This Is Going To Get Much Worse

Take a pandemic, mix in an overreaction with excessive lock downs and reduction in medical and mental health services and availability,  and add in social isolation and you get a perfect storm for a major increase in mental health issues: 

The Detroit Free Press: Mental health crisis: Children at breaking point during COVID-19 pandemic

It's not like there were plenty of beds available for mental health treatment before the lock downs hit, and now there's a skyrocketing demand and not nearly enough facilities. 

Expect more violence from the untreated mentally ill, especially from those who should have been in in-facility treatment but are not and are going about untreated and unsupervised.

Add in all those teetering on the brink of needing in-patient treatment due to the anxiety, lack of access to care and the associated problems caused by the lock down polices in terms of unemployment, unavailable medical procedures, and social isolation and the problem gets even worse, especially for teens and adolescents. 

Teen suicides are way up in this state since Covid and Whitmer struck, which is frightening.

Add moronic requirements like Whitmer forcing 2-year-olds to wear masks and we're now raising a whole new generation on social anxiety.

This crisis is not going to be solved anytime soon.

Aha!

The next morning we had breakfast and checked out of accommodations. It was still quite overcast with the promise of more rain to come.

We then decided to spend some time in Harbor Springs itself.

It's a very nice resort town with a  nice beach and everything you might need for a peaceful summer vacation.

 

Lots of nice shops to browse.  We headed into the bookshop and bought some summer reading and then stopped for ice cream at a local ice cream parlor, because why not?

The people there are very nice and it has a very posh, clean,  resort-town feel without being pretentious.

Aha! I see something.

Right by the Lake is a most peculiar-looking ship:

It is indeed the Aha. 

A 130-year-old historic steamship, beautifully restored and on display.   As you can see from the articles, it was a very extensive restoration of the ship built in 1891.  The students of the Industrial Arts Institute and others did a very nice job on it.

After that we headed homeward, stopping at Birch Run Outlet Mall for a bit of shopping and lunch in the driving rain, and then home.

While the Weekend trip was marred by constant rain, fog and overcast, we didn't let that stop us from having a good time and seeing some of the many sights of northern Michigan.

Mackinac Island - Some Of The Sights

By the end of our perambulations around the fort, the rain was picking up and we were getting rather soaked to the skin.

So we went to lunch at Millies on Main - after a bit of a wait as just about everyone else had the same idea, we had the absolute best Fish and Chips I've had anywhere!

So fortified we headed out along main street and then as the rain picked up even more, decided it was time for a Mackinac Horse Carriage tour.

We saw the Governor's summer residence.

 

The sign reads:

Good to be the Governor, neh?

We then wheeled by the Grand Hotel, which is very posh, and super-expensive and with which Tash,  Murph, and I have history:

We then went outside the town proper on the narrated carriage tour to see the historic cemeteries - one Protestant, one Roman Catholic,  divided by a road, and then to historic skull cave, and then to the scenic Arch Rock.

It is indeed scenic:

Described in Indian legend as a portal to another world.  

If you leap through it,  you will indeed go to another world, but there's no return ticket.  Formed by erosion of the softer limestone rock below the arch, it is quite an impressive natural sight to see.

The carriage tour was well worth taking, and the guides were knowledgeable and rather funny, with lots of great stories about the island, which made for a nice trip even in the rain.

After that, completely soaked, we headed back to the ferry and made the journey back to Mackinaw City in the fog and then drove back to Harbor Springs for the night.

Fort Mackinac - Cannon Firing Demonstration

One of the many activities the soldiers did in the park was fire cannon salutes for the tourists to the island.

These salutes are still performed today.

We got to view such a cannon firing salute during our visit to the fort. 

A six pounder cannon is used as the salute, just as it was used back in the late 1800s.

The cannon is first checked with a worm to remove any leftovers in the barrel.  In this case a piece of aluminum foil was removed.  Foil, while not accurate to the period, prevents bits of period-correct burning muslin sackcloth from falling on the town and onto tourists' heads below, which they appreciate.

Then a sponge is run down the barrel.

The cannon is then loaded, with the powder pricked through the touch hole, and it is then wheeled into position.

A friction fuse and lanyard is attached.

Then on the command to fire -

 

It made a most pleasing "Boom" for the crowd.    The crowd was pleased and applauded the fine demonstration even in the drizzling rain.

A very nice and well-narrated cannon firing demonstration indeed.

Fort Mackinac

Fort Mackinac was founded during the American Revolution when the British moved their position from what is now Mackinaw City to the island in 1780.

