Which Eye Disease Are You?

Some new internet quizzes are making the rounds on blogs I frequent. I see Jed is "Special Ops" and Len is "Maximus."

Me, I'm a firm believer in knowing my own limitations...

[Image copyright The National Lampoon, presented here under "Fair Use" doctrine.]

Well There's You, and Then There's US...

Blognomicon links us to the news that:

State Senator Juan Hinojosa won't be facing gun charges after he was arrested at an airport carrying a handgun.

Free at last, free at last.

Thank God Almighty, he's free at last!

Now he can get back to the serious business of making sure the rest of us get punished for "gun crimes."

If We Can Child-Proof Medicine Bottles...

Fountain pens are too dangerous for children under the age of 14, the British Standards Institution says.

After decades when young pupils were encouraged to master penmanship, the benefits of developing good handwriting are now seen to be outweighed by the risk of swallowing the cap.

Good Lord.

115 Register Bibles Before New Ban Takes Effect

[I got to this story through the Columbus Dispatch main page. I noted after posting the link will not work without paid registration. Bottom line: 115 cowardly appeasers--I mean, "law-abiding citizens"--in Columbus blinked and registered their semiautos with their local tyrants.]

In principle, what's the difference between registering a book or a gun? You have an unalienable right to both which no one may morally infringe.

Would you obey such an edict?

I won't. And I've told the state as much, at an NRA-orchestrated gun registration indoctrination session.

UPDATE: The link to "The Professional Face of Evil" initially went to a cached copy on Google because I got a "Page No Longer Exists" message. I see the original link is working again. I assumed it had been removed by the new KABA owners because much of my work there, particularly some of the edgier stuff, has been.

"If Something Happens, They Will Protect Us..."

"...and they're there in case something breaks out or something."

Yes, Ashley, of course they will. Just like when something broke out at Columbine, and the armed guard gave up pursuit after firing a few shots and seeing he was outgunned.