Obama Will Be Twisting...

...his tongue in the opposite direction, making amends to Neteyahu, if it turns out that Israel is sitting atop huge oil reserves as suspected. I think the fucking unAmerican arsehat, pro-Muslim, anti-Israeli POS needs to be booted out of the White House ASAP.

See: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/08/potentially-game-changing-oil-reserves-discovered-in-israel/

All the best,
Glenn B

Off To The East

Headed out east this morning, that is to eastern Long Island. It's my nephews' birthday and I am going to the party. I am letting the LIRR do the driving for the great majority of the trip, then my sister should be picking me up at the train station. If not, then I will be on the next train west. Maybe I should pick up a gift on the way since I forgot yesterday.

All the best,
GB

When She Said "Not Tonight Honey"...

...she meant it.

All the best,
Glenn B

What Was This Arsehat Thinking?

I do not condone the attempted killing of law enforcement officials when they are lawfully conducting their duties; heck, I was a LEO for over 32 years. Of course, nor do I condone any illegal or tyrannical actions on the part of law enforcement officers while conducting their duties.

That out of the way let me just ask, what did this modern age William Tell think he was going to accomplish? Did he even for a moment envision himself taking down an entire arrest team with his crossbow before they got him or was he trying to commit suicide by cop or was he just an out and out asshole!

See: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/10/michigan-man-fatally-shot-after-hit-officer-with-crossbow/?intcmp=hplnws.

Whatever he was thinking, if thinking at all, I imagine he is where he belongs now, in the morgue.

All the best,
Glenn B

Are We One Step Closer To Armageddon?

One has to wonder if it is a giant step too, at least if the as of yet unconfirmed report that Turkey has downed a Russian Mig-29 for violating its airspace is true.

See: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reports-russian-jets-shot-down-in-turkey/article/2573848

All the best,
Glenn B

She Might Have Been Cold Once Upon A Time...

 

 

...but over the years, with modern gear, she has warmed up just a bit (scroll down).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a bit more)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See what I mean!

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Islam The Religion of peace - You Have Just Got To Love It...

...when proponents of said religion bomb a peace rally, don't ya! And please don't tell me it wasn't Islamists who bombed it.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/10/turkey-bomb-blast/?intcmp=hpcmt

All the best,
GB

Sixty

So far, it's been just another day after all is said and done.

All the best,
GB

What Could Be Better Than Camel Toe & Guns...

...even if the guns are fakes as I suspect. My guess is that's genuine camel toe and that makes up for the fake guns, don't ya think!

All the best,
GB

If Only Obama & Putin Made As Much Sense...

...as did Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, then the war being waged against ISIS might come to an end much sooner and with much better results (as in the utter defeat of ISIS). So what is it that he has called for that makes so much sense - he wants Russia and the coalition (of which the U.S. in the lead nation) to work with one another to eliminate the threat posed by ISIS.

"“If there is coordination and cooperation between the international coalition and Russia against Daesh, that will achieve better results,” Barzani said in the statement, using an Arabic name for Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL."

It is so sensible and so simple and would be so effective that you can almost rest assured that it will not happen. More here.

All the best,
Glenn B

She Is Not Just A Nasty Bitch...

...she is a dirty rotten cunt in my estimation. I have spoken to quite a few secret service agents who dealt with her first hand and not one ever had a good word for her - only stories of her being a true piece of shit toward them and toward others. I volunteered for and flew as an air marshal for 5 1/2 moths after 9/11 and she was on at least a few to several shuttle flights between Washington, DC and NYC, going one way or the other, and from what I could see she always acted arrogantly toward her assigned Secret Service agent and often the same toward the flight crews. I witnessed that first hand. I would not vote for her for president if my life depended on it.

You must know by now, I am referring to whom I consider to be the Cunt of all cunts - Hillary Clinton. More about her wonderful vaginal attitude here.

