All of my options fell through - I'm so glad Jason caught this when it aired, or I'd be toast. There was a cable outage at Building 50 and all we got was static.



All the videos are great - why doesn't Jason have a blog?

Thanks Ry.



I don't have a blog because I don't have much to say on a regular basis. (At least nothing that I feel like publishing :-)



How about:

http://blog.recreationalexplosives.org

nothing there yet.

So, why was the guy wearing a hard hat?

Maybe just trying to "get into character" for explosive fun and could only think of construction work and hard hats. Just a guess. He wasn't even there.



Did you notice your John was shown?

John Curley was probably wearing a hard hat because it looked like he was in a Crowley Marine work area, based on the tugboat behind him. It's probably a hardhat area.

Congrats to Joe, Stephanie, Rolf, Ry, and all the Boomershoot crew. That's a wonderfully positive portrayal of your wonderful, positive event.



I wouldn't have dared hoped for anything so consistently upbeat. Even from Evening Magazine.



This feeds Joe's tide-has-turned meme. That's so cool.

since I can't comment over there, let me ask...



when do you get an rss feed?



when do you get a commenting engine?



Love,

Ry

Super swell story. Thanks to the diverse crowd of people who were comfortable enough to appear on camera, shooting/detonating explosives.



Gosh, when everyday people such as a teachers, physical therapists, doctors, programmers, scientists, reporters, photojournalists, etc. partake in the pleasures of guns n’ explosives... I wouldn’t be surprised if next year, Hollywood science fiction director (http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html) Michael Moore shows up to fire some rounds on the Boomershoot range.



Nor would I be surprised if, next year at Boomershoot, Henry Boitel (http://blog.joehuffman.org/archive/2005/03/14/1698.aspx), gun-fearing NYC lawyer/ porn assistant (http://blog.joehuffman.org/archive/2005/04/12/2345.aspx) appears to join in the good clean fun of pyrotechnics and guns.



Guns -- and the responsible, professional, polite, safety-sensitive people who use them -- have become so mainstream and acceptable, anything is possible.



(Especially being that, as KING 5 NBC News pointed out [http://www.recreationalexplosives.org/video/index.htm], Boomershoot is even safer than bowling.)



Thanks again to NBC TV for shedding a positive light on gun/pyrotechnic enthusiasts.



Gracias to Jason for the snappy video postings. Those will come in handy for attracting more media coverage at future Boomershoots.