PawPaw's House

The US Senate is looking more and more like Kabuki theater, what with my senator, Mary (hack, spit) Landrieu trying to drum up support today...

I see in the news that the unions are still hammering Wal-Mart.  You'd think by now they'd learn.  They're plannning a strike o...

The guys over at this forum were talking about cannon projectiles, artillery, if you will, and trying to identify a common antique projecti...

Wintry weather, and the dog likes staying inside.  Today is cloudy and clammy, and it's a good day to be indoors. It's gumbo wea...

I bought a new rifle this week.  The fact that I buy a rifle occasionally is not news to my family, but this is something different for me, ...

This news broke yesterday afternoon, but it appears that the European Space Agency has landed a probe on a comet . Launched in 2004, the ...

It looks like the US Senate is ready to take up the Keystone XL pipeline that President OBama has refused to approve, just in time to save ...

Today we moved my box stand to the family property. One son, two grandsons, and a family friend.  Now, I'm set for deer season.

Back in my younger days, I used to enjoy a shot of DeKuyper's Hot Damn! schnapps occasionally.  Around a fire in the woods, that liqueu...

Today is the birthday of the US Marine Corps , formed in a tavern in Philadelphia.  Happy Birthday, Marines. Today is also the anniversary...

After installing the kerosene lantern on the porch yesterday , I found that I had no fuel for it, so today when I was at Lowes, I went looki...

The dog didn't get a trim this week, life intruded on our spare time.  We'll try to get that done next week. The dog is pleased th...

Busy Saturday morning around here.  We found a leak on the pool pump so I took that apart this morning, found a worn 0-ring, and went to loo...

First fire in the fire pit I recently installed. 'nuff said.

The Wasserman Files From Hope n' Change Cartoons ..

The primary is over, here in Louisiana, and the Republicans nationwide have done well.  The map is a lot redder than it was on Monday, and t...

Winchester used to make shotguns, very fine shotguns, like this Model 21 on sale at Collector's Firearms.  Their "everyman's s...

Look at this front, it runs from Chihuahua, Mexico to Ottawa, Canada.  Of course, it runs all the way across the United States.  That's ...

The brown truck of happiness came today with an order I've been expecting.  I've been a big fan of corded drills, and have a couple ...

I did something this morning that I haven't done in twelve or fifteen years.  I went squirrel hunting.  I had to put up my deer feeder o...