PawPaw's House

Two items blooming in the back yard. First, the asiatic lilly. Then, the climbing roses on the arch near the back yard gate. Springtime in L...

April 30, 1975 is the generally accepted date of the Fall of Saigon . The end of the Viet Nam war. The date when the American presence in ...

Did y'all see that Eliot Spitzer, the whoremonger ex-governor of New York, has come out of hiding long enough to give us advise on gun ...

Some of my regular readers, (both of you) might remember when I dropped my Savage out of a stand last November and broke the stock. For th...

I understand that Arlen Specter, Republican from Pennsylvania, is switching parties. He's now going to be Democrat. Good for him. I...

I understand that Pontiac has fallen under the knife and will no longer be. That's a shame, I guess. I've never owned a Pontiac a...

Did y'all see this . Our favorite kicking-boy President, James Earl Carter, holds forth in the New York Times, wondering where is the a...

On the last Saturday in April, we generally celebrate Quinton's birthday and that's the day that the pool is opened. Every year the...

I went to the range this afternoon with three rifles, all centerfire and all iron-sighted. First up was the Marlin 1894C, in .357 Magnum, w...

Think about this for just a minute: The Treasury Department is preparing a bankruptcy filing for Chrysler as a matter of “due diligence,” S...

Responding to Rivrdog's comments , where he said: I still recommend the 12 ga. Reduced-recoil loads are now available in 2 3/4", a...

From a Chicago paper , of all places, we learn that tax receipts are down 14 percent this year over last year. This year, it’s shaping up t...

I've always been a fan of the 20 gauge shotgun for hunting and skeet shooting. I use a 12 gauge in my police work, but I've always ...

That's what the Chief of Police of Milwaukee, Wisconsin says his officer will do if some one exercises their civil rights. From Clayton...

I was digging around today on the TSA website, and found an interesting article on Fox News. It talks about the TSA not screening small air...

I've had the old HP laptop (Pavilion zv6000) for about four years. It's been a good machine, but recently the accumulated crud and ...

We got back to the airport last night about 10:30, came home, fell into bed and got up this morning to the work week. Some thoughts on air t...

We toured around St. Augustine today with our daughter-in-law, Melissa, and the grandson. We went to the Flagler museum, with is devoted to ...

This is a pretty little town, I'll give it that. Lots of color, on the buildings and in the characters. We toured the Spanish quarter t...

George Will has a bug up his butt over denim. I was surfing the Post and saw his screed and wondered what in the world has gotten into hi...