Gun Show Weekend; Tuscola, IL

Dec 28-29

tuscola Gun and Knife Show

tuscola community building 122 w north , central st tuscola IL 61953

217-460-2387

$5 entry hildren under 12 free, show from 9AM - 4PM Sat, 9AM - 2PM Sun

That's where I'll be this weekend.  A few other shows this weekend as well in Quincy and Effingham.

Back to regular posting on Monday.

Closed For The Holidays

Go away and do something w/ your family/friends/the needy.  What are you doing here anyway?

Oh No-es! There Tokyo Goes!!!

The last major push for Nihon sheets was today. My buddy who paints my minis came down to help out, get his xmas gift (the BGG special sheets), and do some other geek stuff.  After the packing, the 'other' geek stuff came into play.  He punched out, colored the edges of, and assembled the 3-D pieces.  I punched out the first of my sheets (yeah, I've had the game a month and haven't gotten to play), a set of my Nihons which I also colored the edges of (the 'berry' colored sharpie works great). 

We then set up our doomsday board.  BGG-zilla, giant crater, UFO, Nihon forces, etc.

Yeah, this is going to be fun. Soon my packing table will be turned into a gaming table and many infantry and hovercraft will be crushed under the treads of OGRE's.

Hope For Chicago?

Sharpton showed up to preach more hate against whites and guns.  Apparently it didn't turn out quite the way he hoped:

“The manner in which we have been voting needs to change,” Wendy Pearson, an activist against Chicago school closings, told the room. “I’m here to say to you that we have been trained to vote in a specific manner… we need to start looking at the manner in which our elected officials have been voting… if they have not voted in a manner that is beneficial to you, yours, and your community, then you need to start voting them out.”

McKinley told the room, “Stop blaming just anybody for the violence in the city of Chicago. Blame the right people, not just white people, but the right people. Because it’s not just white folks a part of this, but it is on the fifth floor. The fifth floor took your schools, the fifth floor just took your jobs that he said that he gave to the ex-offender… and every single alderman was a part of this criminal process.”

Methinks some neighborhoods aren't going to see any road service for awhile. 

Here's the deal folks. Your 'representatives' are chosen for you.  Even if you do manage to vote in someone you like, the 'leaders' of the party you primarily support will force them to drop out, just like Dick Durbin did in 2010.  If you want to form your own 'Tea Party' like you claim, then plan to see lots of your relatives having 'accidents' and audits in your future. 

That's the Chicago Way.