http://www.highcaliberguns.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:50:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As it turns out the Mr. Heater Big Buddy was big on looks, but not so big on heating a cold garage! I had actually started with the smaller Mr. Heater before upgrading to the "Big Buddy" because the smaller unit just wasn't powerful enough. Well, the Big Buddy wasn't ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/11/21/reddyheater/ My wife gave me my Christmas present early this year (not unusual). The reason it's so early this year is because with the weather dropping to freezing and below I can start using it now. The Mr. Heater Big Buddy is a propane heater, and I will be using it ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/11/20/mr-heater-big-buddy/ This semester has been difficult primarily because I'm not really very good at research. I don't like taking notes. I don't like the process of reading a little bit and then writing few notes and then reading a few more pages etc.  One solution to this problem would be using ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/11/19/macspeech/ It has been a very long road, but Logos Bible Study Software for Mac is now entering the final stages of beta and is available for pre-order now. What not to expect: All the features of the Windows version (this is version 1.0 for the Mac) Tabs (this version does not have a ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/11/07/logos-bible-study-software-for-mac/ A few days ago CodeWeavers was giving away full copies of its software for free. Free is cool so naturally I grabed a copy of CrossOver Mac to add to my arsenal of tools for running Windows software on my Mac. The problem is that CrossOver sucks! I cannot for ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/11/04/crossover-mac-vs-vmware-fusion/ With Apple's Intel based computers the gap between what you can easily do on a Mac that was only possible on a PC has closed significantly. The gap (perhaps too strong a word) has closed even more in the last few days thanks to Netflix and (ironically) Microsoft. You can ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/11/04/narrowing-the-gap/ Macbook Pro Mustard Milk Maull's BBQ Sauce What is interresting is that I did not intend to create an "m" list. hMMMMM... About High Caliber Guns Lists | Send Me A List http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/10/12/lists-the-little-things/ I have a problem with animals, especially cats. I just like them. We already have a rather large black cat named Thunder, and now (thanks to a trip to Gail's Pumkin Patch) we have an orange kitten named Freddie. Freddie was free, but our new LitterMaid Elite automatic litter box ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/10/10/meow-meow-meow-meow/ After a lot of "soul searching" my wife and I have decided to send our three boys to a Lutheran school just outside of Lincoln. Our oldest is nine, and we have had them at home until now. I still believe home schooling is an excelent choice for Christian (and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/10/10/in-luthers-hands/ A few weeks ago we gave the old tape based video camera away and bought the Samsung SC-MX20B. The MX20 is an entry level flash based video camera, and it is everything I have ever wanted in a video camera. First of all it was very afordable. I payed far ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/10/10/samsung-sc-mx20b/ I'm posting this entry from a Dashboard widget called WordPressDash. I don't know how well it will work, and there is no spell check so... It is pretty cool not to have to log in to WordPress though. Maybe I'll post more this way, but I doubt it. Still, it's ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/29/wordpressdash/ I know there are thousands and thousands of freeware apps for Windows, but it turns out there are quite a few really good ones for Mac as well. I don't really know where to start so I'll start with one that I actually donated $5 for. It is freeware, but ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/21/pastor-for-a-pastor/ Classes Begin: Tuesday, September 2 Classes End: Thursday, December 18 LS 600: Shaping the Mind of a Leader--This course is designed to introduce  students preparing for leadership ministry to a distinctive, theologically-driven manner of thinking that will enable them to successfully pursue seminary  education and develop lifelong learning skills that will benefit ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/18/seminary-schedule/ That's right folks, I'm blogging directly from my iPod Touch using the Wordpress For iPhone app. I had a few problems getting my Wordpress installation set up, but as you can see it works now. I can't see myself using it very often, but for on the spot blogging it ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/13/wordpress-for-iphone/ American Christians often overlook the benefits of being a Christian in America. As such, we spend our share of time complaining about the rising cost of fuel, political discord, and all the other things that 'make the world spin'. Of course we should be involved in the political process, and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/13/putting-the-emphasis-on-the-correct-syllable/ My MacBook Pro hasn't arrived yet, but my free iPod Touch arrived yesterday. You really can't appreciate the iPod Touch until you have held it. I had seen pictures, read a lot about it, even watched videos showing off its features, but you just have to, well, touch it. The ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/13/ipod-touch-exceeds-expectations/ Use Dipity to create timelines of your data, life, or anything else. Share your timelines, allow community participation etc. Here is a timeline of High Caliber Guns. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/12/create-a-timeline-for-anything/ I placed an order today at The Apple Store, and I am understandably excited. I have waited a long time to purchase a new laptop, and I'm glad I held off for the one I wanted. Of course when the goodies start to arrive I will do an unboxing post ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/09/a-basket-full-of-apples/ I just read a very interesting article from Tom's Hardware that set out to bust some of the myths surrounding the price difference between Apple computers and PCs running Windows. What makes this article even more interesting is that Tom's Hardware is basically a Windows 'fanboy" site as evidenced by ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/07/comparing-apples-to-oranges/ I'm one of these people that needs almost no time to make certain decisions like have a baby, buy a house, get a new car, and weeks or months to make others like, which grill do I buy, which humidor do I buy, or which computer do I buy. As I've ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/06/the-tough-choices-in-life/ You may have noticed the facelift High Caliber Guns recently recieved. In addition to the new theme I have been playing around with adding more content in the form of rss feeds in the sidebar. The first section you see is a list of my most recent tweets from Twitter. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/06/high-caliber-guns-sidebar/ Just to make things interesting, I'll explain how I discovered YouVersion. Google Reader grabbed a post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) which detailed an iPhone app written by the folks at YouVersion, and I followed the link back to the YouVersion website. Ah, information! Anyway, YouVersion is a very cool ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/06/youversion/ I have noticed a pattern in the arguments of the "New Atheists" that goes something like this: Atheist Argument: "There are things we do for the welfare of mankind and this makes them right and wrong." Theist Response: "But without and objective source, and given the matter/energy makeup of the universe, there ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/04/intellectual-honesty/ According to the June 2008 issue of Consumer Reports, and accounting for the negation of three percentage points as outlined in the magazine, one in five laptops purchased between 2003 and 2007 have needed repairs or "had a serious problem." Does this seem crazy to anyone other than me? That's ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/03/laptop-brand-repair-history/ I've written several times about the quintessential resource for candy lovers, Candy Addict. But lets face it, candy isn't the only thing we love to eat before meals, in between meals, after meals, before bedtime, after bedtime, well you get it. There is a whole world of wonderful snacks that ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/08/01/snackerrific/ As a rule I do not purchase Cuban cigars as it is illegal to do so (although I have had a few gifted to me), and to many "aficionados" that makes me (and all other NC smokers) nothing more than "drugstore" cigar smokers. Of course I disagree with that assessment ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/29/finding-good-non-cuban-cigars/ Taken from the August 2008 issue of America's 1st Freedom. One must wonder how far airport security has slid, given the recent detainment of a man at London's Heathrow Airport. Brad Jayakody was stopped from boarding for wearing a "Transformers" T-shirt showing a cartoon gun. Bradley said the guard stated, "You ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/25/transformers-roll-out/ The following is taken from the August 2008 issue of America's 1st Freedom, and it is not particularly shocking. Actually, it is something that everyone willing to look at the situation honestly has seen coming for some time. It is so stupid that it is almost embarrassing to read. As criminal ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/25/let-us-keep-you-safe/ These are quotes taken from Thomas Boston's, Human Nature In Its Fourfold State. The excerpt in full is found on the Providence Baptist Ministries website as provided by Monergism.com. A man may bring as many buckets of water to a house that is on fire, as he is able to carry, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/22/save-yourself-if-you-can/ I have applied to Lincoln Christian Seminary in hopes of beginning my graduate work in August of this year. While I have received affirmation concerning financial aid, I have not yet received a Letter of Acceptance so I may be counting my chickens before they hatch. My plan is to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/22/graduate-school/ Oliva--makers of such wonderful cigars as the Serie V and Serie O, the Oliva family has been making cigars, first in Cuba, and now in Nicaragua for over one hundred years. Padron--another 'century in the making' company, Padron boasts some of the best top-dollar sticks around including the 1926 Serie and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/22/lists-arrowjs-top-three-cigar-brands/ I don't have an iPhone or and iPod Touch, but now there is one more reason to think abou it. Pandora is now available for the iPhone and the iPod Touch! Free, comercial free, customized music anytime and anywhere (WiFi connection needed for iPod Touch). This will certainly help out ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/14/pandora-on-iphone-and-ipod-touch/ Covenant Transport is a Christian owned and operated trucking company out of Tennessee. If you live in the Midwest you have probably seen one of their trucks with the blue rectangle on the back door that reads, "ITS NOT A CHOICE ITS A CHILD". A few days ago I saw ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/14/covenant-transport/ I ran across a cool program today called EclipseCrossword. The program is one of several programs created by Green Eclipse (I also used EclipseStyle, their stylesheet editor, today). Obviously EclipseCrossword allows you to create customized crossword puzzles that can be printed, saved to file, or even shared online. I created ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/09/eclipsecrossword/ My wife and kids made it to the front page of the Lincoln Courier yesterday...well, sort of. Jody [sic] Jackson of Lincoln, brought her children, Josh, 9, Caleb, 6, Seth, 5, and Sarai, 10 months, for a peek at the elephants. Two of the huge beasts, along with a baby, were ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/09/the-greatest-show-on-earth/ In February I purchased the Xikar Genesis Lighter. I had heard great things about the Xikar company, and I was tired of fussing with matches and cheap lighters. Within four months I started having trouble getting my Genesis to stay lit so I took advantage of the Xikar Lifetime Warranty, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/07/05/xikar-cigar-accessories/ The worst "enviro-nut propaganda piece" disguised as the worst M. Night Shyamalan film? This reviewer says yes! