Trapped in Suburbia…

a blog by Rafael Gomez

Me

IT guy, code monkey, husband, father, target shooter, but unfortunately not independently wealthy.


Archive for November, 2009

Spousal Abuse and Firearms.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

I don’t often post related to firearms but the recent spate of letters and comments in the press from the Coalition for Gun Control and the Canadian Chiefs of Police has been getting on my nerves. While they might like to claim that the gun registry is necessary for the safety of women the fact [...]

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We will remember.

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To [...]

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