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As organizers move into action, the U-T recaps what voters need to know — from legal notices to key facts and common questions
Michael Pallamary, co-chair
• Land-use consultant, Pallamary & Associates, La Jolla
• Ran successful 1991 recall of San Diego City Councilwoman Linda Bernhardt
• Former member, city Board of Zoning Appeals
Stampp Corbin, co-chair
• Publisher, LGBT Weekly
• Chair, city Citizens Equal Opportunity Commission
• Co-chair, 2008 Obama LGBT Leadership Council
John Hoy, political consultant
• Steered successful signature drive for 2012 city pension initiative
• Helped elect Jan Goldsmith city attorney
• Helped elect Lori Zapf to City Council
April Boling, treasurer
• Executive committee member, County Taxpayers Association
• Former chair, Convention Center board
• Lost close District 7 City Council race to Marti Emerald in 2008
Jean Freelove, fundraiser
• Raised campaign funds for former Mayor Jerry Sanders
• Raised funds for county Supervisor Bill Horn
• Assisted House Speaker John Boehner with San Diego-area fundraising
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• Deputy press secretary for Jerry Sanders
• Former communications director for political consultant Tom Shepard
• Former journalist, U-T and Daily Transcript
Signatures needed from registered city voters
Days to collect them (starting today)
Average number needed per day
Approximate number of volunteers collecting signatures
Q: Who is eligible to sign a recall petition?
A: Registered voters in the city of San Diego.
Q: Can I register to vote on the same day I sign the petition?
A: Yes. The registration has to be signed on or before the date the petition is signed. And it has to be received by county elections officials on or before the date the petitions are turned in. Recall proponents said they will have voter registration forms with the petitions.
Q: Do I have to show ID to sign the petition?
A: No, but you will be required to print and sign your name, date the form and provide your address, which should match the address on your voter registration form.
Q: What if I sign more than one petition?
A: Only one of the signatures will count.
Q: What if I sign the petition and then change my mind?
A: You can withdraw your signature by filing a written request with the city clerk before the petition is filed.
Q: Who will be collecting the signatures?
A: Initially, volunteers. More than 800 people have signed up. If necessary — and most political experts believe it will be — the campaign plans to use paid signature-gatherers, a common tactic in qualifying ballot measures. Gatherers typically are paid anywhere from 50 cents per signature to more than $6, depending on how hard it is to collect them and how late in the process they are needed.
Q: Where will petitions be located for the rest of the recall campaign?
A: "Wherever there are people," according to campaign organizers: Chargers games, grocery stores, home-improvement centers, the usual petition places. They also hope to have people walking door-to-door and plan to have an interactive map on their website where people can enter an address and find the location of the nearest signing spot. To connect with people who live in San Diego but work in other cities, some signature-gatherers will also be at gas stations or other businesses frequented by commuters.
Q: Where can I obtain a recall petition?
A: A PDF petition is available through the campaign's website, RecallBobFilner.com, that can be printed out, signed, and mailed back to recall headquarters:
7185 Navajo Road, Suite P
San Diego, CA 92119
Petitions are also available through the mail. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the address above.
Q: How many signatures are required?
A: They need 101,597 valid signatures. (That's 15 percent of the city's registered voters from the last election.) Organizers hope to collect 120,000 signatures to provide a cushion for the inevitable ones found invalid (people signing twice, people signing who aren't eligible, people signing phony names).
Q: Is that a lot?
A: It is. According to Joshua Spivak, who writes The Recall Blog, only four recalls in the history of the U.S. that have needed at least that many signatures have made it to the ballot.
Q: How much time do they have to do it?
A: Thirty-nine days, another large hurdle. State law allows 160 days for recall petitions, but cities can adopt their own rules, and San Diego did, decades ago. When Poway voters recalled Councilwoman Betty Rexford three years ago, the signature-gatherers had 120 days.
Q: What happens when the petitions are turned in?
A: If there are not at least 101,597 signatures, the recall is dead. If that threshold is reached, the City Clerk has 30 days to validate the signatures. That is typically done through sampling, checking a certain number is see what percentage are valid.
Q: If the clerk's review knocks the number of valid signatures below the required threshold, what happens?
A: Proponents will have another 30 days to collect more signatures. (They will also be allowed to collect signatures while the City Clerk is validating the initial batch of petitions.) If proponents are still short of the needed number then, the recall is over.
Q: If it qualifies for the ballot, when will the election be held?
A: Once the clerk certifies the petition and notifies the City Council, an election has to be scheduled for no less than 60 days and no more than 90 days later.