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/06/20/the-happening/ I'm preaching on contentment this coming Sunday, and I created this diagram as a handout. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/06/12/contentment/ I was unable to find a good hi-res version of the Square of Opposition, so I decided to make my own. You are free to use this image without limitation as long as you don't charge for it's use. (Click on the image for the hi-res version.) You can also ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/06/09/square-of-opposition/ I have heard that in some debating clubs there is a rule that the members may discuss anything except religion and politics. I cannot imagine what they do discuss; but it is quite evident that they have ruled out the only two subjects which are either important or amusing. The ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/06/09/whats-left-to-discuss/ My wife took the kids up to the community recycle bin the other day to dump off our recyclable trash. She did dump our old stuff, but she also came back with 30 unused folders that she took out of the bin! Ok, that's embarrassing enough, but then she told ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/06/09/when-we-recycle-we-recycle/ After two attempts and a hammer claw to the knee, my wife now has a clothesline. I used the old-style cloth line, and it stretches like mad so I have to change it out for something less pliable. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/06/09/clothesline/ The garden has been planted, and we have radishes and cucumbers coming up. We planted flowers at one end as well, and Marigolds at the end of each row to keep out the rabbits. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/06/09/jackson-family-garden-2/ http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/05/22/much-too-loud/ BEFORE DURING AFTER SOD REMOVAL -- CALEB SOD REMOVAL -- JOSHUA   MUCH MORE TO COME... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/05/16/jackson-family-garden-1/ An article in the Summer 2008 issue of Cigar Magazine entitled, Secondhand Smoke and Global Warming More Connected Than You Think?, by James M. Taylor speaks to the similarities in scare tactics, biased reporting, and bad science found in the battles against secondhand smoke, and our carbon footprint. Taylor points ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/05/11/im-still-still-melting/ My wife and I stimulated the economy today with the purchase of a Troy-Bilt Bronco CRT Garden Tiller--garden to follow. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/05/10/troy-bilt-bronco-crt-garden-tiller/ An article in today's USA Today entitled, Pressur Mounts For Pharmacies To Put Out Smokes would have been more aptly titled, Pressur Mounts For America To Become Socialist. The article, written by Wendy Koch, is another glimpse into the growing ignorance of what a free market can and should do, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/05/09/another-step-in-the-wrong-direction/ "But if a robust Christian faith could handle non-Christian learning without compromising, it was all too easy for Greek and Roman thought forms to creep into the cracks and chinks of a faith which was less and less founded on the Bible and more and more resting on the authority ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/05/04/dealing-with-non-christian-teaching/ I got this unexpected gift in the mail today directly from Oliva. Included with this beauty was an Oliva sampler to break it in with! I'm not sure why I got the gift, but it may have something to do with some insignificant help I offered for the Oliva website...than ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/05/02/oliva-my-presents-at-the-door/ Under, Head Lines, in the May 2008 issue of Christianity Today, we read that Armond Morales is being taken to court by his son over who has the right to use the name Imperials (as a name for their singing group). Armond says, "They have set out to really put ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/04/24/the-artists-formerly-known-as-the-imperials/ Mike S. Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and author of Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts "Womyn" On Campus, recently wrote a short article for TownHall.com entitled, Five Great Cigars And Why I Smoke Them. The article provides not only ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/04/22/mike-s-adams-celebrates/ My wife sent me to Indianapolis for a Nub Cigar event as a birthday gift this year. It was an incredible day! In attendance were Sam Leccia, the creator of Nub Cigars (and a flat out great guy), and Jose Oliva of the Oliva family, the makers of Nub and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/04/19/a-smoke-filled-room/ A few months ago (few meaning over a year ago) my wife told me she wanted to start playing the piano again. She took a few lessons when she was young, and she wanted to pick up where she left off. To that end I got an old piano from ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/04/11/yahmaha-clp-220m/ When preparing a sermon based on one of the apostle Paul's letters, I often reference John B. Polhill's, Paul and his Letters. I find it an invaluable resource for such study, but today when researching the first chapter of Paul's letter to the Colossians I ran across the following statement ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/04/05/the-full-awareness-of-god/ This is one of my favorite Bob Hope moments. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/03/27/zombie/ After launching an "undercover investigation" of the monastery's henhouses  and following  it with almost a year of complaints and publicity stunts, Peaple for the Ethical Treatment of Aninmals (PETA) has succeeded in forcing Mepkin Abbey to shut down its egg operation. PETA's complaint? That the monks treat the chickens cruelly. How? ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/03/21/peta-takes-out-the-monks/ Figures released in January show that during the six years since Michigan joined the American mainstream by offering citizens a shall-issue Right-to-Carry law, the number of firearms related fatalities dropped--even though opponents predicted rampant mayhem... Overall, the violent crime rate in Michigan during the years since passage of Right-to-Carry was significantly ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/03/21/more-guns-still-equals-less-crime/ The World Health Organization's Second Hand Smoke Study The World Health Organization's first study on second hand smoke is a textbook example of the right way to conduct an epidemiological study. Unfortunately for them, it yielded unexpected results. They responded by doing a second one, a meta-analysis, that allowed them to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/03/20/who-is-getting-cancer/ Well, it all started a month or so ago when I droped my humidor. I knew it wasn't sealing as well as it had been, but I wasn't sure just how bad it was. What I did know is that my Cigar Oasis Ultra was running all the time, and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/03/06/cooler-humidor-coolidor/ Before After http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/25/five-months/ I get frustrated when I get to a website that provides tons of information using .pdf files, but refuses to put it all into one larger file instead of 25 separate files. Today, I found a solution. PDF Split and Merge or pdfsam is a freeware Java app that will ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/22/pdf-split-and-merge/ I have been working on creating some wallpaper images for Vintage Cigar Club over the last few days, and I needed a simple way to create an album of these images on the web. I did a Google search and found a great Java app called JAlbum. Of course, since ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/21/jalbum-and-chameleon/ For some time now I have been part of the growing community at Vintage Cigar Club. If you ever wanted to learn all there is to know about cigars, this is the place. Among other things, you can learn more about a specific Cuban cigar by participating in the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/21/vintage-cigar-club/ Imagine if there were more gun control laws in Illinois (I know it's hard to imagine)! Imagine if Mr. NIU Homicidal Maniac had not had access to those dangerous handguns. What could have happened? Well, since he had a shotgun too, I guess the only way for that make a ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/15/is-everybody-stupid-2/ Add CCTV for enforcing this law and it would be perfect! California's Govenor Schwarzenegger signed a bill, effective as of January 1, that banned smoking in personal automobiles if anyone under the age of 18 is in the vehicle. However, the only way to get a ticket for this offense is ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/15/is-everyone-stupid-1/ Taken from God's War by Christopher Tyerman The Christian Problem Of Misinterpretation: "...The language was especially striking, with its persistent emphasis, not only on St. Peter, as was usual in his calls to arms, but on Christ Himself: 'the example of our Redeemer and the duty of brotherly love demand of us ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/09/two-wrongs-make-a-wrong/ There is an interesting article in the Winter 2007 issue of Cigar Magazine about Red Lion, P.A. Red Lion was a small town that in the early part of the 20th century produced 400,000,000 cigars per year, or about 20% of all U.S. made cigars! These were not premium cigars ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/09/red-lion-pa/ This excerpt, taken from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, is one of the most interesting presentations of the "problem of pain" I have encountered. Ivan describes several grizzly tales of child abuse to his brother (and quasi monk) Alyosha, and then asks several searching, and often difficult to answer questions concerning ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/08/one-karamazov-to-another/ My eight year old son Joshua and I had a friendly game of target shooting in the basement tonight. We used Josh's Marksmen 3040 Pack-A-Long slingshot, shooting 1/4" steel shot. The target were two beer bottles, one of which I broke with a lucky shot. The end score was 13 ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/02/07/taken-to-school/ I downloaded a paper (originally a speech) by John Piper several months ago, and ran across it last night. What an inspirational work. Piper uses Spurgeon as an example of a preacher who "pushed on" despite his circumstances. In addition to depression, Spurgeon had to deal with critics, church politics, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/25/preaching-through-adversity/ Helvetica is a brilliant documentary that takes its name from the ever present typeface, helvetica. The film is at heart not about a single font, font design, or even artistic design in general, but rather it uses typeface as a medium to explore the differences of modern and postmodern philosophy. