Useless Musings

I have had my concealed carry for about a two years.   Tried to carry on my body about once or twice, but found it too much to worry/think about especially with a toddler around.   A year later a guy tried to run me off the road multiple times and was tailgating me on the interstate.   Felt unsafe even at home.   With that, shootings near work, and feel an obligation to carry in [undisclosed location], I decided to revisit carry on my body.   I also had repurchased a Taurus G2S, deeming a .380 just not enough. FYI, if you've never done concealed carry full-time, be prepared to buy a lot of holsters.   I've got two for my. 380 and four for my 9mm.    I tried IWB and OWB on my pants belt.   I didn't trust any of those methods secure enough and felt they had more of an ability to be exposed when bending over.    I wear a click belt because I can easily loosen, driving two hours plus a weekday.    I had seen rigger's belts, but thought them too expensive and

One reason I started this blog is to help me remember things and help others with how-to-do things so here's one: Ever looked into getting Heartguard? It's about $35 for six months. But you have to go to the vet to have all the tests done which requires more money. Seeing as how my dog is a runaway. He was abandoned at my in-laws, probably by hunters cause he's an inbred, half beagle, half bird dog, so I paid nothing for him. I'm not about to start now except for vaccinations and neutering. A buddy said his vet told him that if he was him he would just give the dog horse ivermectin instead of Heart Guard. Ivermectin is the active ingredient in HeartGuard. My buddy still went with the Heart Guard. He's also got a rejected hunting dog, a mountain cur. So I took the concentration information off the Heart Guard. I then proceeded to buy some horse ivermectin. I was going to go to the local hardware store where they carry it but some crazy lady who w

In the past couple of years I started subscribing to the print (and digital) edition of the Wall Street Journal.   While traveling, I used to love buying the WSJ or The Economist in the airport.   Of the two reasons I switched hotels in the winter while staying in Waukegan, Illinois, was that the Courtyard Marriott had a jacuzzi…and you got a free WSJ. When on a client site in Greensboro, NC I cheapened it up to put my expense money in my pocket, but a coworker with a subscription would bring be the paper for me while he only wanted the online version (Thanks again John).   But lately I've noticed that when eating in a restaurant lately that if you leave a newspaper on a table or at the tray/trash for someone else to read, it's going to be thrown in the trash quicker than you can say Business & Finance.   Fast food employees and people in general don't seem to have an appreciation for leaving a paper that has only been briefly looked at for other customers.