Single Malt Scotch

We've been talking about single malt Scotch at work lately. Probably the best one I've tried is the Macallan 25 year old. The 25 year old Macallan is fairly expensive, but not as bad as the 70 year old Glenlivet for over $20,000. (That's a lot of ammo.)

My collection is below. For me, the most notable is the 18 year old Macallen and the 10 year old Edradour. Edradour is the smallest distillery in Scotland. If memory serves me correctly, when I did the tour, they said three guys spend three days to make a cask that then sits for years.



Via Uncrate

Lumberjack Commandos

I have new respect for Canadians.

Source: Black Five

Miller's Building

New tenants for the Miller's Building.

I loved working in that building and being downtown. Implementing the infrastructure was a lot of fun.

Beauty Queen Shoots Intruder

I've seen lots of people linking to the story of a Florida beauty queen who shot an intruder. They mention that she wasn't a very good shot according to her fiancé and that she had a pink gun. I think what should get more attention is what appears to be a lack of common sense:

“We live in a very prominent area and my fiancee wears a $60,000 engagement ring,” he said. “The pizza man knew we had money because sometimes we needed change for a $100 bill when he came to deliver pizza.”

Don't get me wrong, they don't deserved to be robbed or attacked, but who goes around talking about how much a ring costs and pays for deliveries with hundred dollar bills?

Walther PPS

Hickok45 reviews the Walther PPS. And another review of the PPS. I had already been thinking about one of these even before I tried out Linoge's. I was surprised by how similar the dimensions are between it and the Glock 26. The width being the obvious and largest difference. I'd really like to compare the Kel-Tec PF-9 and the Walther PPS in person. I found this post that has some good pictures of the two guns.

Lesson of the Day

Via a comment on a post about using the front sight at Excels at Nothing.

"The reason that it's so important to focus on the front sight is because the sight alignment is a much finer adjustment than your point of aim.

If your point of aim is off by, say, one inch, but your sights are aligned properly, you're going to miss the bullseye by one inch.

If your point of aim is perfect on the bullseye, but your sights are misaligned by, say .075 inches. Assuming a sight radius of 5 inches (pretty generous in this day of compact guns) and a distance of 10 yards, you'll miss your bullseye by about 5 and a half inches."

Get a PC!

Scott over at the Power Line Blog is having problems with his Mac. When using the Wintel platform, the most common suggestion for resolving Windows problems is to buy a Mac. Unless you are on Slashdot.org, then they tell you to install Linux (after which comes a debate on what flavor).

I loved the comment by Charles Dorman: "GET A TYPEWRITER."

Nothing like a Luddite technology using comedian.

Magpul Bottle Opener

I can't seem to find this Magpul Bottle Opener on their site. Pretty slick none-the-less.



I already have a LaRue Tactical Beverage Entry Tool. I read that it can be used to remove their index clips, too.

Win a Glock from CCA

The Coal Creek team is at it again. They must have too many Glocks as they are giving another one away.

"TEXT the word "GLOCK" to 508-315-9971 and you will be entered automatically. Winner will be chosen at random on Sat March 26th.

You must be a TN resident to be eligible to win."

Via the CCA Facebook page.

Band Plans

K0NR talks about the importance of band plans. What I like about his story is both the detective work that went in to finding the source and the fact that it was resolved in a civilized manner. Ham culture is a little different from the internet culture.