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/21/helvetica/ Below you will find pictures of the 1st place winning car for the Cub Scouts Bear Den from Pack 101 in Lincoln Illinois. It just so happens that this particular car belongs to my oldest son, Joshua. Also, you will note that when his car needed some extra weight he ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/21/biggest-bear-in-the-den/ Although I've heard the song before, today was the first time I really paid close attention to the theology found in its words. The song, written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend was described to me as a neo-hymn by the worship leader at Jefferson Street Christian Church in Lincoln ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/20/in-christ-alone/ There comes a time when you have to decide where you are going to throw your vote. I've gone back and forth on this one, but I finally decided, "what the hay". http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/18/ron-paul/ The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches us that all conquerers who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.--Adolf Hitler 1942 The Seven Myths of Gun Control http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/18/the-seven-myths-of-gun-control/ Toward the end of last year I gave my humidor to my Father-in-Law for him to use in his truck when he was on the road. Turns out it was too big for that and kept getting in his way so he sent it home with me over Christmas. I've ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/12/unboxing-cigar-oasis-ultra/ I recently heard Kevin Bacon discussing his "charity gig" SixDegrees.org while watching the special features from Death Sentence (which was pretty good flick by the way). Anyway I thought I would head on over and see what was happening. These were the top 10 "charities" at the time I visited ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/10/kevin-bacons-six-degrees/ The best homicidal barber musical ever made? This reviewer says, yes! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/02/sweeney-todd/ Things I hope to accomplish in 2008: Lose lots and lots of weight Get my completely unconstitutional FOID card back from the crappy state of Illinoguns Purchase at least one new handgun dependent on the above Read through the Bible three times January - April--NIV Archaeological Study Bible (Christmas Present From Dear Old Dad) May ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2008/01/01/some-thoughts-about-2008/  Cal Thomas has written up a nice piece the describes just what the Second Amendment can do...when it is not unconstitutionally taken away by the federal or state government. Say it with me, "More Guns = Less Crime!" ...All of the gun-control laws that have been passed and are still being ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/12/13/girl-with-a-gun-the-second-amendment-protects/ The first thing to accept is, ever and again this reality of an enduring Advent. If we do that, we shall begin to realize that the borderline between “before Christ” and “after Christ” does not run through historical time, in an outward sense, and cannot be drawn on any map; ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/11/30/advent-from-the-desk-of-the-pope/ Although I can't say I am a big fan of English musician Joe Jackson (as a matter of fact I had never heard of him until this week), he has written an interesting article about the science and politics behind tobacco which was reprinted in the Winter 2007 issue of ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/11/17/smoke-lies-and-the-nanny-state/ Micah 7:8-9 is a picture of what you say to your enemy when he scoffs at your defeat...[it] is what victory looks like the morning after failure..."When I fall, I shall rise." Yes, I have fallen. I hate what I have done. I grieve at the dishonor a I have ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/11/15/gutsy-guilt/ Police arrested 30-year-old gravedigger Keith Chartrand on June 20, charging him with removing a body from a grave. Chartrand, who planned to use the stolen skull as an ashtray and to craft a femur into a pipe, claimed he got the bones from a casket that accidentally broke open while ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/11/12/grave-consequences/ Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed a new law on August 9 that not only bans smoking in all city parks and beaches, but also prohibits carrying, lighting, or discarding any tobacco products. A fine of up to $250 will be given to violators of the law, which went into ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/11/12/tobacco-nazi/ When one is possessed with doubt, that though he call upon the Lord he cannot be heard, and that God has turned his heart from him, and is angry,...he must...arm himself with God's Word, promising to hear him. As to the when and how God will hear him, this is ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/10/31/anfechtung/ As some of you may already know, I have been plagued recently by the systematic destruction of most of my electronics. The problems started when my 4th Gen. 20 gig iPod bit the dust. Close on the heals of that loss was the loss of my life's blood, my Dell ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/10/01/att-8525/ Last Saturday my wife attended a wedding. There was a beautiful cake complete with the obligatory photos of the bride and groom cutting the cake hand in hand. One little problem...the cake was a fake! To be sure there was cake at the wedding banquet, but it was simple sheet ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/10/01/fake-cake/ I asked my brother Adam, from The Sitter Downers, to help me explain why leaving Iraq is a bad idea. Below are his comments which I agree with wholeheartedly. I am most likely in the minority in believing that we should stay in Iraq. War is terrible. I don’t like it. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/09/21/leaving-iraq/ A couple months ago my Mother-in-Law received a photo album from Winkflash that wasn't quite right. It was filled with wonderful photos, but unfortunately they were of someone else's family. Winkflash told her to simply throw the album out and wait for a replacement complete with photos of people she ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/09/18/kiddie-blanket/ Genuine Chocolate Flavored Hershey's Syrup Kraft Parmesan Cheese Plochman's Mustard Printer Paper & Ink AA Batteries Prescription Medication About High Caliber Guns Lists | Send Me A List http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/09/06/lists-arrowj%e2%80%99s-seems-like-its-always-time-to-buy/ After several weeks of web development and preparation the Vagabond Loafers podcast is now live! Vagabond Loafers is a podcast about theology, technology, politics, and anything else that happens to surface during our exhilarating Skype sessions.. The incredible vocal and technological talent for the Vagabond Loafers is provided by the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/09/01/vagabond-loafers/ FoxNews.com featured an articled today entitled, More Guns, Not Less, Would Prevent Shooting Massacres, in which John Lott once again tries to explain the reality of an armed citizenry in the face of those that are determined to kill. ...Up until the early 1970s, Israel had to deal with the cold ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/29/how-do-we-prevent-mass-shootings/ I've been told that the evidence for the failure of gun control in the U.K. is anecdotal  at best. I wonder how long we will have to see these "anecdotes"  before it moves into the realm of reality? Let's take a look at this weeks news from the Telegraph. Man Shot ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/24/still-safe-in-the-arms-of-the-queen/ In what can only be seen as a record week here in the Jackson house, I received my third in a trifecta of great customer service experiences today. The first "win" being an unsolicited week of free service from Skype, the second being a direct response to a query from ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/24/audible-on-top/ My brother sent me a link to an extraordinary article at Time entitled, Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith. The article speaks of a new book by Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk entitled, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, in which Kolodiejchuk compiles a lifetime of letters from Mother Teresa to her confessors ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/23/mother-teresa-come-be-my-light/ I'm on a role with customer relations. I'm working my way through Murach's Java SE 6, and enjoying it thoroughly. At any rate there is a tutorial mentioned in the book that I could not locate on the Murach website. When I wrote asking about it I received the following ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/23/murachs-java-se-6/ A couple of weeks ago I signed up for three months of Skype Voicemail just for fun. Today I received the following email from Skype: You may or may not know but last week Skype wasn't available for a couple of days. There were a number of reasons for this and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/21/skype-scores-big/ I never thought I would spend money on an iPod Shuffle, but when my 4th Generation 20 Gig bit the dust last week that's just what I did. Let's face it, iPods are expensive! My wife still has her 5th Generation 30 Gig that we can use in the car, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/20/arrowjs-shuffle/ Letter to Richard M. Sumrall, Library Director, Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln Illinois. Greetings, Today as I was walking through the library on my way to 221 Baker Street, something interesting caught my eye on the children's display shelf. Sitting right between The Rising Star of Rusty Narl , and Digory and the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/18/an-inconvenient-book/ The generous folks at Scholastic were kind enough to send me the following award... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/08/18/im-a-great-mom/ During research for my previous post, Plochman's, The Mustard Lover's Mustard. I ran across something very interesting on the Plochman's website, and had the wife pick up a bottle this evening. Plochman's Chicago Fire Mustard combines the wonder of Plochman's Mustard with the fire of Tabasco Brand Pepper Sauce (A ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/28/plochmans-scores-big-again/ As I often tell my wife, mustard makes my life better. I love mustard. Mustard is one of those rare commodities in life that makes almost anything that is good, better. But which mustard to choose? When speaking of the "plain" variety, there really is only one choice, and that ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/28/plochmans-the-mustard-lovers-mustard/ After I took the "What's Your Theological Worldview?" quiz I decided to take a few more quizzes on the lighter side of things. Below are my results. You scored as Gryffindor, You have been sorted into Gryffindor! You're brave, loyal, and perhaps a little short tempered- if someone says or does ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/22/harry-potter-lord-of-the-rings-star-wars-and-action-heros/ You scored as Reformed Evangelical, You are a Reformed Evangelical. You take the Bible very seriously because it is God's Word. You most likely hold to TULIP and are sceptical about the possibilities of universal atonement or resistible grace. The most important thing the Church can do is make sure ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/21/whats-your-theological-worldview/ As I was developing an answer to one of the comments left for the Are You Evolutionized? post, I realized that it had become to detailed to relegate to the lowly comments area. An excerpt from the original comments is as follows: Isn't the age of the earth really at the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/21/are-you-still-evolutionized/ On a recent episode of the Fellowship And Frivolity podcast, Bill asked a series of questions originally put together by David Wright which are supposed to let those who answer them know if they have been "evolutionized" by "bad science" and naturalism. Bill and Terry didn't provide a link, and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/20/are-you-evolutionized/ The Spring 2007 issue of Christian History & Biography, contains an intriguing article about Dietrich Bonhoeffer entitled , Following Jesus in the Dark. The article culminates with a discussion of  "responsible action" in the face of evil. ...When things become extraordinary and unnatural, however, Bonhoeffer also saw clearly that our only ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/20/responsible-action/ I started messing around with CafePress yesterday, and came up with a few designs that I think are worthy of sharing. There are only a few items right now, and I probably won't mess with it too much because I can only assume that no one will ever purchase anything ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/16/jesus-loves-bbq/ Taken from John MacArthur's, Twelve Ordinary Men.   Many Christians become discouraged and disheartened when their spiritual life and witness suffer because of sin or failure. We tend to think we're worthless nobodies--and left to ourselves, that would be true! But worthless nobodies are just the kind of people God uses, because ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/14/twelve-ordinary-men/ I read an absolutely fantastic article from New Perspective Counseling today. The article entitled, Philosophy, Knowledge, Wisdom: Important Concepts For Christian Living, speaks to the need for God in our epistemology. If we are to distinguish not only truth, but also proper application of that truth, God must be in ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/14/what-can-we-know/ There is a very informative article entitled, 25 years murder-free in 'Gun Town USA', published on WorldNetDaily. The WorldNetDaily is an obviously hard right website that I do not normally frequent, but the article in question uses statistics, not emotion, to make its point. ...The crime rate initially plummeted for several ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/13/gun-town-usa/ inDev Software has created an impressive collection of over 800 solitaire games in their Solitaires Unlimited package. If you don't need that many games, but still want something more than the built-in Solitaire that comes pre-installed on Palm Powered mobile devices, you can download the free SU: Additions bundle that ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/12/solitaires-unlimited-additions/ The Stand To Reason bi-monthly newsletter, Solid Ground, arrived today, and the fifth part of a series entitled, Truth Is a Strange Sort of Fiction, has some great thoughts about the Emerging Church. It seems to me that the Emergent movement is poised to split into a least two directions. One ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/11/truth-is-a-strange-sort-of-fiction/ I was recently made aware of Does God Exist, and in particular the article, God's Revelation in His Rocks and in His Word, by John N. Clayton. While I find some of Mr. Clayton's arguments to be problematic, there is much to think about, and several challenges to a ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/11/gods-revelation-in-his-rocks-and-in-his-word/ Waterstone's Booksellers (the Barnes and Noble of the U.K.) has launched a petition to save Harry Potter. The aim of the petition is not to keep Harry from dying, as the final book has already been written, but rather to keep J. K. Rowling writing about the boy wizard regardless ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/09/save-harry-potter/ Perhaps my favorite "b" movie of all time is Soylent Green. I could listen to Chuck say "Soylent Green is made out of people!" a thousand times and still get a laugh. Actually, the movie has some deep subject matter concerning euthanasia that I always find poignant when I watch ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/08/soylent-green-is-made-out-of-people/ Audio Player--inserts a flash player that plays .mp3 files from your blog on the fly Enhanced Links--an attractive way to manage lots of links on your WordPress blog The Holy Scripturizer--converts Scripture references into live links to Internet Bibles on the fly WordPress PDA & iPhone--optimizes WordPress blogs for PDA and iPhone browsers WP-Contact ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/07/lists-arrowjs-wordpress-plugins/ FireFTP--free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. Foxmarks--automatically synchronizes your bookmarks between two or more computers running Firefox IE Tab--open IE only pages in embedded IE pages right in Firefox Tab Mix Plus--customize Firefox tabs and make them behave exactly like you want WellRounded--provide ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/07/lists-arrowjs-firefox-extensions/ Great special effects, terrible acting, terrible script and dialog. Met expectations in these areas. NOT kid friendly! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/02/transformers/ I was talking to a friend of my mine today about America. It seems he has a slightly less positive view of the old Star and Stripes than I do. By the end of our conversation I was reminded of Monty Python's Life of Brian, and the scene where they ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/07/01/what-have-the-romans-ever-done-for-us/ For some time I have been using a WordPress plugin that automatically converts Scripture references into links that open the reference using the NET Bible. There were a couple bugs in that plugin so I started a search for a new one, and I struck gold. The Holy Scripturizer not ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/30/the-holy-scripturizer/ I use several WordPress plugins to enhance my blog. The newest of these is the WordPress PDA Plugin that provides a stripped down version of High Caliber Guns for all of my mobile readers. If you have a PDA just navigate to High Caliber Guns as you normally would and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/29/wordpress-pda-plugin/ Pastor Matt Chandler of The Village Church preaches an incredible sermon in a series of sermons on the Cross. This first message of the series explains the character of God, and ends with an explanation of our purpose.   Most of us have been told that God created the universe, created all ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/29/the-bible-is-about-god-not-us/ The best Die Hard movie ever made? This reviewer says, yes! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/28/live-free-or-die-hard/ For a long time I've been using FileZilla for all my FTP needs, and I can't say enough good things about it, but today I found what I believe is a better solution for those that are using Firefox, and that's everybody right? FireFTP is a Firefox Add-On that allows you ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/28/fireftp/ My oldest son is starting to take an interest in what the Internet has to offer, and frankly it makes me nervous. Today I ran across what looks like a promising tool for creating a safer environment in which kids can surf the web. Glubble is still in Beta, but ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/26/glubble-for-firefox/ I ran across an interesting article at The Telegraph today entitled, Why Naked Isn't Nude. Interestingly, I had an instructor at Lincoln Christian College that taught this balderdash as well. I agree that at one point in time there was a distinction between naked and nude. It is unfortunately a distinction ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/25/why-naked-is-nude/ When Jerry Falwell died a few weeks ago, I made some comments about fundamentalism (read Christian Fundamentalism) while recording The Sitter Downers that were rather general in nature, and that were perhaps not explained as fully as I would have liked. Today I read an interesting take on the idea ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/25/more-on-christian-fundamentalism/ Taken from Bonhoeffer's Ethics The World of Recovered Unity Now anyone who reads the New Testament even superficially cannot but notice the complete absence of this world of disunion, conflict and ethical problems. Not man's falling apart from God, from men, from things and from himself, but rather the rediscovered unity, reconciliation, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/24/ethics-bonhoeffer/ Anthony Martin sent me a link for this interesting video via Google Talk. The video was created by Logosdor. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/22/aim-lower-think-smaller-give-up-go-have-a-cup-of-coffee/ O Lord, I come before you in prayer. My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me! Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated. Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/21/psalm-25/ by Deitrich Bonhoeffer Self-discipline If you set out to seek freedom, you must learn before all things Mastery over sense and soul, lest your wayward desirings, Lest your undisciplined members lead you now this way, now that way. Chaste be your mind and your body, and subject to you and obedient, Serving solely to seek their ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/21/stations-on-the-way-to-freedom/ by John Newton I ask'd the Lord that I might grow In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of His salvation know, And seek more earnestly His face. 