Americans took over in 1796 and then the fort was taken over by the British in the opening moves of the War of 1812, and remained in British hands throughout the war as the Americans were unable to recapture it. 

The fort returned to American hands after the war and then as its strategic significance dwindled became a National Park in 1875 with the still serving soldiers there acting as park rangers.   The post was considered highly desirable by the soldiers posted there and by 1885 had a bathhouse with hot and cold running water and 6 cast iron tubs to keep the soldiers clean and were required to bathe at least once per week. 

Today the Fort with its original buildings is a Michigan State Park, and well worth visiting.

Interpreters in the uniforms of the day are around the fort for visitors to learn about its history, even in the rain.

The fort offers commanding views of the town below.

Excellent exhibits depict the soldier's life at the fort.

From the barracks with three men to a room:

Sergeants tended to get better quarters.

To the Guard House complete with a cell for misbehaving soldiers.

The cell was later improved to an above ground location, and soldiers left graffiti from their stays in the cell on the windows and window sills that remain to this day.

The fort also had some amenities, such as a bar and lunchroom where beer was sold for 5 cents a glass.

It's a nice walk around the fort.

Next up  - Cannons!

Happy Independence Day!

May all of you have and enjoy a Happy Independence Day celebration and the birth of the United States of America.

May this nation long remain a shining beacon of liberty, freedom, and opportunity for all its citizens and a model to the nations.

 

 

Oh, and for numismatic content, to celebrate this momentous day in history, The Royal Mint is offering free shipping on its coins to the United States today.

 But, being British and still a little miffed, they're calling it Thank You Day rather than our Independence Day.

Still, rather nice of them, wot?

Detroit Ruinz - Fisher Body Plant 21

 

It has certainly seen better days

Went to Detroit's Eastern Market today with the family for some produce.  Got to pass by some of the ruins of the city as we went, including the Fisher Body Plant.

Built in 1919 it built Buick and Cadillac bodies. The plant shut down in 1984.  It was then used by the Carter Coat Company for painting from 1990 to 1993 when that company filed bankruptcy.  The property has been owned by the City of Detroit since 2000 and the building has been in constant decline.

The Biden Admin's Latest Bit Of Cringe, Now With An Ex-Michigan Governor

A cringe-worthy propaganda piece from the Biden administration trying to push the bipartisan infrastructure bill (A bill that sis neither bipartisan anor solely about infrastructure), featuring Michigan's 2nd worse governor in recent history and a Chevy Bolt has gone viral, and it's as bad as you think it would be.

The Detroit Free Press: President Biden surprises GM's Barra by using a Bolt in video gone viral

Very cringe-worthy, and I doubt Granholm's solar panels alone are recharging her Bolt.  You can also hear her stumble on a few of her lines, which is hilarious.  The dialogue does tend to be rather stilted and shows Boomers trying to speak Millennial at times like its a foreign dialect.

Also did you notice that our former Governor Granholm doesn't seem to know how to wear a seatbelt?

Does anyone wear a seatbelt like that when they are actually in a front seat of a vehicle? She'd get a ticket if she was in Michigan wearing a seatbelt like that.

Did you hear where they talk about how excited they are at 2:23 when they talk about electric transit buses?

Well Granholm was certainly excited, all the way to the bank:
Granholm questioned about potential conflict of interest with bus company

Report: Biden Energy Secretary Receives Waiver to Dump Massive Amount of Electric Bus Company Stock

Ethics, after all, are for the little people.

So EVs are supposedly it, even as some places like California and New York City are requesting people not charge their cars due to energy shortages from a lack of production facilities.  

Maybe an Energy Secretary should look into that?

Yes, It's Still Happy Canada Day

Despite all the leftist Canadians telling you Canada should be cancelled.

No kidding.  View the front page of the Toronto Star online and view a few of their editorials. and op-eds on this day.

Some of Canada's self-image as a perfect country with no race relations problems where nothing bad has happened (yeah, as if) compared to their nasty neighbors to the south has been shattered by the revelation that conditions at Many Canadian residential schools for Indians in the past were at times dreadful and many graves of residential school students have been found recently.

Apparently this gives license to claim Canada itself is bad rather than the actions of the few operating the schools and failing to properly supervise them.  To the Left in Canada these residential schools are now becoming Canada's original sin, tainting the country evermore.  Verily, the Left loves to try and throw all of Western Civilization out with the bathwater.