All the best,
Glenn B

The Real KTKC Team Glenn B Raffle Winners

I think I got it right this time and the winners of the team Glenn B Kilted To Kick Cancer raffle are:

First Prize:

# 54 Hubert Kostron
300 rounds Winchester 22LR ammunition in wooden collector’s box.
Box of FMJ 9mm ammunition.
1 lb. of Hunters Reserve Roadkill Summer Sausage (no it is not really made from roadkill but is made from meat like venison and elk).

Second prize:

#129 Frank Dominguez
Puma SGB Deadwood Fixed Blade Knife
Smith’s 10 Second Knife & Scissor Sharpener

Third Prize:

#148 Steve Yagoda
$50 gift card for Friendly’s Restaurants

Fourth Prize:

#99 Pete Angelino
Encased 2011, 25th Anniversary, First Strike, U.S. Silver Eagle $1.00 Coin – rated MS70 by PCGS. (Could bring you luck with the cards.)
Bicycle Playing Cards, carton of 12 decks. (Maybe you can multiply that silver dollar into many more.)    

Fifth Prize:

#80 Maria Rey
Magic Eight Ball (What better and fun way to tell your future could there be?)

KTKC Team Glenn B Raffle Winners - Almost...

 

 

...kind of, sort of a list of the winners, except for the fact that I screwed up and shortchanged two donors some chances to win. Think I have it straight now, am waiting for confirmation from those who donated that it looks right, once I get that I will redo the drawing.

 



First Prize:
#59 Tim O’Brien
300 rounds Winchester 22LR ammunition in wooden collector’s box.
Box of FMJ 9mm ammunition.
1 lb. of Hunters Reserve Roadkill Summer Sausage (no it is not really made from roadkill but is made from meat like venison and elk).

Second prize:

#90 Pete Angelino
Puma SGB Deadwood Fixed Blade Knife
Smith’s 10 Second Knife & Scissor Sharpener

Third Prize:

#112 Frank Dominguez
$50 gift card for Friendly’s Restaurants (If you don’t live on LI, let me know and I can sub another gift card for this one.)

Fourth Prize:

#40 Ray Barrett
Encased 2011, 25th Anniversary, First Strike, U.S. Silver Eagle $1.00 Coin – rated MS70 by PCGS. (Could bring you luck with the cards.)
Bicycle Playing Cards, carton of 12 decks. (Maybe you can multiply that silver dollar into many more.)    
              
Fifth Prize:
#145 D.J. McSweeney
Magic Eight Ball (What better and fun way to tell your future could there be?)



All the best,
GB

 

October 4th - Today In History

"He serves his party best who serves his country best."

Could you imagine a politician today not only saying that but living by it? I certainly could not but Rutherford B. Hayes, born on this day in 1822, said it at his presidential inauguration and despite not being considered a very effective president he tried to live it too. More on him here.

In addition, today was an important day for another reason, much more important than most any of us probably realize. On October 4, 1636, the first legal code written in North America was instituted by the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony. It was an extremely important legal code that would help mold our Constitution in as much as it guaranteed things like trial by jury and that all laws be enacted only with the consent of the freemen of the colony. More here.

All the best,
Glenn B

Our Next President

Who knows who is going to be our next prez. Maybe it could be her. Certainly looks gun friendly and fairly presidential too. If she had half a brain I might even vote for her. She'd almost assuredly have to be better than what we have now and if not at least she would be easier on the eyes.

All the best,
GB

The Importance of Firearms Training

I just never realized, until now, how darned realistic were those silhouette targets.

A hat tip to Ed S for posting that on his FB page from whence I lifted it.

All the best,
Glenn B

Chris Mintz Needs Your Help

Chris Mintz reportedly attempted to prevent the Oregon school shooter piece of shit from entering a room to shoot more victims. For his efforts, Mintz was reportedly shot seven (7) times. He survived and is to undergo extensive surgery and medical treatments to save him. More info can be found here.