'Twas He who taught me thus to pray, And He, I trust, has answered prayer; But it has been in such a way As almost drove me to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/19/prayer-answered-by-crosses/ I've been listening to William Lane Craig's Reasonable Faith Podcast which is available via the Reasonable Faith webpage. In a recent episode Dr. Craig briefly explains, much more clearly than I am able to, the problematic nature of Christian Fundamentalism. In addition to the Reasonable Faith Podcast you can subscribe to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/16/the-good-and-bad-of-fundamentalism/ Bob Manross said he often keeps a firearm handy because of his area's crime problem. "I don't take any chances," he said. That proved good policy when a man broke into his home, called him by name and said he would shoot him unless he handed over his money. "I ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/15/armed-citizen-12/ "So I think the solution is to get the public, in an emotional, story-driven way, behind the goal of an abolition of handguns and automatic weapons." Disney CEO Michael Eisner on CNBC's "Power Lunch," admitting that since facts and truth aren't on the gun-banner's side, anti-gunners should play on emotions ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/15/chatterbox-20/ Taken from J. I. Packer's classic, Knowing God Chapter Five: God Incarnate It is our shame and disgrace today that so many Christians--I will be more specific: so many of the soundest and most orthodox Christians--go through this world in the spirit of the priest and the Levite in our Lord's ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/14/knowing-god/ I finally removed my email address from my blog, and replaced it with PSX Mail Form. PSX Mail Form is a contact plugin designed specifically for WordPress. Feel free to give it a try and shoot me a message. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/13/formtoemail/ [audio:Superman.1946.07.22_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3,Superman.1946.07.23_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3,Superman.1946.07.24_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3,Superman.1946.07.25_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3,Superman.1946.07.26_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3,Superman.1946.07.29_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3,Superman.1946.07.30_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3,Superman.1946.07.31_The_Super_Sleuth.mp3] (all eight episodes will play in sequence) Download All Eight Episodes http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/11/old-time-radio-superman-the-super-slueth/ Taken from the Christian classic, Table Talk "Christ, in Matthew 5-7, teaches briefly these points: first, as to the eight happinesses or blessings, how every Christian ought particularly to live as it concerns himself; second, of the office of teaching: what and how a man ought to teach in the church, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/11/table-talk/ [audio:whos_on_first.mp3] Download http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/09/old-time-radio-abbott-and-costello-whos-on-first/ Taken from The Battle of Beginnings: Why Neither Side Is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate, by Dr. Del Ratzsch Some public disagreements transcend the category of mere debate and become social institutions. Each side develops its own organizations, journals, networks, buzzwords, mythologies, heroes, conspiracy theories, horror stories, dire predictions, standards of orthodoxy, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/08/the-battle-of-beginnings/ I spend four nights a week falling asleep to audio books or Old Time Radio. It keeps my mind off the back pain, and helps me shut down the old thought processes. I've been using my laptop, but the power supply is going out and it will soon be useless. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/07/graduation-gift/ Church discipline is about much more than Matthew 18:15-17 (although that is an important part of it). The Matthew 18 passage deals specifically with one Christian's offense against another, but there are many other situations within the Church that do not fit into this mold. Pastor Mark Driscoll talks about ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/02/church-discipline/ I listened to this rather lengthy audio recording of Mark Driscoll speaking at an Acts 29 Network conference twice while on vacation. I was convicted by much of it. If you are teaching or preaching Christ you might find some encouragement and/or condemnation here that you need. [audio:preaching_teaching_jesus.mp3] Download http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/06/02/preaching-and-teaching-jesus/ Here is "The 10 Most Unwanted List" taken from Dealing with People You Can't Stand, by Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner. I know, I know, you can think of tons of people that fit into all of these catagories, but instead try to figure out which one you ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/23/dealing-with-people-you-cant-stand/ Power cord for Dell Inspiron 5100 @ Dell: $100 Power cord for Dell Inspiron 5100 @ Radio Shack: $120 Power cord for Dell Inspiron 5100 @ SimpleMicro.com: $32 http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/22/simplemicrocom/ I took this directly from Anthony Martin's blog. I love it! "Aggressive stupidity is very different from the regular stupidity we all demonstrate from time to time. Being aggressively stupid is an art form and takes time to develop into maturity. You don't just wake up one day and decide to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/21/aggressive-stupidity/ I can't honestly say that TobyMac is my default style of music, but the boys and I have been enjoying his latest album, Portable Sounds. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/21/tobymac-portable-sounds/ J. P. Moreland wrote a short article discussing the role of science to theology which is available at Afterall. ...The question is, how are we to understand the relationship between science and Christianity? At a dinner party I was introduced to a professor of physics. On learning that I was a ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/20/is-science-a-threat-or-help-to-faith/   http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/20/bachelor-of-arts-cum-laude/ Taken from J. P. Moreland's excellent book, Love Your God With All Your Mind Chapter One--"How We Lost the Christian Mind and Why We Must Recover It" During the middle 1800s, three awakenings broke out in the United States: the Second Great Awakening (1800-1820), the revivals of Charles Finney (1824-1837), and the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/16/love-your-god-with-all-your-mind-chapter-1/ In what can only be described as a another sick twist in modern man's loathing for the sanctity of human life, the Telegraph has posted an article entitled, Baby Boom - Or Bust!, which describes the latest trend of Alpha-Females to have large numbers of children as a status symbol. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/16/baby-boom-or-bust/ What do you do when you're on vacation and need to post an image of Abbott & Costello to your blog, but the foreign computer you're sitting at doesn't have the software you need to resize the image, make it into a circle, and add text to it? Wiredness to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/14/wiredness-image-manipulation/ One of the goals of Stand To Reason is to create Ambassador's for Christ. To that end they have created their own Ambassador's Creed: An ambassador is: Ready. An Ambassador is alert for chances to represent Christ and will not back away from a challenge or an opportunity. Patient. An Ambassador won't quarrel, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/12/ambassadors-creed/ Gregory Koukl from Stand To Reason has written a great piece about the role of context in Biblical interpretation. You can read, Never Read A Bible Verse, on the Stand To Reason website, but if you register with them they will send you an introductory packet that includes a longer ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/12/never-read-a-bible-verse/ Dr. Pamela Gay of the Astronomy Cast, posted an interesting entry on her blog, Star Stryder, about how scientists estimate the age of stars. Very cool stuff. Dating Stars: HE 1523-0901 http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/11/how-old-is-that-star/ I received confirmation today of a passing grade on my final school project. This brings a conclusion to my time at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary, and means I have earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of General Ministry.I have to thank my wife for putting up ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/11/ba-in-general-ministry/ Adam Jackson of The Sitter Downers fame (and also my brother) is 33 years old today. In tribute of this momentous occasion I've put together a small collage of some of my favorite shots of Adam through the years. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/09/hap-happy-birthday-to-adam/ Taken from C. S. Lewis' classic, The Problem of Pain I--"Introductory" If the universe is so bad, or even half so bad, how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator? Men are fools, perhaps; but hardly so foolish as that. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/09/the-problem-of-pain-introductory/ Simple Church, by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger makes the case that America's churches are too complex, and that this complexity is killing the church. Several of their ideas have been on my heart for some time, and I was glad to see them in print with supporting research. The ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/07/simple-church/ The new French President is supposed to be very right-wing, and start a revolution in France. Of course, who can tell what right-wing means to the French? The important question is this: can this man look any more French?   http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/06/nicolas-sarkozy/ I ran across Ask A Ninja today. Funny stuff. You can watch the first episode right here. Visit AskANinja.com to watch the rest. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/04/ask-a-ninja/ For some time now I have taken issue with the simplicity of "the sinner's prayer" and terms such as "born again". I was discussing this with a friend of mine (Anthony Martin) and he pointed me in the direction of, The Magic Prayer, by Greg Koukl at Stand To Reason. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/02/the-magic-prayer/ Last week a deer broke through a glass door at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and wreaked havoc in several departments before falling into a blocked off service area similar to a stairwell. An employee was asked by authorities to go home and get his bow. He quickly dispatched his ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/01/oh-deer/ I received this message today from my web host, 3essentials. I'll be sure not to spend it all in one place. ****************************************** Your refund for ICANN Fee overpayment ****************************************** Dear Aaron Jackson, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN(R)) recently agreed to reduce their Registrar Transaction Fee from $.25 to $.22. What does ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/05/01/refunds-can-make-you-rich/ I've often mentioned Mark Driscoll on my blog and on The Sitter Downers as one of the most influential Christian leaders in my life (along with my Father, Dr. Richard Knopp, Dr. Mark Mangano, Dr. James Sire, Dr. J. P. Moreland and others). I think that Mr. Driscoll is mistaken ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/27/mark-driscoll-interview/ According to an article in the Telegraph, scientists have discovered "a planet on which conditions are the most conducive for extraterrestrial life of any so far discovered." The planet, called Gliese 581c, will not be given a proper name until it has been photographed. My guess is that it will ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/25/gliese-581c/ Jodi and I picked up our first book about archery yesterday in an attempt to begin our path toward world-class archery. According to Kathleen Haywood and Catherine Lewis, in their book, Archery Steps To Success, archery has been around for 20,000 years. I'm not sure about that, but obviously it ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/24/archery-steps-to-success/ Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church and the Resurgence has made available, via the Resurgence, a great article that attempts to answer common questions about creation. I will provide a few interesting excerpts that will whet your appetite (emphasis mine). ...But with the rise of modern science and evolutionary theory, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/24/answers-to-common-questions-about-creation/ I have already mentioned the Resurgence, but I'm not sure if I have ever explained exactly what Resurgence is. Perhaps their own explanation would be best: Resurgence is a movement that resources multiple generations to live for Jesus so that they can effectively reach their cities with the gospel by staying ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/24/the-resurgence/ I found this at The Resurgence. This is just great stuff. Obviously this is tongue in cheek, but the points being made about epistemology, theology, and the philosophy of science are very sound. Not to mention that whoever is doing the impersonation of Dawkins has got him dead on. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/24/the-dawkins-delusion-video/ In what can only be described as the coolest moment to date in my Internet life, my review of Toxic Waste Hazardously Sour Candy was posted on Brian Pipa's Candy Addict website. "Candy Addict is simply a site about candy. We only post candy-related items that...are interesting, funny, weird, or otherwise ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/23/toxic-waste-review-on-candy-addict/ Many forums, chat platforms etc. have the ability to convert certain characters into "smilies". I recently joined the ArcheryTalk forum and discovered the best smiley I have ever seen. I thought it was worth sharing such a great piece of art. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/22/smilies/ I have decided to take an hiatus from firearms for a year or so (no this has nothing to do with Virginia Tech). I sold my Ruger GP100 revolver and my Remington 870 shotgun yesterday, and made a tidy sum that was about 85-90% of my investment. I took my wife ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/21/out-with-the-old/ There is an interesting debate available for download from Ravi Zacharias' website. The debate took place between Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, and Alister McGrath, author of The Dawkins Delusion. Download The Debate http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/18/the-sunday-times-oxford-literary-festival/ This is an email response that was received by an acquaintance of mine from Scotts. He wrote telling them he would no longer be using their products because of their insane smoking policy. I've added a few remarks in order to make the letter easier for the naive readers to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/18/no-smoking-at-scotts-follow-up/ It blew my mind to discover that Scotts, makers of Miracle Grow, has a no smoking policy. Not a no smoking policy for employees at work, but a no smoking policy for employees period. That's right, if Scotts finds out you are smoking on your free time, you can be ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/18/no-smoking-at-scotts/ I ran across this at the Cigar Aficionado forum. I'm sure it has been bouncing around the Internet, but I thought it was good enough to share. Dear Abby, I've never written to you before, but I really need your advice. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/18/dear-abby/ I was able to visit the NRA 136th Annual Meetings and Exhibits in St. Louis for a couple of hours on Saturday. It was overwhelming to say the least. The crowds were so large that it made taking pictures of specific items all but impossible...especially since I was there alone. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/16/nra-in-st-louis/ Dr. Pamela Gay of Slacker Astronomy fame, has joined Fraser Cain, producer of Universe Today, to bring us Astronomy Cast on a weekly basis. Fraser Cain does a great job of asking the right questions, and Dr. Pamela Gay does a great job of answering them. She is witty, funny, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/12/astronomy-cast/ So you think the government could never blindly confiscate your firearms on a whim? Think again. Take a look at the unbelievable story of what happened to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. If you don't believe in a nanny state, and you believe in your freedom to keep and bear ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/07/never-again/ After a six year hiatus from bowling I returned to the sport today with a lane shattering score of 106! I may have to join a summer league. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/07/bowling/ I finally got my 60 seconds of fame. I was listening to Cam and Company Live on NRANews.com (also available via Sirius Satellite Radio's Patriot 144) and I wrote in via the "talk back live" option on the website. Cam read my question and answered it. Anyway, if you believe ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/05/nranewscom/ An article from the Telegraph makes me feel a little better about not sending my kids to day-care or public school. Of course I don't know what a "yob" is but, according to the article... Toddlers left in nursery for more than seven hours a day are being turned into yobs, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/04/children-left-in-nursery-care-turning-into-yobs/ Today is an historical day for me. I have completely given up my seven year old copy of Microsoft Office 2000 and replaced it with OpenOffice.org. I've been using OOo for some time, but today marks the day I decided it was good enough to get rid of my old ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/04/04/100-openofficeorg/ These are my favorite parts from an article about "Prostitution Day" in Amsterdam: "It is especially interesting for women. If they learn what we do here they will realise it is not a big deal if their husbands or boyfriends want to come here." "This day is to help break down taboos ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/31/prostitution-day-proves-popular/ An interesting article at the Telegraph by Philip Johnston talk about the CCTV cameras that abound in the emerging Orwellian England. I sure hope America follows suit with this insanity as we are trying to do with England's wonderful gun control laws. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/26/im-watching-you/ Today in church we were shown a video clip built around the audio description of Jesus, given by the late S. M. Lockridge. The video is part of a growing collection of for-free and for-fee resources available to those in ministry from Sermonspice.com. Although this particular video cost $10 if ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/25/sermonspicecom/ Kansas' concealed-carry law took effect January 1, 2007. On January 19, two armed men burst into a gas station owned by Dean Yee. According to police, they demanded money from Yee while holding him at gunpoint. A customer inside the store, however, had a concealed-carry permit. He shouted for the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/25/armed-citizen-11/ Cook County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado is proposing a 10-cents-a-bullet tax on ammunition purchases in his county in order to make up $500 million budget deficit. He says of the tax it "is as close as possible to a sin tax". Now it is not only unpopular to be a gun ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/22/sin-tax-on-bullets/ the price, by aaron jackson hammer comes down, spike rips the skin blood drips from His hands and mine pain withstood to forgive my sin precious blood found nowhere in kind blood drips from His hands and mine i am the instrument that brought pain precious blood found nowhere in kind i do it again and again i am ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/07/a-pantoum-the-price/ I started reading Richard Dawkins' latest book, The God Delusion, today. I'll save most of my comments for later posts because I really need to digest the full meal before I start to speak to the individual courses. For now I want to talk about the probability of God. Dawkins creates ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/05/the-god-delusion/ I watched the trailer for Amazing Grace months ago, and knew immediately that it would be the third movie in my triple-play of must-see inspirational movies (the others being Chariots of Fire, and Shadowlands), then last week my Dad emailed me that he had seen it and that I needed ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/04/amazing-grace/ My brother received a new iPod for Valentine's Day so I became the owner of his original iPod. As you may know, my iPod fell victim to the cat some months ago and I have been mooching off the wife since then. The first thing I did was to buy ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/03/02/elvis-on-the-ipod/ I recently bought the audio book of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy from Audible.com. After listening to a couple hours I realized that I was completely lost. I went to Barnes and Noble looking for CliffsNotes on the book and found instead SparkNotes. I can't say if one is ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/28/sparknotes/ Snickers has been my favorite candy bar for as long as I can remember...until now. I read about the Snickers Dark on Candy Addict, and was excited to try one. I had that pleasure today, and I must say it is the best candy bar I've ever tasted. Alas, it ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/27/snickers-dark/ White Chocolate Maggots--Gotta love those maggots. Hose Nose--A nose that leaks candy snot. Sour Flush Candy--A toilet filled with powdered candy, dip your plunger sucker in and have a taste. Harry Potter Cockroach Clusters--Soft jelly underbelly, crunchy cockroach on top. Fear Factor Candy--Inspired by the television show, Fear Factor. Chocka Ca-Ca (Poop Candy)--Sign