Monday Nitwittery

Today, the bobbleheads/bubbleheads at Fox News discuss the dangerous epidemic of citizens acquiring armored vehicles.

Sarcasm mine.

Seriously, the van was not milsurp.  Yeah, it's more hardened than your typical Econoline, but get real Fox News, the guy could've shot at DPDHQ from a freakin' Geo before fleeing the area.

Ultimately, the fortified van was no match for a/some .50 BMG round(s).

Do these idiot newsreaders think there are lots of folks likely to spend $100K or a half mil to acquire - and nefariously employ - actual surplus DOD materiel?   Doesn't seem likely to me.

Went for an after-dark bike ride last night.  Before leaving, I outfitted said bike with some lighting I'd acquired on clearance at the local ALDI: A strobing 5 LED handlebar headlight, a dangling 2 LED white LED flasher, and its counterpart red flasher that I hung from the rear luggage rack.  As well, the bike has had magneto powered red LEDs in the pedals for some time.

As I approached a fishing pond along the bike path, a fishing dude says "Oh, I'm sorry - I was just trying to get this line loose..."  I guess he thought I was a bike cop or P&W or something.

"Um, no problem" I said as I kept riding by.

My friend who serves as a local rain collector and reports to one of the TV stations sent an email that our town got .12" of rain today.  Woo-hoo!

Kids' mom emailed a short video today of Daughter in one of those indoor skydiving simulators - looks like fun.

FG¹ texted me today, asking if I'd seen the new Jurassic Park, or if more 'cerebral' fare would better suit.

Me, cerebral?  WTH? 

I don't think so, Tim². 

• As I responded to Denney Crane recently, FG does not have this URL.  No one who's read the thoughts contained on this blogsite is gonna consider me cerebral.
• Still, it made me chuckle.

¹ Apologies to KC for co-opting the term - I just don't really know how to refer to her.  As she's a wee bit my senior, GF sounds weird, and the term Lady-friend sounds ghey.

² Edit: When I wrote this post, I meant the tagline as a reference to Home Improvement's Tim Taylor.  But looking at the image, I'm given to ponder that it may be of Timmy Leary...