PawPaw's House

If you've been paying attention, you know that there is a problem in the waters around Africa with pirates . They're capturing sh...

Back in 1978, as a young Lieutenant, I used to lay in my BOQ and read Gun Digest. One article stuck in my mind, about a cartridge I had nev...

Your curmudgeon went back to work this morning, with merely a Sunday off-duty. Nothing much happened at work today. A quiet shift is a good...

It was Wednesday since I last posted and it's Sunday now. It's been a long week. Thursday was a 16 hour day Friday was a 16 hour da...

What the hell is going on with American Express? From today's Wall Street Journal . American Express Co. which is being hit by slowing...

Bill Whittle , for those of us who read the right side of the blogosphere, has an analysis of the campaign up on NRO : So consider this, m...

Yeah, that's right, universal voter registration . Another bad idea from the Democratic Party. But now, election reformers are callin...

After breaking the stock on the .30-06 last Saturday, I've been looking online for a replacement stock. I took the OEM stock off of the ...

You all know the fondness I feel for my rifles. One of my favorites is the Savage 110 in .30-06. It's the one I planned to hunt with t...

I need to send Sarah a nice thank-you note. Something from Hallmark. Lately, she's had a hard row to hoe and I want to tell her how muc...

I've got all the hunting clothes out and the thermos is pre-heating. I'll be abed in another hour and headed to the woods in the mo...

It seems like Obama hired some people to canvass for votes and later it became time to pay them. Lines were long and tempers flared Wednes...

I'm watching the Dow, just because that's one of the things a guy who went to B-school does. The Dow closed on November 4th at $9625...

As soon as The Lightworker got elected, the Dow dropped 500 points, the largest post-election drop in history. He's not even elected a...

Some time ago, I ordered a bullet mold from a group order at the Cast Boolits forum . Those guys decide on a bullet design, take orders and...

Whoo! Damn! Whatta ride. It looks like PawPaw was on the losing end of the elections tonight. Mary Landrieu retained her seat, Barack Obam...

I didn't vote today until after 5:00 p.m., in my little lily-white precinct near Deville, LA. I was told that I was the 998th voter out...

Blogger be603 said in comments: picked up a nice old 336 30-30 from a pawn shop -- going to the Son&Heir. He's cross dominant so ho...

It's all over now but the voting and I don't think I'm going to change anyone's mind with any last minute exhortations. So, ...

I went to my younger sister's this afternoon and hung curtain rods in her sun room. Her sun room is made entirely of brick. Hard brick...