Yes, it appears there were some very bad and probably evil or grossly neglectful actors at those residential schools in the past and conditions most likely were indeed awful but that doesn't wipe away all the good Canada has done since its founding.

No country is perfect, and perhaps it is good our often holier-than-though neighbors to the north (or sometimes south if you're in Michigan and Alaska) realize that they to have some skeletons in their past that they should acknowledge. But, Canada, just like the United States, as a nation has been a far more powerful force for good rather than bad in this world.

That deserves to be celebrated.

Happy Canada Day!

Rolling With Boulders

A major part of Jiu Jitsu is rolling.  It's where you get to practice all the techniques.

This can lead to happiness or frustration, especially when rolling with someone younger and heavier than you and you quickly learn your limitations and the limitations of the techniques you know.

Take rolling with Will for example.

Will is in his 20s and weighs in at 275 pounds or so. 

So he's got 20 years and seventy-five pounds on me. Makes a difference. 

He is described by most other people at the center as rolling with a boulder.

I can't disagree.

Here's what it typically looks like when I'm rolling with Will:

 I can often hold him off and defend and fend off a lot of his attacks, I can stalemate him in a roll and stop him from tapping me out, and even sometimes get a submission if I can exploit a mistake, but I often just get crushed even if it ends in a stalemate.  

Doubly unfortunately, he tends to be a little overenthusiastic and loses a bit of control. This happened on our last roll Monday night and sadly I got a good whack to my left eye.  Ouch.

Woke up the next day and the eye was still hurting and it has caused some floaters and the eye doc has said no jitsu for me for awhile due to the accidental hit to let it heal up, and also no contact lenses, which sucks as that means no flying either.

So unfortunately no jitsu for me until this heals up a bit.

Really Post Office? WTAF?

More Post Office disservice.

Part of any lawsuit is ensuring good service on the Defendants.  Kinda important - very important actually as they deserve notice and should be properly served. 

I send a process server out on a serve on a guy who has defaulted on his business contract with the seller of the business - Guy is keeping the business but not paying for it.  This can get people upset, and justifiably so.

So the fellow will not answer the door, and the process server tries 4 different times and at the business location where he's told he's not in, all 4 times there as well.

So I want to do a motion for alternate service by posting it on his door and at the business and mailing it to both locations.

But to do that, I need a Postal Verification form done by his local post office.

I send one out on April 28, nice and early with lots of time to spare on the summons.

No response back from the Post Office.  Weird as typically mail to the postmaster does get processed and returned pretty quickly.

I send another one out on June 7.  Same no response.

Court refuses to issue an alternate service order without it, I tried.  Court refuses to issue alternate service stating they must have the postal form back even as I relate how I've tried twice and gotten no luck and then the Court show causes me (to appear the first week of July) to explain why I haven't served them yet.  Yippee.  Little Catch-22 there that I'm highly enjoying.

So I go in person to the Post Office yesterday bringing my third address verification form for the same person.

After much back and forth, they check and say they don't have the prior ones and they must have been sent out.  Remember this for later.

I note I never received them, and they agree to take my third attempt and tell me to come back today at 3 for it to be done as they first offered to mail it back when done but I noted they hadn't been successful the last two times. All righty then.

I come back and they have lost the form I gave them yesterday.  No kidding.

I indicate I'm not thrilled by this outcome and the postal worker goes to the back and then comes out, mirabile dictu, with the June 7 form stamped completed June 10, and even better, stapled to the form is my postage-paid return envelope I had submitted with it.  

Instead of mailing it back, they stapled it together and just had it sit there.

So much for it not being in the back yesterday.  Unbelievable.

Flying IFR - Lesson 10 - Approaches, Now With A Circle To Landing Feeling

I met up with Kevin at N5337F this morning.  It was going to be a hot one, but only scattered clouds were forecast at 4-5,000 feet which was nice after all the low overcast and storms the past few days.

We would be flying first to lapeer to do the VOR A approach with a full circle to land, followed by the ILS 27 at FLint and then the Localizer backcourse at Pontiac and finally ending with the RNAV 27 at Pontiac.

So I got the procedure loaded in, and pulled up and checked the plate for D95's VOR A approach.

Took off and was passed to Detroit approach and then Great Lakes Approach and setup for the VOR A to Lapeer.

Flew it and it wasn't bad at all.  The circle to land was interesting as you're at a lower than typical traffic pattern height throughout the process which does look and feel different.  I did a nice landing on Runway 18. For whatever reason, I always do good landing at Lapeer.