me up. Bertie ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/25/lists-candy-addicts-top-ten-gross-candy/ The March 2007 issue of America's 1st Freedom contains a fabulous article about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a women considered to be the best female sniper ever. Lyudmila had 309 confirmed kills during WW II including 36 Nazi snipers. She was wounded in battle four times. In addition she was the first ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/22/lyudmila-pavlichenko/ Armed America, by Clayton Cramer--Tells the story of guns in early America Supreme Court Gun Cases, by David B. Kopel, Stephen P. Halbrook and Alan Korwin--Reprints of everything the U.S. Supreme Court has every written on the right to arms, gun control and the right of self-defense, with commentary. Target Switzerland, by ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/22/lists-david-kopels-top-ten-must-read-books-for-gun-rights-proponents/ From the "I can't believe this is happening" file, the city of Buffalo, N.Y., is participating in a toy gun "buy-back."A program initiated by the FATHERS grassroots community and anti-violence organization has swapped basketballs, footballs, books and board games for the toy guns of the city's youth. At press time, more ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/22/step-away-from-the-battlestar-galactica-super-soaker/ Police say a 17-year-old was home with his cousin when four armed men kicked in the door and started shooting. The teen rushed to grab his shotgun and fired at his assailants, killing two of them. The other suspects fled, but were later apprehended. "Truthfully, it was either them or ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/22/armed-citizen-10/ Dear reader, I pray that you will never face a day on which the task of toilet installation befalls you, but if it should might I suggest a Kohler? When my wife and I bought our house we knew we would have problems with the age of the plumbing, electricity, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/21/kohler-k-3496/ Totally worthless? This reviewer says, yes! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/20/babel/ Yet another story of gun death in England, and just days after "armed police" were sent to deal with the situation. "Removing" guns from a society does NOT stop gun violence. Why is this hard? http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/17/more-evidence-of-safety-due-to-gun-control/ I saw Chris Camp, The Whip Guy perform at my son's Cub Scouts Blue and Gold Banquet. Very entertaining show, especially for the kids. The guy holds world records in whip cracking, and has been on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Who would have thought you could make a ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/16/chris-camp-the-whip-guy/ The O'Reilly Factor (Fox New Channel) The Glenn Beck Show (CNN Headline News) Your World with Neil Cavuto (Fox News Channel) The Big Story with John Gibson (Fox News Channel) Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN) Many Thanks To Torri Suedmeyer For This List About High Caliber Guns' Lists | Send Me A List http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/16/lists-torri-suedmeyers-top-five-political-shows-for-those-who-arent-kool-aid-drinking-liberals/ An article found on Cigar Aficionado's website tells of freshman Rep. Keith Ellison's (D-MN) solution for his offense over senior congressman Tom Tancredo's (R-CO) cigar smoke--call the police of course! I think I may have to come up with a Smoking Police image to help highlight these insane stories. As ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/16/cigar-smoke-bothering-you-call-the-police/ After reading about the smoking police at the Telegraph, I'm just not sure if the British really want to be a free people or not. These officers do not have to identify themselves when they go into premises and they can even film and photograph people to gather evidence... We want to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/15/insane-in-the-membrane/ The Telegraph interviewed Simon Pegg of Shaun of the Dead fame about his new movie, Hot Fuzz. I found this quote particularly entertaining-- People make British gangster films because they're considered cool, but no one cares about British cops. They couldn't be less cool, not just as authority figures but the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/15/hot-fuzz/ The warm fuzzy blanket of gun control has failed once again in London Town. According to a tragic story in the Telegraph, a third schoolboy has been claimed by gunshot wounds in the space of two weeks. Thank goodness we have taken the guns out of the hands of those ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/15/the-safe-homes-and-streets-of-london/ My wife works as a Laboratory Scientist at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, and in the midst of our 12 inches of global warming snow, she tells me they have a singular snow shoveler--Dolan C. Dalpoasthe, the President and CEO of the hospital! I don't know if Dr. Dalpoasthe is a ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/14/leading-with-a-shovel/ One of my all time favorite books is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. If you are really ambitious you can get a copy from Amazon.com and read to your hearts content (or you can download it for free from Project Gutenberg), but if you want everything pronounced ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/13/the-count-of-monte-cristo/ The best musical ever made? This reviewer says, yes! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/13/fiddler-on-the-roof/ O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. When ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/13/psalm-8/ Taken from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's classic, Life Together Chapter One--"Community" So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/12/life-together-chapter-one/ Taken from Phillip Keller's classic, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 Chapter One -- "The Lord Is My Shepherd..." Jesus made it clear when He stated emphatically, "If any man would be my disciple [follower] let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Basically what it amounts to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/11/a-shepherd-looks-at-psalm-23-chapter-one/ http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/09/lists-arrowjs-top-5-important-people/ I recently finished updating my Dad's website. We decided to use WordPress for the backend, and he and my Mother will be posting new information to the site on a weekly basis. Topics will include lots of counseling related information, as well as politics, theology and who knows what else. I ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/07/new-perspective-counseling/ P.O.O.P.'s Mission (The Porcelain Throne Speech) To have FUN educating the public of the problems of dumping raw sewage into the Juan de Fuca Strait and raising money to build a sewage treatment plant. Half of all money raised is put into the trust fund. The other half of the money ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/06/people-opposed-to-outfall-pollution/ In my humble opinion, Jimmy Stewart is among the top three actors of all time. Some years ago I read a biography and enjoyed it a lot. I can't remember the name of the book or the author, but I'm working on it. Anyway, Marc Eliot's new biography named simply Jimmy ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/06/how-do-you-spell-tripe-e-l-i-o-t/ The Heart (preached on 2001-10-07) - One of Mark's best sermons ever. Here, Driscoll clearly explains why people continuously underestimate their spiritual understanding; because they don't understand the heart. [found under Sermons > Books of the Bible > Proverbs] Atonement (taught on 2002-04-29) - This is a teaching before ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/06/lists-anthony-martins-top-10-mark-driscoll-sermons/ AleSmith Old Numbskull (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) [¢41.625/oz.] -- When it's barley wine season, it's good to pick up a few bottles of this brew and keep it in your cellar. It's supposed to age well, assuming you can resist. It's corked, so store it as such. AleSmith Speedway Stout (vroom-vroom-vroom) [¢41.625/oz.] ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/05/lists-anthony-martins-top-5-beers/ Ruger 10/22 -- Every firearms enthusiast should own one of these semi-automatic .22 caliber rifles Ruger Mark III -- Every firearms enthusiast should own one of these semi-automatic .22 caliber pistols. I'm especially fond of the "Hunter" Ruger SP101 -- This five shot .357 Magnum would make a great concealed carry weapon. ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/05/lists-arrowjs-ruger-wish-list/ Grasping God's Word by J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays -- The quintessential beginners book to hermeneutics. Systematic Theology (4 Volumes) by Dr. Norman Geisler -- It just doesn't get much better than this. Dr. Geisler's literally voluminous work is what every systematic theology should be. Love Your God With All ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/05/lists-arrowjs-top-5-christian-books/ The Pentateuch -- Also known as The Law, The Torah and The Book of Moses, the Pentateuch consists of the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Every since I took a class on the Pentateuch with Dr. Mangano at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/05/lists-arrowjs-favorite-scripture-2/ In what can only be described as a direct consequence of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I have decided to create a new category called "Lists". Who knows what kind of lists I will create or how useful they may be? In addition if you have a list that you think would ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/02/05/lists/ Does Matthew 18:1-35 provide support for banning alcohol and tobacco consumption among Christians? Are Christian alcohol brewers, sellers, and consumers doomed to punishment before a Holy God because they have caused infant Christians to stumble? Does 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 have something to say about it? Who is the weak Christian Paul mentions ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/31/alcohol-tobacco-and-women/ Whenever I sit down at a strange computer the first thing I miss is Firefox. I just can't understand why people would continue to use any other browser. The second thing I miss is Tom Revell's Stickies. I can't live without it, and neither can you. Fortunately Stickies is free ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/30/stickies-6-released/ Another mind boggling story from the Telegraph tells of the role of a Christian Hospice organization that apparently assisted a young man in procuring a prostitute that he might lose his virginity before his untimely death. Sister Frances Dominica says, "I know that some people will say 'You are a Christian ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/30/dying-to-have-sex/ One of the theological tenets of most conservative (non Reformed) Christians that I am unable to swallow is the total abolition of alcohol and tobacco consumption. It is of the latter that this post is dedicated.Certainly this has been a long journey for me. Having grown up in a house ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/29/a-smoking-christian/ A disturbing story from the Telegraph tells the story of a Christian couple in the U.K. that were denied an adopted child because they had "too idealistic a view of family life and marriage and that this might prejudice a homosexual child." The author of the story (one of the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/25/not-gay-enough-to-adopt/ John Kilgore took precautions to guard his home against invasion, including the construction of a gate and a sign warning that a security dog lived on the property. As Kilgore and his family unpacked from a vacation, police say a burglar thought he saw an opportunity to circumvent Kilgore's safegaurds, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/24/armed-citizen-9/ An article in the February 2007 issue of America's First Freedom cites information from a 10 year study by Dr. Jeanine Baker and Samara McPhedran which sheds light on the abysmal failure of John Howard's National Firearms Agreement. The finding were published in the British Journal of Criminology. Following the 1996 ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/24/john-howards-national-firearms-agreement/ I received the February issue of America's First Freedom today, and was delighted to find an article by Dave Kopel entitled, Is The Best Defense A Good Book? In the article Kopel uses sound hermeneutics to debunk the myth that Christians must remain painfully pacifist. As with all sound hermeneutics, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/23/is-the-best-defense-a-good-book/ NRA member and county commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert is known for his pro-gun stance, but that was apparently news to an alleged robber. Police say the suspect approached Lambert, who was wearing his "Friends of NRA" cap, and feigned interest in a car at Lambert's car dealership. Lambert went inside ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/23/armed-citizen-8/ I was listening to Rush today, and he mentioned a special lock box that Mrs. Clinton will need if her bid for the White House is to have any chance... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/23/rush-limbaugh/ According to an article in the February 2007 issue of American Hunter, PETA and the HSUS are allowed to provide educational materials to schools in California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. This Is Actually What They Think A "Humane-Education" lesson plan ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/23/peta/ There are many reasons why I hate Illinois. There are many other reasons why I find myself trapped in this most awful of the lower 48. Still, here I am, and here I will stay for the foreseeable future. Just to feel a little better I will list some of ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/23/illinois-sucks/ Last year I bought Weight Training For Dummies by Liz Neporent, Suzanne Schlosberg, and Shirley Archer. I have read through the book and can recommend it highly. Full of information, great for the beginner, and entertaining to boot. So have I been pumping iron for a year? Of course not. I ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/23/weight-training-for-dummies/ As I stood at the end of my driveway holding a box this evening, and waiting for a complete stranger to come and take it from my hands, it occurred to me how quickly the Internet becomes commonplace to those of us that make it a way of life. The box ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/09/freecycle/ A story from the Telegraph tells of U.N. corruption involving the rape of small children. This is nothing new. I read about this months ago in Wayne LaPierre's book, The Global War On Your Guns. Despite its pious beginnings, the United Nations is a catastrophic failure. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2007/01/02/united-nations-fails-again/ I've created a gallery of 1024 x 768 images for use as desktop wallpaper. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/26/high-caliber-guns-wallpaper/ http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/24/merry-christmas/ There are literally thousands of free fonts available on the Internet. One nice thing about some of these fonts is that they contain more than just characters, they contain images. These images are vector based and not pixel based in many fonts, and because of this you can increase the ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/24/creating-graphics-with-fonts/ I Stumble(d)Upon CCleaner tonight. It removes unused files from your computer in an effort to clean up all the mess left behind by installers, uninstallers, etc. I kid you not, the first time I ran CCleaner it removed over 700 megabytes of useless data from my hardrive...and my Recycle Bin ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/24/ccleaner/ Apparently Dick's Sporting Goods isn't the only company that thought it would be a good idea to hand out some Christmas cheer. Casual Male, a retailer in big and tall clothes, sent me $20 gift card in the mail this year too! In addition, my wife received a free stamp set ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/23/casual-male/ Police say three men waited for the customers to leave a food store before announcing an armed robbery. Once they emptied the store's coffers, the robbers took all the store employees to the back of the store and bound them with duct tape. With a gun aimed at his head, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/23/armed-citizen-7/ Crimson Trace, an industry leader in laser sighting systems for small arms, has upped the ante with the addition of the LG-344 Lasergrip for the Ruger GP-100 and Super Redhawk. Ruger fans (including the author) have been waiting for this product for a long time. The smaller framed, Ruger SP-101 has ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/21/crimson-trace-lg-344/ The following is a letter sent in to the Shooting Times magazine concerning Sturm Ruger & Company Inc. I have always been a fan of Ruger firearms. I can assure you from personal experience this is not an isolated incident. I own a Ruger No. 1-B rifle in 7mm Remington Magnum ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/21/shooting-times-reader-gives-ruger-thumbs-up/ The awesome new look at High Caliber Guns is thanks to a WordPress theme created by Jim Whimpey called Chewy . I have been customizing the theme, and you will probably see a few more changes before I'm done. I've been looking for a great looking black and white theme, ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/21/jim-whimpeys-chewy-crayons/ The best Wushu movie ever made? This reviewer says, yes! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/20/jet-lis-fearless/ Many of you have probably already noticed my new favicon in the address bar of Firefox (you are using Firefox right?) Anyway, I created the icon using FavIcon from Pics. If you have the old icon in your bookmarks list (High Caliber Guns isn't your home page?) you can get ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/20/faviconico/ That gas expands equally in all directions is a basic fact...The pressure on the barrel diameter creates a barrel expansion. Swelling is another word that describes the action very well... A fair analogy would be the pictures seen on educational television of a giant snake swallowing a small animal...For all intents ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/17/understanding-firearm-ballistics/ I Stumble(d)Upon an interesting site for avid readers. Readers United is an online book swap. You sign up for free, list the books you have to swap. Find a book you want to read and request it. The system is point based. I signed up and added fifteen books to ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/14/readers-united/ In an earlier post entitled, Time For Another Prohibition..., I tried to make the point that American vices are far more costly in number of lives lost than the number of lives lost to firearms in America each year. In addition to those vices, there is a higher death toll associated ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/14/lifedeath-clock/ I Stumble(d)Upon Shiloh Sharps Rifles yesterday. Simply put, these are exquisite firearms. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/14/shiloh-sharps-rifles/ BrickGun is something that only a firearms enthusiast (like me) would find cool. The Glock 17 is especially cool. http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/14/for-the-firearms-enthusiast-that-has-everything/ My Mother-In-Law asked my wife if I had anything in particular that I would like for Christmas so naturally I pulled up MidwayUSA and took a look at my wish list. Now I already had a few things on it, but once I get started it's hard to stop. I ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/13/midwayusa-just-about-everything-for-shooting-reloading-and-gunsmithing/ I Stumble(d)Upon Inkscape the other day, and I like it. Inkscape is free open source vector image software. As if that weren't enough, there is a link on the Inkscape page to the Open Clip Art Library. The Open Clip Art Library has 10,000 pieces of free open source clip ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/13/inkscape-and-open-clip-art-library/ The following is an excerpt from Robert A. Rinker's book, Understanding Firearm Ballistics 4th Ed. I've read this book several times and still don't understand most of the math, but this is extremely simple and fairly interesting, especially for the beginning reloader. It is also helpful when using ballistics formulas ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/13/reloading-mathematics/ I Stumble(d)Upon a lecture given by Sam Harris last night. Sam is not a Christian. For that matter, he is about as far away from being a Christian as you can get. However, Sam presents some very insightful ideas about religion. Basically Sam is presenting the same ideas that thinking ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/11/be-prepared-to-give-a-defense/ Anthony Martin sent me a link to this video clip. I love it! Thanks Anthony! http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/04/john-piper-is-bad/ I Stumble(d)Upon Foxmarks today. This keen little app allows you to synchronize your Firefox Bookmarks to the Internet. From there you can keep them synchronized with your other computers or you can simply view them from the Internet. I'm always wishing I had my Bookmarks when I'm on a strange ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/04/firefox-bookmarks-foxmarks/ http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/04/the-political-mirror/ There are literally dozens (if not hundreds or more) of freeware and shareware utilities available for working with, cleaning, and optimizing the Windows Registry. As a general rule, it is best to stay away from the Registry unless you really know what your doing. For those that want to live ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/04/windows-registry-tools/ I just downloaded and installed Firefox 2. I would just like to say that I love it. Why? Because it it has built-in spell checking! I've been typing my blog entries in OpenOffice.org for some time in order to spell check them. Then I cut them out of OOo and ... http://www.highcaliberguns.com/2006/12/02/wordpress-loves-firefox-2/ I Stumble(d)Upon yet another interestin