Because, you see, I am a huge nerd.

H/T Lance, who really needs to start the blog he keeps threatening to start.

The Inconvenience to the FedEx guy, upon receiving a box from Cheaper Than Dirt: “You know you’ve married a winner when your wife wants a bayonet.”
FedEx guy: “Hell yeah!”

…And you know you’ve married a winner when your husband buys you a bayonet for a just-because-I-love-you gift. :)

As I mentioned in my last post, The Inconvenience and I have downed the JMB Kool-Aid.

I am all-but-set on either the Springfield 1911 Champion Lightweight Loaded or the Champion Operator. I’m indifferent on the rail issue, but can’t find a LW Loaded anywhere, so I’m leaning toward the Operator just for availability. I’d consider the Champion Stainless Loaded if I got a really, really smokin’ deal on it, but it’s definitely my last choice of the three.

Yes, I do intend for this to be my primary concealed (and open) carry gun. I love my XD40 Sub-Compact, but rarely carry it because it’s just too thick. I do not love my Kel-Tec P3AT, but carry it anyway right now because it’s so bitty and easy. Obviously the 1911 will not be bitty, but I think I will be happy with it. I carried a friend’s full-sized Kimber the other day (at about 4:30 in a Milt Sparks VM2) and found it rather comfortable, if a little longer than I’d want. (Hence the preference for 4″ models.)

I’d love to hear holster recommendations from y’all, especially women. I’d never concealed anything behind the hip prior to the Kimber, and I have reservations about it. I don’t really like having the gun somewhere I can’t see it and the garments covering it, y’know? I generally prefer appendix carry, but realize it can pose a bit of a challenge with a medium-frame gun.

Anyway, I’m open to thoughts and suggestions, but anyone who says “You can’t carry a .45, yer a GURL!” will promptly be banned from PGB forevermore.

(The Inconvenience said I shouldn’t threaten to ban anyone because it’s mean. You all know I’m kidding, right? And besides, none of you are stupid enough to tell me I can’t do something. :-p

Also: Anyone in the market for a Beretta 96, ping me.)

My super-fantastic photographer cousin came to visit, and here are a few of the first proofs:

And my personal favorite so far:

Said cousin is Kelly Bennett of Holden, UT. She’ll be back in Idaho this summer, and she also makes semi-regular trips to northern California. If you’re interested in working with her, I can hook you up with more info.

I wasn’t going to watch, but I walked into the room where Mike had it on, and he declared: “This guy is such an ASSHOLE!”

That about sums it up.

The highlight of the five minutes I saw was Obama scolding the SCOTUS – to their faces – for the campaign finance ruling. He said, “With all due respect to separation of powers… I urge Congress to pass legislation to correct this.”

*blink*

At that point, when I realized Scalia was not going to fulfill my fantasy and hop up there and punch P.BO in the face, I quit watching.

Then, The Inconvenience came in and said I better get on Gunbroker and buy the 1911 I’ve been eyeballing (Springfield 1911 Lightweight Champion Operator), because Obama said he wants to sign a small arms treaty. I said, “Seriously?” and he said “Yes, seriously!” and within about 2 seconds I was logging in… only to have him say “Psych!”

Not funny.

Now I think I’m going to go ahead and buy it as his punishment. Speaking of which, he just added a 1945 Remington-Rand 1911 (former property of the US Army) to the stable. Can you tell we’ve recently downed a copious amount of the JMB Kool-Aid?

Oh, the other thing I caught in the few minutes of SOTU I watched was Obama blaming our spending problems on George W. Bush. I don’t have the exact quote, but the gist of it was “Yeah, well, HE WAS WORSE!”

I saw on FoxNews that he’d said it was time to give Americans the government they deserve. Funny, I feel like we have it.

The Inconvenience told me about the Magpul iPhone case the other day, and because I am an unabashed fangirl, I must have one. In every color.

I’ve been Googling since, trying to figure out when the damn things will be available, and finally came across this thread on GlockTalk.

According to a poster there,

These were given out at MagPul’s booth at SHOT. They said to expect them sometime in February. I assume you’ll get them through your normal MagPul suppliers.

So. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Also, funny:

Wisdom from Commander Zero

The activeshootersomgsnipers! the other day were actually two 14-year-olds. KIDS THESE DAYS!

Fortunately, nobody was hurt, and I’m sure those two are going to grow up to be productive members of society. *ahem*

As for the grenade launcher place, you can find them at 2103 North Division Street in Spokane, WA. Their number is (509) 370-1553 and their site appears to be axelraven.com‎. We talked with them for quite a while, and they were good to go.

I didn’t actually see any grenade launchers, but the Barrett M82 was $10k. I can’t has. :(

This sign is so full of win.

Apparently there was a shooter firing on cars out in the Deary/Helmer/Bovill area. Radio is saying no injuries, but we’re right on highway 8 in Moscow, and definitely just saw a Deary ambulance with flashies and screamies headed to Gritman. They are talking about a crash; not sure if it’s related.

I think the shooting has stopped, but they’re looking for the suspect(s). I think the description was of two males, one in a blue sweatshirt with a white hood? They had the highway shut down out there but it sounds like it’s reopened. We’re listening to the scanner on the iPhone. I love this thing.

More as I hear it.