Then up again and right on to Flint's 27 ILS approach which came up real fast.  I was getting behind fast too.  But I got it going and did stayed on the glidepath but was having some difficulty staying on the localizer due to some wind but got it figured out.  Not the best I've ever done, but not bad, ending in a solid missed approach and a climb to 2,500 with a right turn.

Then to the localizer back course, which as the name suggests is the opposite of the front course.  Clever these naming conventions.  We did the full approach including the procedure turn.  Was behind the curve on that one too, especially figuring out the procedure turn, but did it ok with a very nice approach at the end.

The RNAV 27L was sublime perfection by comparison.  I got vectored out to LEHRA and was then on top of things and ahead of the aircraft and the approach for the entire approach.  With LPV guidance I rode that approach from the final approach fix to landing like it was on rails, perfect vertical and horizontal alignment the whole way with a perfect landing.  Kevin was very pleased with how I did on that one, and I was rather happy myself as that one just clicked and flowed perfectly.  A very positive ending to a lesson.

Had a good debrief and he stated we would now do a circle to land on every lesson with approaches to get used to doing those. We went over the approach plates he noted I did great on the RNAV 27L, and that was the lesson.

That's 2.1, 1.5 simulated instrument,  4 approaches, and two very nice landings.

Weekend Road Trip: To Mackinac Island

If you live in Michigan and you've never been to Mackinac Island, your Michigander/Michiganian/Michigunner card may get revoked.

So to ensure that didn't happen, we took the kids to the Island.  We'd last been there with Murph many many moons ago, prior to les enfants.

We met the ferry at Mackinaw City for the ride to Mackinac Island.  Note both Mackinaw and Mackinac are pronounced the same - Mack-i-naw.  One's got the English spelling for the word, one has the French.

The weather however was fog, Low IFR with a cloud base of 100 feet.  Just as well we didn't fly there.  I could have take pictures on the ferry but the visibility was almost 0/0 On the ferry.  For example you could not see the Mackinac bridge to the Upper Peninsula from the ferry and you normally can see it.

We arrived at the Island and started looking around.

The fog would stay and we'd get more and more rain throughout our day on the island but we were going to make the best of it.

 The first thing one does on Mackinac is search for its #1 export product - Fudge!

We went to Murdick's fudge shop.  Yes, you can order some of these delectables online if you can't make it to Mackinac yourself.

We got to see fudge being made on marble slabs, being poured out and then being turned into tasty bars of tastiness.

 We got some chocolate cherry and chocolate sea-salted caramel fudge, which was awesome.  Just don't try to eat an entire piece in one sitting.  Nothing good will happen.

We then wandered around the charming downtown area.

The place was still hopping, even with the constant drizzle.

We wandered around and then headed to the fort.

A Nice Weekend Road Trip

We left Friday to travel northward.  The kids had never been to Michigan's north so we were looking to remedy that.

So up north we went.

The clouds were low and foreboding as we did so, and rain soon showed up.

First we stopped briefly in Pinconning for provisions.

The Cheesehouse Cheese Shop.

As the suggestive name suggests most suggestively, it has cheese.

Lots of cheese. And meat sticks, and candy of all sorts, and local wines and other provisions.Well stocked up, including with some really tasty venison meat sticks, we continued north.

Next we passed through Indian River.

 The highlight of the travel through there was the 32-foot-long Steel Sturgeon.  

Then on to Cross Village and the Tunnel of Trees.

The Tunnel of Trees were considered a bit of a disappointment by the kids.  Rather jaded and cynical they are.  To be fair I can't blame them too much as there really wasn't much to it - a fair amount of trees over a road but not super-thick so not really tunnel-ish.  In short, not worth the diversion. At least not during this time of year.    

Cross Village was rather pleasant though, with some very nice people and shops and the kids got to spend some time with a artist's springer spaniel who truly enjoyed the kids' attention.

We stopped in Cross Village for lunch at Legs Inn and the meal was fantastic.   They're famous for their Polish food and the fame is well-warranted.  We had the Polish Lunch and it was awesome.  On order was more than enough for two people.  The Polish desserts were also great, and great friendly service too.  Highly recommend it if you're in the area.

We then made it up to where we were staying in Harbor Springs, and tucked in for the night.

A Clear Sign You Need A New Insurance Agent

I'm representing some business tenants in a dispute with their Landlord.

Long story short, we sued Landlord for doing stuff to the premises making the tenants unable to get the permits from the city to operate their business and thus breaking the lease.  Landlord then sued my clients for not paying rent after they said unless he brought the building into compliance they were outta there, he would not so they left.

