December 2007

Is it just me

or is it particularly soothing to have a rifle in your lap, polishing the stock with linseed oil, swabbing the bore with Rem oil? This is like chicken soup for my soul- the act of cleaning a rifle I particularly love.

The Stand

The superflu in Steven King’s novel- remember that? I’m pretty sure I got it.

Tomorrow, I hope to go back to work to spread this vileness, and it’s accompanying nastiness to all my co-workers.

Tonight I’m going back to bed, having spent the day there to begin with.

At least the dog understands. Mostly.

The Sand pebbles

How can you not like this movie? Steve McQueen and a Browning BAR, An incredibly young Candice Bergen, showing off that fine backside of hers in those losse cotton drawers. Gavin “love boat” mcCleod. Richard Attenborough and Richard Crenna. This movie was made before Vietnam became a “quagmire”.
Oh, and Larry Gates as a convincing (perhaps too convincing) leftist scumbag- who gets shot by the folks he’s so much in love with. Pity we can’t arrange that for Jane Fonda.

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