Yearly Wrap-up
Sorry for the lack of posting, but I’m writing more for work and working on my first novel, so that is sucking all of the creative oxygen out of the room. What was this year like, and what do I…
It’s Good To Be The King.
All the practical shooting sports have one thing in common (besides using guns): They all have evolved towards optimizing the sport for the top 10 percent (or less) of competitors. If you’re not a GrandMaster, don’t even CONSIDER running for…
Wait, Isn’t That Backwards?
I taught another Self Defense Inside The Home class this weekend, the class I teach AFTER Self Defense Outside The Home. This might seem backwards to some, I mean, defending your life outside the home means learning situational awareness and…
The Little Things That Really Count
It’s autumn, so a Florida man’s (and woman’s) fancy turns to thoughts of hurricanes, which in turn means thoughts about “prepping.” YouTube has been serving me up videos of various “EDC” (everyday carry) kits, and one of them is called…
Whatever Happened to Computer Magazines?
I had my first computer in 1981. My family got one so my mom could do accounting for small businesses using Peachtree v1.0 on our brand-new Commodore CBM. Back then Byte and Compute! were must-reads, as they had ads for…
System Upgrade
I just finished updating a presentation on self-defense for women that I hadn’t opened since 2021, and quite frankly, I was initially a bit horrified with what I was teaching back then. It wasn’t BAD advice, like I was advocating…
Know When To Say “Whoa!”
“Mama always told my not to look into the eyes of the sun But Mama, that's where the fun is” - Bruce Springsteen I recently shared this photo on social media, and there’s a lot of truth there. Not only…
Gaming The System
One of my goals this year is to shoot the 25 round IDPA Classifier at Master level or better. It’s a daunting task, because it’s going to require me to hone a good number of skills, such as drawing from…
Minimal Viable Armory
For some reason as of late, I've been doling out advice to friends and neighbors about what gun(s) they should buy. It goes with the territory I guess (I do, after all, work for the NRA), so I thought I’d…
Stats And Violence
I’ve been thinking a bit about what my students actually need to know in order to live safe, happy, productive, quietly armed lives. This means understanding just what kind of threats are out there, what are the odds of them…