Nearly every day after their home schooling, the Rawles kids have asked to go snow sledding. We are fortunate to have a great sledding hill in the national forest land that adjoins the Rawles Ranch. It is just a five minute walk from the house, The kids demonstrated their inventiveness by constructing a packed snow jumping ramp at the base of one of their longer sled runs. Our #3 Son regularly achieves “air”, clearing the surface for about 10 feet before landing in deep powder. Quite exhilarating. Speaking of inventiveness, at the dinner table last night I jokingly suggested the new sport of “sled-athalon”–shooting targets with a stainless M1911 .45 ACP whilst traveling downhill on the back of toboggan. (Sort of reminiscent of “Skeet Surfin'” in the opening scenes of the movie Top Secret.) But, alas, The Memsahib nixed that idea, post haste. That was probably for the best, but whatever happened to her sense of adventure?
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OSOM sent us this link about crime in South Africa: Home Sweet Fortress.
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Senator James Inhofe announces release of A Skeptic’s Guide to Debunking Global Warming Alarmism.