Landlord has insurance covering his defense of our suit.  My clients, that's an interesting story.

We got Landlord's complaint in March this year.  I told the clients they needed to put their insurance carrier on notice so they contacted their agent.

Their agent contacted me and noted tenants had cancelled their policy when they moved out in December of last year so she wanted me to send her copies of the complaint and summonses so she can send them to the insurance company.  I do so and hear nothing back.

Time moves on, stuff happens and I'm still waiting to hear from the insurance co as to whether they are assigning counsel for defense or what.  Client tlels me he talked to the insurance agent and she said everything is underway and the insurance co will be covering it.  Great but would be nice to have them do so a little faster.

Yesterday I reach my client re a settlement offer after long delays in geting through to him and express if insurance doesn't get off the ball soon we need to answer the Landlord's complaint or settle.

So he calls the insurance agent who claims I said I would handle it.

Blink.

I get on the phone with the client and insurance agent and express my bewilderment that the last thing she had asked for was the copy of the complaint and summonses, and I had heard nothing back since.

She then says "I don't file claims."

Blink.

I say "You're the insurance agent aren't you supposed to file claims when a customer tells you about a claim?"

She then says she doesn't file liability claims.  

Say what?

I note every other agent I know sure as heck does, after all that's their job.

I express that her story that I was to file the claim makes no sense considering that one, I'm not an insurance agent and two, the last exchange we had was my sending her the complaint and summons so what exactly was she going to do with it then?

According to her she just asked me for it to see it, not to do anything with it.

AYFKM?  Anyone buy that line?

She sat on this for three months while telling her customers it was handled.   This likely screwed any chance of getting insurance coverage for the claim due to that delay.

So she sends me a link to the insurance company system and I end up entering the claim last night, which is insane, but she refused to do it so somebody had to.

So, do be sure to ask your insurance agent what the process is for handling a claim before you sign up with them.  If they tell you they don't file claims or put insurance companies on notice on your behalf, get another agent, fast.

A Little Hosta And Chill Action

This morning we had some visitors to the backyard.

 Mommy and fawn strolled right in, nibbled on some hostas and then headed into the treeline.

The momma deer then came back to the backyard after hiding the fawn and is just lying down chilling about a dozen feet away from the house, without a worry in the world.  She's been lying there for a couple hours taking a break from all her fawncare responsibilities.

She clearly sees us looking at her from the windows, and reacts to our movement, but doesn't seem to mind at all.

It Would Take A Heart Of Stone Not To Laugh At East Lansing Residents

In the news, and it must be a slow news day over in EL,  East Lansing residents are complaining about noise from traffic along the main drag in the city.

East Lansing info: “Unbearably Ridiculous” Noise from Cars and Motorcycles Is Riling East Lansing Residents

But, the woke residents there also don't want police in the area, nor having police enforce minor infractions - like, you know, noise complaints.

Wing said that officers from the East Lansing Police Department are not helping so far as she can see.

. . .

Responding to complaints from people like Worth and Wing, at the June 8 meeting, East Lansing Police Chief Kim Johnson said that his officers had tried showing up in the West Grand River Ave. area to help, only to be asked by one resident to leave because that resident didn’t want armed police hanging out in the neighborhood.

Johnson said police were doing their best, but it is clear that with this issue, as with many others, ELPD now finds itself caught between people who want enforcement against disturbances of the peace by things like loud parties, fireworks, and noisy motorcycles, and people who want the police to back off of enforcement of non-violent offenses.

There have definitely been mixed messages on policing issues like this, with Council taking actions such as revising the disorderly conduct code to reduce the likelihood of a person being prosecuted for a “minor” offense while also wanting the police to stop motorcyclists for making loud noises – something that might be seen as a minor offense.

So get woke, push to defund the police, complain about their presence, insist they don't enforce the law on minor infractions, and revise city code to not enforce prosecution for minor offenses, and then complain when they don't enforce the law on minor infractions that are affecting your quality of life.

Next step:  Act all surprised when your woke policy of having the police not enforce minor infractions leads to higher crime in both minor and major categories, as minor crimes go unpunished and major offenders are not interdicted by being caught for a minor crime prior to their committing a major crime. 

Funny how that happens, eh?

Flying IFR - Lesson 9 - Some New Approaches

So today was fly some more approaches day.  Instead of Kevin, I had Adam as my instructor, but Kevin had left him detailed instructions on what we were to do.

