It’s been raining off and on all day – just not the sort of day you want to do anything on. So, I didn’t. MEG and I just hung out all day, reading and watching movies.

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I should have pointed out Bill Whittle’s latest entry in Thursday’s roundup, but I didn’t.

Turns out I missed his December entry also. Once I finished reading that one, I was reminded of that old SNL line: “Jane, you ignorant slut!”

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I’ll be wearing my Red on Friday shirts while on my Road Trip. Since I have three, I should be able to cover three days of driving in style … showing my support for my troops everywhere!

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Wandering around the web today – we find Guy K recovering from tooth extraction and reminiscing about his travels on Charming, Just Charming. Greybeard offers a suggestion for information from Iraq, and an insight into the cosmetic aspect of the next four years in D.C. Paul over at Prying 1 cleaned out his fireplace. With a Shop-Vac. There is a possibility there was no filter involved…

Texas Fred, over in his corner of the web, Ace in the Hole, ponders with shock and dismay as New Orleans records very high crime rates for 2007. No, really – he is shocked, and dismayed.

Ed Dickson over at Fraud, Phishing, and Financial Misdeeds has a review of what the IT crew found to be important issues last year, and a brief commentary on Lou Dobbs’ opinion of Hillary. Meanwhile, Jenn of the Jungle opens a can regarding the Iowa Primaries, and covers the importance of lawyers on No PC BS. Akinoluna carries on the theme of reviews. Stu covers the Libs’ need for confessions on Seaspook’s Rants. Doug over at Political Pistachio opines on the Republicans, or what are passing as Republicans, in the Iowa Primaries.

Bloviating Zeppelin has a strong message of appreciation for all service members, and pulls a post from Just John which perfectly illustrates the lengths to which one man will go for another. Thanks for the reminder, BZ. Thank you for your service, John.

Over at Our Sovereign Joy, Scott helps us make sense of the question, “What does it all mean?” Kasee helps us remember our Wednesday Hero over at Mail Call! Supporting the Troops. The Old Ranter is recovering from his episode with the medical community – thankfully the grief community didn’t have any dealings with him…

You want RAW truth? For those of you with strong stomaches, head over to Long Live the Republic and let Gunz point out some fun facts for you. For the very strong of mind, and Marine at heart, scroll down to Santa Boot Camp… Head over to One Loon’s Tale, settle in on the Lake, and browse the countryside for true appreciation of the Armed Forces. Bushwack closed his year out with a video of southern entertainment over at American and Proud. Sugarcat shares some holiday pictures, and feelings, on her blog.

Be sure to check out the others on my read list – some aren’t as active, and sometimes blogrolling doesn’t always update the rolls, but there is always something interesting to read.

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In the interest of full disclosure, and I wasn’t going to show you at first, I must admit that yesterday I pulled a pretty bone-headed stunt.

For those not familiar with the safety rules of a table saw, keep in mind that one of the most important rules is that you have control of the wood on BOTH sides of the blade at all times – meaning the tail side, away from the rip fence (if one is being used) and the stock side (the side between the blade and the fence). Failure to maintain control of both pieces could result in the stock piece either jamming between the blade and the fence, or, in my case, being grabbed by the blade and spun back towards the operator at a very high rate of speed and lethality, also known as “kickback.”

I was not in the correct position for handling the piece I was cutting; if I was the kickback would not have happened. I was using the table saw for a cut that I should have grabbed a circular saw for – and I paid:

Keep in mind this picture was taken well after the oozing and everything had stopped. The shirt I was wearing has a nice high-speed wear pattern on it, too. Oh, and this was a glancing impact, since I wasn’t directly behind the blade.

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