Back to the Future

Recently eaten: beef stew, pretzel sticks, peaches in syrup
Recent annoyance: slow downloads

I caught a glimpse of my future on the internet. No, I don't mean the ability of a human being to travel from one place to another electronically from computer portal to computer portal. No, I don't mean my political aspirations will be dashed on the latest issue of the Drudge Report. I want to grow up to be like Yale Metzger.

Police Blow Up Cannonball, Owner Objects
"Yale Metzger wants the Anchorage Police Department to replace his cannonball. Police officers say they blew it up to protect the public.

Metzger said he called police last week to have them examine the cannonball he found in Cordova. Instead, he said, the bomb squad showed up at his home last week with a remote-controlled robot, hauled away the cast iron ball and blew it up.

The police are calling Metzger "an idiot" for carrying the incendiary device around in his truck, then bringing it into downtown Anchorage, where they say it could have sent shrapnel flying for blocks had it exploded."

The Man ain't going to tell me when and if I can keep an incendiary device that I found and recovered. Second Amendment, baby! Those Brits are going to want their most awesome colony back, and when they come a knocking, I won't be caught with my pants down. No, sir.