A relative of his has started a Go Fund Me page in the hopes of raising $10.000. Amazingly, it appears they are well on the way to raising at least 3/4 of a million as they are well over 600K right now. I just donated a humble amount and if you would like to do the same, or donate more, you can do so through this link:

https://www.gofundme.com/s75ge9y4

All the best,
Glenn B

A Well Dressed 45

 

 

Al the best,

GB

Update On Microsoft Windows 10 Problems

Windows 10, with HP's help, apparently screwed up my laptop more than I thought. It became impossible to sign on using my fingerprint reader after installation, and subsequent removal of MS Windows 10 even tough I reverted to Windows 7 Ultimate which was my previous OS. After trying every bit of advice I could find on HP's website, about how to get the fingerprint reader to work, with no success, I decided to try a complete system recovery. That failed twice. I decided to try again today. The third time was a charm and it finally seems to have worked out right today. Time will tell though since I have not yet finished downloading and installing all of the darned 182 MS updates that the system now requires since the recovery brought the laptop back to its original state from 2012 when I purchased it.

So far though, almost everything seems to be working properly. I have one problem logging onto Blogger because it shows that an error took place each time I have logged onto it.  I merely close the error window and it works fine, so I have no clue what was the error. Anyway, not only do I need to finish the Windows updates, I also have to update all of the hardware drivers and all of the HP software. I figure it will take several more hours to get it all done, I have already been at it about 4 hours now.

While the problems all started with the installation of Windows 10, it has become evident that at least part of the problem was caused by HP. For some reason unfathomable to me, they decided to only update software and drivers for computers purchased in 2013 or later to make them completely compatible with Windows 10. That means my laptop, which was purchased in 2012, was apparently considered obsolete to the folks at HP and in that regard they decided to simply fuck over any customers who purchased high end (which is mine) or other computers from them prior to 2013. As far as I am concerned they are a bunch of motherless arsehats and I will be buying a Dell next time around unless they make some major amends for their crappy customer service. Regardless, I am pretty sure a lot of the problem must be due to Windows 10. I keep hearing about all sorts of compatibility issues that others have had and have seen all sorts of fixes posted about online. It seems almost as if Windows 10 is a beta version, a poor one at that, of a new OS as opposed to the new Cadillac of operating systems. If MS and HP ever get the bugs ironed out, I may try it again but probably no time soon.

Sadly, when I reverted to my original system configuration, Internet Explorer went back to version 9. I had version 10 installed and liked it and when I tried to upgrade to it all I was offered was version 11. I upgraded to that forgetting that it sucked because it does not allow the option to open sites in new windows as opposed to opening everything (as it does) in tabs. I do not like tabbed browsing but will have to get used to it now. Oh well, live and learn.

All the best,
Glenn B

 

Kilted To Kick Cancer Results

Here is a link to the team standings for the Kilted To Kick Cancer fundraiser during September 2015 (as of the latest team standings info when I typed this):

http://www.kiltedtokickcancer.org/fundraising-competition-standings/

I think an amazing amount of money was raised in one month for just about 350 donations. I have to hand it to the top two teams - they raised an outstanding amount of money for the cause and the first place team - Team Dragon - destroyed the competition!

I again want to send out a really big thank you to everyone who donated through team Glenn B. As per the team standings, we had 19 donations amounting to $580; however the final count has not been tallied and by my calculations we had at least 21 donations amounting to a total of $755. All who sent me a receipt for their donations through Team Glenn B will be entered in the raffle drawing this weekend. I will announce the winners sometime on Sunday evening.

By the way, if anyone has donated and not sent me your receipt and received acknowledgement from me that I got it - please let me know in a comment here or email me again. I cannot enter anyone into the raffle if I am not aware of their donations. The people I am aware of so far, who donated to KTKC through Team Glenn B are:

Pete Angelino
Nancy Aquila
Ed Barton
Ray Barrett
Rose Carducci
David Chan
Ed Dempsey
Bob Devine
Frank Dominguez
Maria Imburgia
Herb Kaufer
Alex Killie
Hubert Kostron
Bob McCrossen
D.J. McSweeney
Tim O'Brien
Maria Rey
John Schultz
Al Steinmark
Mike Vannacore
Steve Yagoda
 Thanks again to all who donated.

