Updated 2-7-12: Hear a two minute audio clip from the boys!

Updated 2-7-12: New additions:

Party..................................Rave

Stationary Tub.........................Set Tub

Racial Slur............................Enactment of a Biased Crime

Hospital...............................Birthing Center

Clinical Technician....................Clinician

Updated 12-17-11:

My Chevy Pickup with Dodge Sheetmetal

Here are photos of my everyday ride. I purchased her new in 1986 and she's still going strong! This is how she looks today, after a mere 25 years! Now, this is a real Dodge Pickup!

Back in the days of my youth, here's what consumed my time. I look back to the days when street rods ruled the weekend evenings and cruising the local streets was a pleasure! Oh, to be young and have my old hot rod again!

12.52 E.T. @ 104 MPH - 1/4 mile

Updated 11-23-11:

After using Firefox 4.0 for some time now, I've become tired of the monochrome toolbar icons. I'm frequently clicking on the wrong ones for their lack of color.

So, I've made themes doing a simple replacement to the toolbar.png file in the default Firefox theme, with one that I've modified with different icons. I simply took the default file and changed the images.

The developers have separated the Firefox theme, internally, into 2 different styles. One for WinXP and the other for Vista/Win7. I have no way of testing on Vista/Win7 since all my machines still have WinXP. These themes are recommended for WinXP. They may not work correctly on Vista/Win7.

Before:

With Winstripe Toolbar Icons:

Firefox 1.0 Icon Set

Click here to download the theme for Firefox:

Winstripe Toolbar Icons 2.6.2

File Size: 66 kb

Works With: Firefox 4.0 - 12.*

Changelog

With Modern Toolbar Icons:

Firefox 2.0 Icon Set

Click here to download the theme for Firefox:

Modern Toolbar Icons 2.6.2

File Size: 71 kb

Works With: Firefox 4.0 - 12.*

Changelog

With Strata Toolbar Icons:

Firefox 3.0 Icon Set

Click here to download the theme for Firefox:

Strata Toolbar Icons 2.6.2

File Size: 68 kb

Works With: Firefox 4.0 - 12.*

Changelog

With Color Toolbar Icons:

Firefox 4.0 Icon Set

Click here to download the theme for Firefox:

Color Toolbar Icons 2.6.2

File Size: 61 kb

Works With: Firefox 4.0 - 12.*

Changelog

Updated 11-23-11:

After installing Thunderbird 5.0, I discovered that my favorite theme was broken. Since I missed the old Thunderbird icons, I decided to create themes that replace the Thunderbird 5.0 icon set with the earlier Thunderbird icon sets.

These themes return the Main Toolbar, Compose Message Toolbar and Folder Pane Icons to the earlier Thunderbird icon sets.

The developers have separated the Thunderbird theme, internally, into 2 different styles. One for WinXP and the other for Vista/Win7. I have no way of testing on Vista/Win7 since all my machines still have WinXP. These themes are for WinXP only. They do not work correctly on Vista/Win7.

Before:

With Classic Toolbar Icons:

Thunderbird 2.0 Icon Set

Click here to download the theme for Thunderbird:

Classic Toolbar Icons 2.6.0

File Size: 167 kb

Works With: Thunderbird 5.0 - 12.*

Changelog

Updated 1-4-11: The Grizzly WinMag pistol had been developed during early 1980s by L.A.R. Manufacturing Inc. (L.A.R. stands for names of company founders - Larisch, Augat and Robinson). This pistol has been designed around the very powerful .45 Winchester Magnum (.45 WinMag) ammunition, which generates muzzle energies in the 810 ft-lbs. region.

Updated 5-24-07: Altogether, the Three Stooges starred in 190 short subjects at Columbia. Ninety-seven of them starred Curly Howard (listed below), 77 starred Shemp Howard, and 16 starred Joe Besser as the Third Stooge. Curly Howard starred in two movies as the Third Stooge (listed at the end of the Shorts).

Posted 1-4-11: Research recently published in the British Journal of Criminology finds that Australia’s mandated gun turn-in program—which netted 640,000 guns at a cost of some $500 million—failed to make the country safer.

Posted 2-18-10: In a pattern that has repeated itself in Canada and Australia, violent crime has continued to go up in Great Britain despite—or perhaps because of—a complete ban on handguns, most rifles and many shotguns. The broad ban that went into effect in 1997 was trumpeted by the British government as a cure for violent crime. The cure has proven to be much worse than the disease.

Posted 2-18-10: The number of privately owned guns in the United States rises by about 5 million a year, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The number of guns owned by Americans is at an all-time high, fast approaching 300 million.

Posted 1-27-10: For years, "gun control" supporters have argued that an increased collection of statistics would enable them to make a convincing argument for more restrictions on the right to arms. Just the opposite is true. 

Posted 12-15-09: With all the gun control laws passed in the United Kingdom, some people---NRA members not included---might be surprised by the findings of a recent U.N. report on criminal violence in developed countries.

Posted 9-13-08: Unsurprisingly, a new national poll shows that a broad majority of American voters (75 percent) agree with the Bush Administration's position that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. Just 22 percent disagree with the Bush Administration, while 4 percent are unsure.

John M. Browning's .45 ACP-cal. Model of 1911 established an unprecedented place in history as both the official U.S. service pistol for nearly three-quarters of a century and as a seminal design that has been the basis for innumerable spinoffs.

Most of us think we know how M1911s work, but this series of drawings shows us what really happens inside the venerable Government Model. Animation of a 1911 Pistol's Operation.

The Grizzly is a potent fistful of pistol for those big-bore enthusiasts who feel the M1911, M1911A1 and similar .45s are "not enough gun." Chambered for the new .45 Win. Mag. cartridge, the Grizzly offers power befitting its four-legged namesake coupled with the versatility of conversion units for nine other calibers ranging from 9 mm Steyr, Browning Long and Luger through the .38 Super ACP and .45 ACP (see specifications).

When Doug Wesson, Phil Sharpe and Winchester put their heads together 60 years ago with the idea of coming up with a new handgun cartridge, little could they have realized what a great effect their creation would have on handgunning. Even Elmer Keith, who by that time was strictly a big bore sixgunner, aided in the experimental phases by putting his heavy .38 Special loads through a Smith and Wesson .38/44 Heavy Duty, a real classic sixgun by the way.

If you like the classic Government Model design but desire more power, L.A.R.'s .44 Magnum Grizzly Mark IV has all the right stuff. Here are all the "bear facts."