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Jerry the Geek of Cogito Ergo Geek has just learned that his significant other has been diagnosed with Stage 1 lung cancer in both lungs. They are facing a difficult time. Remember them in your prayers tonight and in days to come.

I have removed Sitemeter from my blog. That’s kind of a drag because I have always really liked their tracking, and I haven’t found anything else that works quite as well, but if they are going to use questionable Javascript and then not respond to the concerns of their users, then they have to go.

“Internet Explorer Cannot Open the Internet Site Operation Aborted.” If you are using WordPress and SiteMeter or similar Javascript widgets, check your blog with IE7. If you get this error, move the Sitemeter script from the sidebar template to “index.php” and make sure it is above the “< ?php get_footer();?>” line.

A number of gun bloggers have suddenly found their blogs locked to new posts and then they receive a form letter from Blogger saying that they are suspected of being a “spam site.” (This is kind of funny to me since there are thousands of real spam blogs on Blogger that they never seem to do anything about.) Anyway, this has resulted in a mass exodus of gun blogs off of Blogger to other hosting options.

The mayor of Morton Grove is expecting little fanfare tonight as the town
puts its gun ban to rest.

The District of Columbia Council approved new firearms legislation Tuesday that will allow residents to begin applying for handgun permits this week.

It’s the foundation myth, and I use the word “myth” carefully, in the technical sense, like a religious icon that points to an inexpressible reality beyond itself: The Alamo. I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t in my consciousness. I think that when babies are given their vaccinations, they give babies in Texas an Alamo shot. I can’t even be sure that I remember the first time that I saw it. I know I was very, very young. I know also that it was the most powerful place I had ever been. In some ways, it still is.

I don’t know why I had to go there, but I had to go there. I had to see Mt. Carmel, the site of the Branch Davidian compound where 80 or more people died in a botched raid by the ATF and FBI.

My friends,
After ten years of publishing News from The Sight M1911, I have decided to take a break, perhaps forever, but at least for a while. This decision has not been easy. I have come to know many of you personally through our e-mail communications, and I appreciate every supportive and encouraging message I […]

Volume 285, 2/23/08
UGLY GUN SUNDAYHand-made Viet Cong M1911http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/02/ugly-gun-sunday_17.html
HOW NOT TO HOLD A REVOLVERhttp://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-not-to-hold-revolver.html
MICHEL TAKES OPEN TITLE AT 10TH ANNUAL FLORIDA OPENFROSTPROOF, FLORIDA – In what is sure to be seen as an early prelude to the IPSC World Shoot, the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Max Michel captured the coveted Open title at […]