BANG, YOU'RE DEAD!

The Pottawattamie Indians tell of a legendary Old Man and Little White Wolf who inhabit an Old Spirit Tree down by the Wabash River...

It is 5:49 a.m. and dark out at 54.2 degrees and rainy. Patrick is alsleep, curled up on his afghan at my feet.

Some bright young nerd ought to inplement this new brainstorm I had for computer keyboards: The ability to program keys to print sentences, like your signature, password, address, password, etc. Oh, I know there are automatic features that put those things in, but they are not available all the time. For White Men, you could program in a written Mea Culpa for saying insensitive words about homos or colored people... The Army tells us:

Snipers in Afghanistan Get New Rifle

Army News Service | Matthew Leary | April 23, 2007

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan (Army News Service, April 23, 2007) - Soldiers from Task Force Fury are the first in a combat zone to receive a new sniper rifle, the XM110 semi-automatic sniper system.

The new rifle has several new features, the most prominent being an improved rate of fire.

"It's semi-automatic, so it allows for rapid re-engagement of targets," said Staff Sgt. Jason R. Terry, a sniper instructor with the U.S. Army Sniper School.

Older rifles such as the M24 Sniper Weapon System are bolt-action weapons that require the user to manually feed another round into the chamber after each shot. The automatic firing capabilities of the SASS will decrease lag time in between shots, Staff Sgt. Terry said.

A metal tube that fits over the barrel of the rifle also significantly reduces the signature blast and eliminates the small cloud of dust that rises off the ground from the gases emitted through the barrel.

This advancement will make locating snipers in the field, even after they have fired a shot, difficult for enemy forces, said Staff Sgt. Terry.


More later, maybe.

GO GATORS!!!