From Mail & Guardian online:

A rash of cases of Malaysian women being tricked into having sex with fraudulent "healers" has prompted a warning from authorities for women to beware of smooth-talking con men.

In the latest case, a 41-year-old woman was tricked into having sex dozens of times with a medium who claimed to be the "Ninth Emperor of the Kingdom of God" and said she was possessed by evil spirits, newspapers reported on Wednesday.

The 52-year-old medium said her domestic and financial problems would be solved with the sex sessions, which took place over seven months at a cost of 20-50 ringgit ($5,50 to $13,85) each, during which he moved into her house.

He was eventually turfed out by the woman's husband and has threatened to put a curse on the family.

Dr. Joe recommends sex as a cure for everything but this guy was out of line--unless he was hired by the husband in which case the couple is just too stupid be given much sympathy. Even sex doesn't cure stupidity.

Everything's better with a boom.

Lee Ellyn Frailey
April 30, 2006
While at Boomershoot 2006.

Via Ry and Wired Magazine. Take The AQ Test:

Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

I scored a 23.  Ry scored 13.

Aspergers is closely related to Autism.

Wile E. Coyote's got nothing on us.

Steve Joachim
April 30, 2006
After blasted an 80-pound anvil over 100 feet into the sky, which then buried itself into the ground, for halftime entertainment at Boomershoot 2006.

Boomershoot 2006 was the best ever.  No doubt about it.  I'm way too tired to say everything I want to about it now but here are some links to what the Spokesmans Review (a Spokane area paper) had to say about it:

• Boomershoot 2006 (video Journal)
• Boom with a view (on the front page!)

The high point of the event for me was seeing 17 year-old Sara Young (Xenia's friend and one of the workers for Boomershoot) detonate a 700 yard boomer on her first shot.  Of course she was using the rifle of one the Precision Rifle Clinic's Instructors and had some expert coaching from him, but it was still quite a thrill for both Sara and I.

For some shooters, the event is all about marksmanship. Others say they're driven by politics – how the combination of guns and explosives is the ultimate expression of their constitutional rights as well as a gentle show of force for anybody watching in the federal government.

James Hagengruber
May 1, 2006
Spokesman Review: Boom with a view

It's an overcast day and vampires could attack at any time. We take safety very seriously.

James Huffman-Scott
Boomershoot April 30, 2006
Explaining the reason for the wooden stakes being given to every participant at check in.  The real reason, which James was not allowed to know, was that each shooter was to get a personal target to put at close (20 to 30 yards) range after lunch. More context from James:

Random person checking in "What's the stake for?"

Me: "Killing vampires."

Possible follow ups:

"Bullets won't hurt a vampire, they'll just piss it off. That's why you need a stake."

"It's an overcast day and vampires could attack at any time. We take safety very seriously."

Do you know how to double the effectiveness of any bullet?  Put another round through your target.

Greg Hamilton
Self Defense Instructor
Nov. 19, 1995
[The lesson was, don't put effort into buying the best bullet or cartridge, put your efforts into placing your shots where they count.--Joe]

We care more for our liberties than to meekly hand over to the federal government the potential to ennumerate, track, identify and eventually control.

It's not going to promote national security. It's not going to help us prevent illegal immigration. It's just going to help the government keep tabs on ordinary citizens.

Neal Kurk
State Representative, New Hampshire
April 25, 2006
N.H. leads a rebellion against driver's license regulations

The mayor's answer is an elitist national campaign on the backs of law-abiding gun owners. Believe me, the rest of the country does not want Mayor Bloomberg's elitist gun policies, because they don't work.

Chris Cox
NRA-ILA
April 26, 2006
CBS News: Big City Mayors Huddle On Gun Control

I suspect this will be my last post for a few days.  I'll either have Xenia post a "Quote of the Day" or back date them after Boomershoot 2006 is over.  I have to work all day today at my new job then drive home to Idaho tonight.  Thursday morning I head out to the Boomershoot range to prepare for the big event.  No internet access from Thursday morning until late Sunday night.  By late Sunday night I will be ready for a shower and sleep.

Every time they cry wolf, they lose a little more credibility and support. Their ideas on gun control were tried, and failed. The social experiment is over. It is time to stop denying our rights and heritage based on a pack of lies.

Dan White
21 April 2006
Protestors Cry Wolf Again
Ohioans for Concealed Carry
[Lies and bigotry.--Joe]

It's not done yet but it's close.  And it's nearly seven MBytes.  Boomershoot 2005 history video.

Update: It's midnight and I just finished it.  It's nearly 7.5 MBytes now.  I just need to make 100 CD's with it (and some other stuff) on it.  It's taking about four minutes per CD so that means I should get to bed about 6:00 AM.

The high resolution version being put on the CD is here (nearly 39 MBytes).

What do people even need handguns for? Protection, right? However, if no one could buy or carry a handgun legally, no one would need a handgun to protect themselves.

The Minnesota Daily
Editorial April 25, 2006
[I'm thinking 6th grade.  Maybe as high as the 8th grade.  The thinking can't be attributed to someone beyond that level.  What about people that don't need a weapon because of their size, or other weapons such as knives, clubs, or illegally obtained firearms?  Whoever wrote this needs to grow up and answer Just One Question.--Joe]