The plan was to go to Flint and do the VOR 36, circle to 27, then the ILS 27, then the 27L Localizer Back Course, and if time a 27L RNAV approach.

I preflighted N1689H and impressively, the seat location I selected didn't slip even once the whole flight - and there was much rejoicing.

I noted the left tire looked a little low, and the instructor, Adam this time, looked at it and said it was in the acceptable range and besides, we would just be doing one landing this lesson.

Jinxed it right there, he did.

Construction is occurring at KPTK, 27R is closed, everyone is getting routed to 27L and it is a bit of a mess.  For now, we do run-ups on the ramp prior to taxi and then taxi to 27L and wait to depart.

We setup flight following and prepared for the first planed approach, the VOR 36 at Flint.

So off we go and head to Flint, and as I put the foggles on we almost immediately getting handed off to Detroit Approach and then we start getting vectors to the VOR 36.

So far so good.  The sky is all sorts of busy and as we get passed of to Great Lakes Approach its apparent that it is a more than full day at Flint and within the GLA area.  Hard to get a word in edgewise.

So we get vectored for the VOR 36, I get the localizer and start doing the approach.

Over to Tower, who is handling all sorts of activity on 36 and 27 and they check us in on the localizer and when we state we planned to go missed they then state the clearance is a full stop on 36, holding shot or 27, and not to go missed.

Ok, my first time landing at Flint it will be then.  Overall a nice airport with a nice smooth runway and it is indeed pretty busy. 

So we land and all is well, then we get to taxi to Runway 27 and wait a good long time to go along with everyone else.  Get to watch a Southwest jet takeoff from 27 while we wait.

We then get to takeoff following a couple other aircraft and they have a new procedure at Flint of climb out to 2,500 feet and then turn, which we do.

Then we setup for the 27 ILS approach at Flint, and I do that approach and this time it is actually a missed approach as planned and we head back to Pontiac.

We request the 27L localizer back course for Pontiac and get it, and  I bring us in to land and do that to a nice landing.  

On the upside, I'm getting much more familiar with approaches and the procedures needed.   I'm also getting pretty darn good at holding my heading and altitude.

On the downside, we left in a bit of a rush due to the mobbing at the ramp and I would have preferred getting a lot more pre-loaded than we did.  Since the ramp and everything  else was kinda jammed at Pontiac for the first day of construction,  for flow we needed to go, so I just dealt with it and got it completed in the air.

That was 1.8 with 1.6 simulated instrument and 2 landings.

The Next Time Someone Says A Civilian Doesn't Need More Than A 10-Round Magazine . . .

You can show him this video:

Video is courtesy of Scholl Security Group from their Facebook page.

Note that it took over a dozen shots on Mongo, and he kept on advancing towards the victim even after absorbing a dozen hits.

Now imagine you're the victim on the ground and the police aren't there and all you have is a firearm with a 10-shot or less capacity.

Still feel comfortable with a 5 or 6-shot J frame?  How about a 10-round mini-wonder-nine? You likely are going to come up quite a few rounds short.

Do you ever practice reloading a revolver or a small semi-auto while prone and fending off an advancing attacker with your offhand?  

I'd posit you will most likely be unable to reload the revolver and get it back into action in such an encounter, and probably also unlikely to get a spare magazine out and reloaded in such a situation, even though such a reload is easier than that for a revolver.

Well, you've got the rest of your life to figure it out.

Magazine capacity limits do nothing to stop a criminal, and instead hamper a law-abiding citizen's ability to effectively defend themselves.

Father's Day 2021

First off, Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

Father's Day here was excellent.

It started off with some coffee and the kids bought me some new cargo shorts and a new cover shirt both form Columbia at an outlet mall, which was very nice of them. 

And of course the card:

Touching card it was, yes, hmmmm.

Then we headed off to Kensington Metropark for a nice couple hour hike.

After that, we had built up an appetite so we had a delicious lunch at O Sushi Japanese and Korean Restaurant, where we barbecued meat Korean-style right at the table which was awesome, tasty, and perfect. 

Then we headed to Barnes and Noble to browse the stacks for a bit as we were early for our next activity.

The next activity:

Axe Throwing.

Yes, axe throwing.

Because there's no better activity on Father's Day than to have your kids learn how to throw lethal weapons with skill, grace, and style. 

Axe throwing is harder than it looks, and a heckuva lot of fun to do.  The kids got it down before we did, but we managed to stick a few in the bull's eye as well.  So it was a very fun family activity and highly recommended.

It was a fantastic Father's Day.  I hope all you dads out there had a great one as well.