Free Speech, Violence, and the Line We Just Crossed September 10, 2025 — 14:55 Charlie Kirk, political commentator and activist. I just got a message from one of my instructors saying Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. I had to ask who he was, because I don’t keep a scoreboard of famous names. But … Read more
Why I Write — Reflections on History, Family, and the Pressure Relief Valve By qball45 • September 5, 2025 Today I’ve been pouring out words again. Thank God for my audio recorder and transcriber—without them, none of this would get out of my head and onto a page. Writing is so much easier now than … Read more
Narrator’s Voice Since I’ve discovered the best technique for me to convey my mental words into written form, I’ve also discovered something unexpected: my narrator’s voice. It hit me during something as simple as reading a bedtime story to my granddaughter. Instead of fumbling and stumbling over the words, I’ve found myself slipping into that … Read more
Words, Narratives, and Firearms Rights It seems like every time the subject of firearms comes up, certain groups work hard to twist the language and shift the conversation. Clear terms get redefined, narratives get rewritten, and before long the public discussion isn’t even about the same thing anymore. I’ve written more about how liberal Democrats … Read more
Why the Minnesota Supreme Court Decision Matters to a Guy Like Me This isn’t just news. This is personal. See, I’m a believer in the Second Amendment — not because it’s trendy or political, but because it’s foundational. The Constitution doesn’t give me rights — it protects the God-given ones I was born with. One … Read more
Tools, Fire, and the Standard I Live By I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I work. How I move. How I lead. And yeah, I’ve had help along the way — tools, tech, AI even. But don’t get it twisted: none of this works without me behind the wheel. I’ve always been this … Read more
Back in July of 2013 I took the kids to watch the mini rod tractor pull. Naturally I decided to take a few pictures. Well… Pictures turned into videos. I’m not one for keeping cool videos to myself so it was uploaded to my YouTube channel. For some reason I was looking at view counts … Read more
Having heard the stories about The Edmund Fitzgerald and it’s disappearance on November 10th, 1975 we’ve been talking about making a trip up to Duluth in November. So arrangements were made to get the trip put into our busy schedule. As luck would have it the weekend, Duluth and the majority of Minnesota is being clobbered by … Read more
It appears that I’m having an Anniversary here on the site. Who’d have remembered? Certainly not I! Thanks to WordPress.com for the reminder notification. I may have forgotten this particular Anniversary however, I did remember and made plans for Sunday. There may or may not be some dinner plans with the Mrs to celebrate … Read more
I was in between coats of paint in the bathroom so naturally I moved the ladder out to make a bit more space. I guess the cats figured I was giving them a new climbing toy or something. It was fun watching them climb up and down. –QBall45