As an early Christmas present back in November, my wife and I received a Mossberg 702 Plinkster .22 caliber rifle from my brother-in-law, Skippy. We went shooting, and took my children Sara (11) and Zack (9) along with us to learn the basics of gun safety and learn how fun firearms can be when used safely.

Now, Sara had some reservations about going shooting, chiefly regarding the safety of firearms. After a resolving-concerns session where we identified that her chief issue was a fear of shooting someone else, we talked about how to avoid doing that when sport shooting.

I don't get it. Why on earth are iPhones selling for 10% or more above retail on eBay? I've been investigating my iPhone choices, and it sure as heck looks like my best option is either a refurb iPhone from the Apple Store... or a new iPhone from the Apple Store.

Okay.. so here's one.

I have recently wiped my laptop clean because of all the viruses and spyware.

I am using my laptop primarily for a single program which is memory intensive and can crash easily. I know virusscan prgrams can take a lot of resources and traditionally can make things crash sometimes.

BUT.. I don't want those things again.. my friend who installed my new version of XP pro for me says I don't need it and that windows firewall really does the trick.. claims he never gets virusses.

This year i decided that i am going to ride in the MS Bike ride. I have supported the MS society for many years since my mom has suffered with it for 20+ years now. My parents have lived on the west coast for the last 6 or so years and are huge supporters out there. During one of the MS bike rides out there last year, she was interviewed by the 24hour Fitness cycling team. Her interview is about 2/3 rds of the way through the video. Pretty cool to see her on youtube.