PawPaw's House

I was just over at Leverguns , cruising the forum, and I remembered a conversation I had with my local pawnshop counterman the other day. I...

Junior wants to play with reduced loads and is thinking about a squirrel load for the .30-30. Reloaders know that even .22 rimfire ammo co...

During a past life (college) I came to be employed at South Central Bell, as a janitor. My Dad was a telephone man and wrangled a job for m...

I was surfing comments (didn't take long) and stumbled upon a new addition to my blogroll. I don't link to many blogs, and the FAVO...

Not that kind of Hummer. The vehicle, also known affectionately as the HMMWV. I was surfing over at BMEWS and came upon this post , whut p...

Looks like Scooter Libby is going to need himself a good lawyer. UPDATE** I was at work (gasp!) when the news came out, and I didn't get...

The Associated Press reports that Harriet Miers The White House said Miers had withdrawn her name because of a bipartisan effort in Congress...

I have a long running World Series bet with an old classmate, Vonne Neal. Vonne and I were classmates all the way through school, and one d...

After my sexist post, Menfolk, commenter j. said that: J. Paul Getty, once the world's richest man, was quoted in a _Playboy_ magazine i...

The Astros broke my heart last night. Ahead until the fourth, they thew it away in the fifth, then went 12 innings before losing it. I fin...

It being a slow-news Tuesday, I am intrigued with some of the media that comes out on slow news days. The Game isn't on TV yet, and I h...

I learn from Reuters this morning that Rosa Parks passed away last night. I didn't know the woman, but I always thought that she was an...

A week or so ago, I talked about my son going to Lake Charles, to help with the recovery effort, and try to make a living in the constructio...

Coming home this afternoon, I saw a hell of a wreck on the southbound lane of I-49, about mile marker 156. Young woman ran her sedan off th...

I have a comment over in the Remember New Orleans post from a person calling himself jt. I ususally don't respond to comments, because ...

Reading a post over at the Carnival , I am lead to an article over at Xavier Thoughts , which highlights a speech by the NRA's own Wayne...

After we drink coffee this morning, Milady and I are headed out of town. We have been homebodies the last six weeks or so, taking care of h...

Today I emailed my Senators about the Porkbusters iniative, and about the Coburn Amendments, asking them to show fiscal restraint. The Cobu...

I just finished emailing Senator David Vitter and Senator Mary Landrieu to ask them how they felt about Porkbusting , to include the Cobur...

As unlikely as it may seem, Mayor Ray Nagin made a lot of sense yesterday during remarks for the re-opening of the Cafe Du Monde in New Orl...