All the best,
Glenn B

Sgt. Schultz's Long Lost Daughter



 

 

There is a definite family resemblance - isn't there?

 

A hat tip and my thanks to Mike G for sending me that one.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Having To Work In Retirement Sucks...

...but having to work for totally obnoxious arsehats while retired is misery almost unbearable. If I really did not need the money, that I will make over the next few weeks, to pay for this coming winter's heating oil, I would have quit my job today. Sadly my earnings for this week and last week will go toward paying for damage to another persons car that I hit a couple of weeks back and my pension is not enough to cover regular bills with heating oil thrown in to the mix. Sometimes you just have to bear it. Note that I did not say grin and bear it because I most assuredly am not grinning.

If you are working now at your first career, or even in a shit job before you get into a real career, let me tell you what I told my son in a text message less than hour ago:

"Save as much money as you can now, in an IRA or 401K (or whatever it's called) so when u retire, you won't have to work. Working fucking sucks once retired."

If I write more than that, right now, my head may explode despite the vodka cherries (my own concoction) I just had and the vodka I just drank. So, I'll stop now before my brains erupt all over my laptop.

All the best,
Glenn B.

Windows 10 Upgrade

I upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 this afternoon. After having done so, my advice to anyone out there is:

DON'T DO IT!

As far as I am concerned, Windows 10 is little more than a piece of shit very fault prone operating system that may well screw up the workings of your PC - it sure did to mine. I waited weeks to receive notice from Microsoft saying the upgrade was ready for my laptop. Then, after installing it, several of my programs/applications no longer ran or did not run properly. I tried to assure that all my drivers were up to date to see if that would help but Windows 10 apparently would not allow me to do so and whenever I tried to do anything like that, I kept getting a message saying I had to contact the administrator because the application or program had been marked as unsafe. I also found that booting and shutting down the computer were both much slower under Windows 10. In addition programs, that did run, ran slower. None of that had not happened under Windows 7. After several hours of trying to get things to work as they should, I gave up. That was right after I found out I had the option to remove Windows 10 and reinstall Windows 7. I did that but that was not a cure all. I am still having problems with some programs like HP SimplePass, my fingerprint reader and with downloading driver upgrades for things like my graphics card.

I have two words and a number for Microsoft: Fuck Windows 10.

All the best,
Glenn B

Kilted To Kick Cancer - Day 19 (Very Late Entry)

Well, there I was working all week and taking care of the house with the wife away for ten days; so, I did not get in much kilt wearing this past week. Thus the absence of photos and blegging reports all week long. Anyway, that changed yesterday, at least for the weekend since I'll be working all this week too but I do have some pics from yesterday. The first is of me  in the local Costco parking lot just after I got to my car to load the groceries into my car's trunk.

The next is of me at JFK Airport while waiting there to pick up the two Long Island princesses after their return from their Mediterranean cruise. You should have seen the look on the guy's face when I asked a stranger in the crowd to please take a photo of me with my phone camera. A little explanation was all that was needed though and he helped me out.

The next is of my wife and daughter. I tried to get a really quick surprise pic and thus it came out a tiny bit blurry as I was still swinging the camera up when I snapped this one. I had wanted to get the looks on their faces when they saw me kilted at the airport but they quickly changed from looks of sheer disgust to smiles when they realized I was taking their photo and my daughter told my wife to smile.

Right after I dropped the women off at home, I hopped in my car and headed to the NYCB Theater at Westbury to see the Marshall Tucker Band and the Charlie Daniels Band. Brendan and his friend Pat already preceded me there because there was a chance I would run late with picking up the girls at the airport Somehow, the got through Customs & Border protection inspections within 45-50 minutes of landing. They had just announced a minimum 2 hour wait to cleat CBP so that was a good surprise because I got to the concert early.

