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 Is this a trend?  If it is then I hope it’s a growing one!

In the past few months I’ve found a number of young ladies – these are girls under twelve – who are not only gun enthusiasts but are also very adept with firearms.  In every way pertaining to guns, from responsible gun handling to describing various ammo, each of these girls possesses more knowledge and expertise with firearms than most adults.

Here are a couple of examples.  And as you can tell, these ladies also command extremely authoritative and articulate voices.  No doubt a result of the confidence that they have gained from their gun ownership and use.

This first young woman, I discovered on Facebook from the ads for her father’s VERY clever invention StopBox (note: I do not own a StopBox, but I do think it’s pretty cool).  Meet Emma Ervin, from the state ...

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I am not a wise person.

There are many who possess far greater wisdom than I can ever contain in the few cubic inches of mind absent depression or mania.  And those who admit to knowing me will testify, Dear Reader: I have shared many matters I wrestle with on Facebook, hoping that among beloved friends some can lend a measure of that wisdom.
At first, that’s where this was meant to be: posted on Facebook.  But maybe this time I should cast a wider net.  Perhaps some of you who read this blog can provide the answers I seek.
Here it is: Should I want to have children?  Why should I want to have children?
Do I have the right to bring a child into this world?

It is no secret that for the vast majority of my life I have wanted to be a father.  To be entrusted

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If you’re at all a fan of Warhammer 40,000 whether you play the game or just are fascinated with the astounding body of fiction and art it has inspired, you probably got the the news yesterday that there are are childrens books coming out soon based on Warhammer 40,000 and its fantasy sibling Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.  At first I thought it was a joke but a quick look at Bell of Lost Souls confirmed that these are indeed being released in the near future.  Here are the first two:

Reaction from the fanbase has been mixed.  Some are applauding it, some think it’s “too immature” whatever THAT means… especially coming from players of a game during which screams of “WAAAAGH!” are common.  Still others think that Games Workshop is playing a strategy of “get ’em while they’re young” like tobacco companies, Democrats, the John Birch Society and freemium ...

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You can’t have any doubt: those three kids are going to turn out great! They’re gonna be really thankful someday that they have two awesome parents like the Kings.

Laura King and her husband took their three children – ages two, three and eight – out for dinner at a swanky Italian restaurant in Poulsbo, Washington. And when they got the ticket at the end of the meal… it listed a four-dollar discount for “WELL BEHAVED KIDS”!

From the MailOnline story…

A Washington couple were left stunned after their server handed them the bill for their family’s dinner – and they saw they had been given a $4 discount for their ‘Well Behaved Kids’.

Laura King and her husband took their three children, aged two, three and eight, to an Italian restaurant in Poulsbo to enjoy an early-evening meal last Friday.

As they tucked into their feast of

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WARNING: This might be the most gut-bustingly funny link that I have ever directed this blog’s readers to! Kristen and I enjoyed looking at these last night and we literally could not stop laughing! One of them in particular (feel free to guess which one) had me so hysterical that I was nearly keeled-over on the floor. If you are sitting at a desk with a drink, it is HIGHLY advised that you set the beverage safely down before clicking on to this page at HappyPlace featuring inadvertently hilarious test answers from children. And if you’re a teacher or otherwise involved in education you’ll especially get a giggle out of these 🙂...

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A seven-year old lad in Plain City, Utah decided that it was too hot to go to church earlier this week.

So the kid sped off on a joyride in his dad’s car.

911 calls soon flooded the Weber County Sheriff’s Office about the pint-sized motorist. A dash-mounted video camera caught the following footage of the boy, who came to a stop and then dashed off (perhaps to find his mommy)…

Hey, that kid is driving better at 7 than I ever was at 16 😛...

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The very first episodes of Sesame Street are out on DVD. But they carry a warning label: “These early ‘Sesame Street’ episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.” And this is not intended to be a joke either, according to this New York Times article. Seems that a lot of things have changed since Sesame Street‘s first broadcast 38 years ago this month. Among the items listed as unacceptable for today’s children: Cookie Monster smoking a pipe during “Monsterpiece Theater”, Oscar the Grouch is now seen as having untreated depression, and how there are too many “rural — agrarian, even — sequences” in the early episodes.

I have a question: how many of the “child experts”, who sit around all day finding stuff like this to nit-pick about, actually have children?...

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