pdb

Have not felt the whisper of the muse recently, sorry.  I don’t think I write well when I’m feeling down, and the store has not been performing well in the last couple weeks.  My mood is as tied to the output to the store like it’s my symbiote.

Then I didn’t do anything for Memorial Day here, which was partially due to me not having anything worthwhile to say; my words always feel trite and hollow coming from someone who’s never served.

And this week has been tooth torture week, as I finally get caught up on some supposedly required dental work (”Of course we need lawyers!  Someone might sue you!”).  Having sharp objects repeatedly jammed into my gums and receiving annoying preachy admonishions always puts me in a foul mood.

If I had felt like writing I would have told you about:

• I spotted a coyote not 500 yards from my back door, ambling across the road near the pond.  I had known they were a problem in the county to the south, but hadn’t expected them so soon.  I guess our fox population is going to get squeezed out.
• I bought Mrs pdb a lovely Browning Buckmark 5.5″ .22LR pistol a couple weeks back, and we got a chance to wring it out at Uwharrie with some friends.  It ran great!  I introduced her to the constant trigger contact method of rapid fire shooting, and she was highly entertained by ripping off 10 rounds at a rowdy bean can in a second or two.  We put around 600 rounds through it and noticed 3 failures to eject the empty.  We were shooting $10/550 Federal bulk ammo, so I’m betting on spotty ammo QC right now.  I’d like to run it with some Winchester T-22 and see if it happens again.
• I wanted to participate in Phleggmy’s top 40 meme, but was somewhat hampered by the problem that I had heard none of the songs for 1993!! Okay, maybe the Meatloaf one, but every time I tried to hum it in my head, it would morph into “By The Dashboard Light” after the chorus.  I think I turned the radio off sometime in 1989.
• I have signed up my brother, the mathman,  our cousin, the bartender of mystery, and myself, to attend a defensive pistol class put on by the same guys who ran the shotgun class I attended in April.  The round count is supposed to be in the 5-700 range.  I have started stockpiling .45!  The class is going to take place July 7th.  If you are in NC and carry a pistol you need to take this class!

Also, the Mrs is attending a work related conference in Hilton Head!! early next week, so there may be some drunkblogging to look forward to.