 

 

It was a great concert. I had fun being there with Brendan and his pal Pat who both seemed to be totally enjoying it. Charlie Daniels was great as was the Marshall Tucker Band; they sure brought back memories of the mid to late seventies for me.

 

As for the rest of this past week since the 19th, I have been working each day and obviously not wearing my kilt then since I need to wear a uniform. The rest of my time has been spent at home taking it easy since I have had a couple bouts of gout this week and am still feeling pretty crappy since I have not yet gotten my stronger strength prescription for my thyroid meds. In other words, no kilted adventures all week long. I will be kilted this weekend if feeling up to getting out and about and should post some pics by Monday, maybe even tomorrow.

 

By the way, me not being kilted does not mean that I have dropped out of the prostate cancer awareness campaign and Kilted to Kick Cancer fundraiser. I am hopeful you will find it worthwhile to make at least a small donation toward the fight against prostate cancer through the following link:

 

http://www.kiltedtokickcancer.org/product/ktkc-donation-2015/

 

Team Glenn B has fallen to 7th place and sure could use a boost as could the overall amount of donations. To date, as this post is being written, $12,774.00 of the hoped for $50,000 has been raised; Team Glenn B has raised $445 of that. Remember that: "Kilted to Kick Cancer is an IRS 501(c)3 Non Profit and your donations are tax deductible. 100% of donations goes directly to cancer research, prevention and fund raising efforts.  No one at KTKC draws a salary.".

 

All the best,

Glenn B

 

 

 

 



 

It's Been A Tough Week But Blogging And Kilted Blegging To Resume Soon

It's been a long week, what with that rash I had (and still have some bit of it remaining), me feeling pretty much exhausted each day after only about 10 or 12 hours of awake time and me working a full time week for the first time in a long time. The work stuff had me getting up at and that included at 0515each morning, then about 1 to 1 1/4 hour commute to work, then at least a 1 1/2 hour, to 2 1/2 hour commute to home each day. Add to that the wife has been away since last week and I was doing a bunch of household crap too. Walking the dogs, for about an hour each day (I missed two days though) was thrown in there too taking up more of what little time I had left over after the rest of it. Add to that my report I got back from my doctor, that I need more thyroid medication because my hormone level was too low when she tested it late last week, and to that add the fact that since they told me on Tuesday they have not yet called in my prescription, and let me just say that I have been friggin drained without time for any blogging or Kilted To Kick Cancer blegging.

I pick up the wife and daughter tomorrow at the airport, so I am hopeful I can resume both blogging and KTKC blegging by then. I plan to wear the kilt to the airport and then to a Charlie Daniels concert I will be attending right after that (the ladies had best be back on time or may be catching cab home). By Sunday, even if still tired just due to the thyroid thing, I will try to blog and bleg in earnest. Next week though and the remaining weeks in the month, it will be slow going again on weekdays because right now it looks as if I will be working full time for a couple to few weeks. I was happy about that because I needed the money but as it turns out, I will not see the first 1K of it that I bring home. Let's just say that hypothetically speaking, if I ass ended somebody's car, I would be the kind of guy to stop, exchange info, and then pay for the damage once I found out the other driver would be willing to avoid insurance companies.  That is two weeks take-home pay and I have only worked a week of it off so far!

Then there is the matter of a gun I sold and the buyer was not satisfied. I have offered to refund the full selling price and shipping cost but he has not gotten back to me yet. That will mean losing yet another $335.00, $300 of which I thought was as good as in the bank. Oh well.

THIS WEEK HAS SUCKED BOTHE THE CASH OUT OF MY POCKET AND THE LIFE OUT OF ME EVEN THOUGH I WAS WIFELESS FOR ALL OF IT!

All the best,
Glenn B