Author Archives: Davidwhitewolf

Living in the Green Country

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Davidwhitewolf

My maternal grandfather was an Arkie — like the Okies from Grapes of Wrath, but he and his wife moved to California from Arkansas in the 1930s. As a kid I was always puzzled by Grandpa’s tendency to use “country” … Continue reading →

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Feelings of a Republican on the Fall of Bonaparte

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Davidwhitewolf

One of the Things I Did During COVID Lockdown was resolve to read a poem every night, generally whilst sipping something with a decently high proof. (See also here.) So I moved my meagre collection of poetry volumes to a … Continue reading →

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Drop-In T-Track Channel Covers

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Davidwhitewolf

Seen at Traction Control blog. Very cool. Saving this for when I get around to redoing the workbenches. Info on how to get yours here: http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/drop-in-t-track-channel-covers/

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Orville Bierkle’s Revolver, 70th Anniversary

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Davidwhitewolf

The 70th anniversary of the Chosin Reservoir battle happened last year, so I did a daily post of Sergeant Orville Bierkle’s war diary entries — with illustrative links — in the seminal Calguns.net thread to commemorate it. Entries span from … Continue reading →

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…Aaaaand we’re back!

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Davidwhitewolf

It’s been more than two years since the last post, but it’s time to dust off the ol’ keyboard and get back to it. The ease of posting on Facebook and Twitter sapped the gunblogosphere of its vitality, but I … Continue reading →

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Kavanaugh!

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Davidwhitewolf

Currently puffing a celebratory Undercrown Maduro and sipping some of my precious stash of Elmer T. Lee. It’s been 25 years since I saw the lonely flyer tacked up in a back hallway of UC Davis Law School, plaintively calling … Continue reading →

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Can a Song be Composed Entirely of Hooks?

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Davidwhitewolf

I dunno about you, but Blood of Bannockburn by my current go-to earworm band, Sabaton, sounds pretty hook-filled to me. Below’s my Youtube playlist of the earwormiest of their oeuvre I’ve found. The first one includes lyrics by Audie Murphy. … Continue reading →

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Saving Western Civilization, One Mind at a Time

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Davidwhitewolf

I’ve mentioned my high-school choir teacher David Pool once or twice before; a Juilliard grad, he was known for taking insecure nerds, geeks and social outcasts and turning them into self-confident young men and women, starting by treating us first … Continue reading →

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7mm Dakota Specialty Pistol Article [Images restored March 2021!]

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Davidwhitewolf

Who can argue with a 600-plus-yard pistol for elk? (And yes, I know about Elmer Keith and his .44 Magnum as a long-range elk gun. You and I are not Elmer Keith, and this is not about that.) Ages ago … Continue reading →

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Accelerate and Disobey

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Davidwhitewolf

Spivonomist had a favorite EP from the ’80s he’d lost, but he found the track after 18 years of trying to remember the band. There’s got to be a German portmanteau word for the specific feeling of satisfaction in such … Continue reading →

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