Canoeing around the University
News, Bad Drivers, Political, Guns ·Wednesday June 25, 2008 @ 22:11 EDT (link)
20080615: Updated my resume for my PMP application. Honey and I went to Duvall Park and played ball and then sat in camp chairs and read in the morning; went out to the UWa. Waterfront Activities Center in the afternoon and canoed for about an hour. We got very close to ducks, Canada geese, and a couple of cranes, which was amazing. Got home around 1900, cooked.
20080617: Joined the NRA ($35 - $10 Glock discount = $25/a.; they have $1000 life memberships too, which I may consider at some point, if I ever think I'll be a member for more than 40 years). Supposed to get a magazine and membership card in the mail.
Bad driver: WA 210XSO Silver Honda Civic EX let in not one but two queue-jumpers on 51st between WA-520 and 156th (around 0930).
Another bad driver in the evening: 1645 on Avondale (turned off Novelty Hill at 208th); WA 800 RVD burgundy Honda Pilot, with flames around the Honda logo (who is he kidding, unless it's meant to indicate it uses a lot of gas). Queue-jumping, i.e. passing just to be an asshole, without hope of actually going faster (due to traffic volume).
20080618: Did some pruning outside; grass is still short, can wait until the weekend to cut again as long as the rain holds off. Uploaded resume to PMP application: all thatÂs remaining is one of my recommendations, my personal statement, printing the application (it's listed as a step—I guess they want you to have a backup, since it is an online application), and paying; it's all due by July 1.
20080619: Took Honey to the airport to fly out to WV: left at 2130, got home at 2300 exactly; some construction near the airport and on I-405.
20080621: Gun show day! Joined WAC at the Monroe gun show ($35, minus show entry fee); bought a pistol rug ($8) and a 10-round Glock magazine (for Canada if I ever get a PAL ($8, down from $10), and 500 more rounds of 9mm ammo (S&B 115 grain FMJ from Surplus Ammo).
20080624: Called Honey in WV. Jim Cameron (Cameron Construction) came by with his painter to prepare an estimate for painting work (outside wood, steps, rails, and some minor touchup inside).
20080625: Still monitoring GunBroker Springfield Armory 1911 EMP auctions—one used item went for around $850, new seem to be going for around $1050; their site is down now with SQL errors all over the place (first time I've seen that). Worked on PMP personal statement; pretty much finished; I hope they don't expect it to be too long, I've made it basically a summary, since they also want a resume and academic summary as part of the package, so there's no point in being repetitive.
The Government is Not Your Daddy blog has a new post up: What is Conservatism; well worth reading. It discusses how the United States was founded on the principles of limiting government, rather than government power; individual responsibility, rather than collectivism, private property versus communism, and free markets rather than central planning. I particularly liked:
IÂm not against all taxation. I recognize that you donÂt get something for nothing. The protection of my rights as a citizen, and our national sovereignty, is worth a lot to me. And IÂm willing to pay for that. But IÂm not willing to pay for everything else anybody wants that they canÂt afford to pay for themselves. If you want something of value, you have to provide value in return. Just because you canÂt afford something, doesnÂt give you the right to take it out of my pocket. Nobody owes you anything, except what you earn.
Well said, Peggi. Obamunisti non carborundum. I don't think I've ever met anyone whose views align so well with mine.
