I am a: Quirky sysadmin. Geek. Gamer. Comic fangirl. My little space, my home on the interwebs. I blog about personal stuffs, work, various coding projects, and anything else I feel like.

Had a random call from a guy trying to sell home security systems. I get them coming door to door in my subdivision from time to time, but this is the first time I’ve had one call me. The call went like this: Me: “Hello?” Caller: “Hello, this is (NAME) from (COMPANY). I wanted to […]

I spent the day with my mother and while having lunch, the subject of my high blood pressure came up. I’m at the age where Mother had to be medicated for hers, and she’s now advising me to start taking an aspirin every day even though my doctor doesn’t think that’s necessary yet. Strokes run […]

I have a couple for y’all today. This first one is courtesy of Cookie. Not only funny, but word to the wise as well. :) Gun Wisdom Some words to the wise. Shooting advice from various Concealed Carry instructors. If you own a gun, you will appreciate this. If not, you should get one and […]

Courtesy of my Cotillion sister, Beth C: Posted to Craig’s List Personals: To the Guy Who Mugged Me Downtown (Downtown, Birmingham ) Date: 2009-01-06, 3:43AM EST I was the white guy with the brown Burberry leather jacket that you demanded I hand over shortly after you pulled the knife on me and my girlfriend. You […]

Last weekend, Jim and I exchanged Christmas gifts a few days early. Meet our newest additions to the “arsenal”. :mrgreen_wp: The first, Jim’s present to me: a Smith & Wesson 642 .38 Special. The second, my present to Jim: a Ruger P345 ACP .45. The next trip to the firing range is gonna be fun! […]

… to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed. I don’t carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place. I don’t carry a gun because I’m paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world. I […]