I am an old man.
In other news, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” opened (and by “opened”, I mean official opening, as opposed to the endless stream of previews) 10 years ago Monday.
Archive for June 16th, 2021
Hey! You kids! Get off my lawn!
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021Out of magic.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021Scott Brooks out as head coach of the Washington Wizards, though this is being presented as an inability to negotiate a new contract instead of a firing.
He was 183-207 over five years. The Wizards actually made the playoffs this year:
They lost in the first round to Philadelphia.
Random gun crankery, some filler.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021This is a little newer than I usually like to use, and I have not watched all of it yet. But I have linked to DeviantOllam before, I trust his content, and I don’t think he’s quite as popular in the gun community as hickok45 or Forgotten Weapons…
“Gun Storage: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Gun Safes and Locks”.
From the wonderful folks at Wilson Combat: “Gun Guys Ep. 34 with Bill and Ken”. This time, they discuss “Elmer Keith, the .44 Magnum, and the .357”. I like this because it serves as a decent introduction to Elmer Keith (who I have touched on before) for those folks who are interested in guns, but came after the Elmer Keith era.
Jerry Miculek shoots his S&W 5906 Performance Center pistol (which was apparently an overrun from a contract with the Mexican Special Forces). Bonus: 9MM Incendiary ammo.
I watched this over the weekend (it popped up in my recommendations). Then I started looking at 5906 pistols on GunBroker…
Random acts of hoplobiblophilia:
Modern Gunsmithing by Clyde Baker. This is only “fair” at best, and yes, that is a crappy dust jacket. But this is one of those original Samworth/Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company editions that are hard to find. Ran across this at HPB, and paid what I think is about the same price as I would have paid on ABEBooks.
One of the odd things about Samworth’s books is that he didn’t use a printers key, so it’s hard to tell what printing one of his books is. You have to rely on internal clues, like the advertising pages in the back of the book: while the original copyright is 1933, the advertising page in the back is dated September 1950, and includes some SATPCO post-WWII books.
Headline of the day.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021This is the first time that I’ve ever found a story with a headline that I wanted to link, but I don’t even want to mention the headline here for reasons.
So I’m just going to put a link right here. I’m not going to tell you what the headline is, though I will tell you it is from the NYPost. Click at your own risk. You have been warned.
One hint: it involves a famous and controversial musician. Think “Chappelle’s Show”. Not Prince.
Happy Bloomsday!
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021Wow. Maybe I will be able to get it together to do Bloomsday greeting cards before the 100th anniversary of Ulysses next year.
In the meantime, please to enjoy: by way of Hacker News, vintage recordings of James Joyce actually reading from his works.
I’m Gundy, dammit!
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021Stan Van Gundy out as coach of the New Orleans Pelicans after a single season.
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New Orleans’ inability to close games was another of its other defining features. It lost an NBA-most 14 games when it had a double-digit lead.
Perhaps the most frustrating late-game meltdown came in April against the New York Knicks. The Pelicans led by three points with 7.8 seconds remaining. Van Gundy instructed his team in a timeout to intentionally foul, but veteran guard Eric Bledsoe failed to. Knicks forward Reggie Bullock tied the game with a corner 3, and the Knicks won in overtime.