The Flying Leathernecks was the movie of the night last night with Heidi. What to say about it... Hmmm.. it was a world class example of cutting actual war footage with footage of our favorite actors. It reminded me a lot of Baa Baa Black Sheep in that way. Heck I think some of the footage was the same.

The movie is a model of 1950s male stoicism. The kid who calls his dad Major. The suffer in silence, we're all sacrificing for the cause here attitudes. The carefully concealed yet totally visible pain upon losing a buddy. Exactly what I expected from it. And with John Wayne for extra man movie points. My favorite character though has to be the air crew chief Clancy.

Well the whole Geek Posse showed up last night. Everybody did really well. Deanna was spotted shooting with her eyes open. Pretty much everyone except Chilly made their average. I shot 20 in practice and 19 in the book. This week I was all about consistency in mount. You know what? If you put the gun in the same place every time you almost can't help breaking birds even when you're pointing poorly. Ergonomics really is everything in a shotgun.

I suppose that's why the BT-99Micro with the 13.5" LOP that Charley loaned me forever ago when I was shooting 6s and 8s let me hit 20. Because it really fit me well. Fortunately for me the Mossberg also fits well and only cost me $200. Anyhow... I think the thing I need to do now is make mounting identical, repeatable, and thoughtless. I think that'll get me the next few birds to move up from moderately good punter with an average of 17 or so, to good shooter with an average in the low 20s.

Well it was the first hot week of summer trap. I was sweating, and missing my sunglasses. Also the first week without a jacket and it showed in my mount. I have a series of about 10 little bruises across my shoulder where I couldn't find the pocket without an extra half inch of coat.

First round wasn't so good for me, but the second round worked out well. I got 21 in the book. If I can keep this up I'll be really happy. Everyone else did really well too. Tonight I have three shotguns to clean though as we packed up and didn't clean before they all got loaded in the car to come home with me.

Afterwards Heidi and I watched Operation Petticoat. I forgot how much I like those old silly movies.

bacon!

Well I'm back from bacon. I think everyone had a good time. I did despite the fact the toilet in my sleeping room didn't really work. The hotel was full and there was nowhere they could move us. It was great to mix up my friends from their diverse corners and introduce them. I don't know why it still amazes me that friends of mine from different circles like each other but it does.

Programming seemed to be really popular. I was totally and completely disorganized with the knife sharpening and maybe it needed a longer time slot. The axman field trip however was great, and so was shoe bling and pachinko.

My weekend has to be classed on the whole as completely and totally amazing, enlightening even. Just fantastic, if sleep deprived.