A quick note to all our beloved E. R. staff: the weather here was so nasty last week the drug-seekers stayed home. This may be a sign of the end of days.

Things you don't see in Texas very often:

Did I just hear "Eminence Front" used in a GMC ad?

Political word for the day:
Polaroids n. Irritating rectal lesions that twitch either left or right when stimulated.

Stipulating that the only way I want to hear about an Iranian nuke program is in a sentence including the word "annihilated" (and maybe "daring I. D. F. operation"); where did Secretary Kerry go to school that allows him to think that "as many" belongs in the same sentence as "or more"?

I told y'all handgun cartridges are all pretty much the same. Here's the numbers:
.45 ACP    370 ft/lbs
9 mm        421 ft/lbs
.40 S&W  375 ft/lbs
.39 Spec   349 ft/lbs
There's only so much a handgun can do. There isn't very much energy in the case, and the weapon is supposed to be operable one-handed. That's why the common self-defense rounds are about 3/8-7/16 inches in diameter, and deliver half the energy of the .30 Carbine, a "rifle" that's hardly worth carrying.

The weird year continues. In the past week, there've been two house fires within a quarter-mile of here.Whatever y'all are burnin' to stay warm, be careful with it. More cold comin' mid-week.