

However,

I will be fine. I know how to keep myself alive and very safe.

Thanks to anyone that reads this!

Shawn

The Desert

I am off to the Deid as they call it.

This will be my first trip to this particular hell hole. I hope I can keep myself busy for 60 days. My boss, the ate-up laid back guy that he is, is going with me. He wants to evaluate my work habits. Man... 13 years and I am still getting "evaluated"!! I hate this job. I don't get paid enough, it is thankless, and people never just let you work. I mean even sweeping the floor has people telling you how to do it. Like I am going to fuck up the floor or something.

I feel like Rodney Dangerfield. No Respect!!! I only have 7 years of this left though. I can retire, what little of that there is, at 39!!!

No the desert will be another learning experience. Just one more...

Stupidity

There are some real dumbasses out there.

I saw a guy pass a person on the shoulder just cuz he was a little late.

Be patient people!

I watched a guy freaking out over getting cut off by a car he wouldn't let change lanes. The car had its signal on for at least a mile and no one let him in! He was forced to cut someone off to make his turn. I was forced to slow down to 40mph on the 55mph highway just to give him a chance.

Be polite people!

I knocked a kid down in the BX today because he was running at full steam down the isle. I am not going to slam myself against the vacuum cleaners just to make room for some dumb ass kid. He was 3ft tall and it was no contest. He bounced off my hip and took out a rack of shoes. It was awesome!! His mom came around the corner and saw him on the floor crying and proceeded to rip my ass! I told here to control her kid more and that he shouldn't be running rampant like that. I didn't know the base commander was there and saw the whole thing. She started saying "Do you know who my husband is?" Little did I know the base commander doesn't like that kind of crap. He told her she needed to "Instill some discipline into that boy!" He told me I was fine and to go back to shopping. He continued to talk to her as she started getting really upset.

Discipline your children!

The next time you see snow falling from the sky...

You are driving too fast. Go slower. Nothing is worth flipping you SUV, Minivan, or Neon. Having lived in Alaska for 10 years taught me that I can get to work just fine if I leave a little early and drive slow enough to not die!


With all that stupidity I leave you with this...

Computers Revisited!

I have my computer back!!!

However it is half the computer it once was...

Along with the mobo, one of the memory modules was damaged and is not installed which knocks me down to 1GB of RAM.

Also during the installation of the mobo to the case and associated parts, I found I could only install one of my video cards!

No more SLI graphics for me!

Now I just need to find some more RAM and maybe figure out a way to dismantle my video cards, without destroying them, and install smaller heat sinks.

I am looking into this one as an option.


Badass huh?

I hope it is much shorter than the old ASUS heatsink.

More later!!