Try these lyrics (by Tam) with My Favorite Things. (If you can’t remember it, listen to Julie Andrew’s.)

Bill Gates, speaking  recently during POLITICO’s Playbook Cocktails, said he wished “there was slightly more power in the presidency to avoid some of these deadlocks.”

I’ve been using an app called “Reeder” by Readability on my iPad for some time to alert me to new posts on my favorite blogs via their RSS updates but since this app a merely a “client” (user) of Google Reader, it will cease to be of use when the Google service on which it relies goes away.

If you haven’t been following this blog, the samples seen here are 200 grain LSWC bullets with a proprietary coating in brand new Starline brass.

Boy, that’s different!

I finished the kit months ago but couldn’t get the black powder, especially the FFFF (or 4F) that’s recommended for the pan. That stuff is rare!

This past Sunday morning with gorgeous weather after a cold and rainy Saturday, I fired my best ever 22 Slow Fire, a 97-2X. That contributed to my best ever 22 aggregate, 849-24X.

Sure enough, a young and rather attractive blonde started hovering near that side of the car with the occasional glance inside and then toward the store.

Revised: 30 January 2014

Bullet quality is determined by many factors, one of which is weight. When all bullets weigh the same, they are more likely to fly to the same point on the 50 yard target. (I’ve written on this topic before here and also here.)

But the offer reached me by word of mouth rather than the usual NRA letter in the mail so after spending my money, I wanted to be sure it “took” but knew it would take a while to reach the NRA’s computers.