Q: How much will it cost to hold a recall election?
A: A stand-alone, citywide election will cost between $3 million and $6 million, according to estimates by the Registrar of Voters.
Q: Who is paying for the recall?
A: The organizers say they've received just over $100,000, with 150 small donations averaging under $100 and several five-figure donations.
Q: What happens if the mayor resigns in between the time the petitions are certified and the election is held?
A: The recall election will be halted. A special election would then be held to replace him.
Q: Has San Diego ever had a recall election?
A: The only one since the City Charter was adopted in 1931 was in 1991, when about 71 percent of the voters in Councilwoman Linda Bernhardt's district backed her recall.
Q: What does recent history say will happen if the recall qualifies for the ballot?
A: Every election is different. Last year, nationwide, there were 168 recall elections. Of those, 108, or about 65 percent, succeeded.
Q: If Mayor Filner is recalled, what happens?
A: Candidates hoping to replace him will be on the same ballot as the recall. The one who gets the most votes, even if it's not a majority, will succeed Filner and serve out the rest of his term.
Q: Can Filner run?
A: No. If he is recalled, he would have to wait at least a year to run again for mayor.
Q: What kind of legal challenges are possible?
A: City law allows only those who vote for the recall to then vote for a replacement. A similar provision was ruled unconstitutional during the Gov. Gray Davis recall in 2003. The City Council is expected to consider a revision soon. There are other technical provisions of the law that some legal experts believe are subject to interpretation, which opens the door for litigation. Spivak, the recall blogger, calls San Diego's recall law a "disaster" and said it ranks "among the worst … in the country, if not the globe."


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In preparation for Māori Language Week 2013, Microsoft has announced that the choice to use te reo Māori in Windows 8, Office 2013, Outlook.com, and Internet Explorer 10 is available now.
"We are thrilled to continue our support for te reo Maori," says Paul Muckleston, Managing Director of Microsoft New Zealand Limited. "We are grateful for the hard work that so many people have done to make it possible to weave this taonga into the very latest of tablet, smartphone, PC, and cloud technologies."
"We are also announcing our support for a new initiative that can bring free te reo Maori translations to the Internet with the Microsoft Translator Hub in the future," says Muckleston.
Glenis Philip-Barbara, Chief Executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, adds that support for te reo Māori in technology is essential for investing in tamariki by offering an interface from their school years. This allows youth to be immersed in te reo for life.
New support for te reo Māori in Microsoft products includes the following:
All of these te reo Māori options are available today at no extra cost, through a simple change in the Language Settings (Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10, Outlook.com, and Windows Phone 8), or with a free download (Office 2013 from http://aka.ms/Office2013inTeReo). You can see screenshots of how it looks once the language packs are installed here: http://sdrv.ms/14aZVLE.
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Savi is covertly spending time with Zack. She fesses up to Joss that the two of them have become friends. Now all she has to do is come clean to Dom. The two new BFFs hit a concert together. The night doesn't end there. They hit a tattoo parlor. Savi now has ink on the back of her neck. The night finally does conclude with a hug and a fist bump.
Scott, the handsome plastic surgeon who gave Joss a puppy she's allergic to, gives her a huge check for the event she and Harry just worked for him. He also gives her a kiss out of nowhere. Joss then gives in to his request for a date. She ends up talking about how much Alex meant to her. This only confirms Scott's initial feeling that Joss has a lot of love in her heart.
Joss and Scott have sex, but it wasn't great. It seems Scott has a thing. He has a closet full of women's shoes. Fortunately, he doesn't wear them. He only loans them to women he sleeps with. He didn't want to scare off Joss with his freaky side. Fortunately, Joss doesn't really mind freaky all that much. Of course, she freaks a bit when she sees her sister's new tattoo.
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I am DONE!! Woohoo! So excited for the time off. Returning on January 2nd but I hope it takes its sweet time. :)
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I work tomorrow and monday Woo Hoo(not) then back on thursday.
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Me too! I "had" to take my vacation time or I would lose it. I get to spend every second with LO until Jan 2 too! (Except maybe a date with DH). I'm loving it! Enjoy every moment mama!
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Couples Chopping Vegetables: What Love Looks Like in Stock Photoscarolyncastiglia
These stock photos of couples chopping vegetables could make you feel bad about the inadequacy of your own cooking and eating habits or the lackluster way your relationship appears compared to these fresh, crisp romances, but don't sweat it. Every couple has a backstory, and these imaginary ones are no exception. Their vegetable-filled lives aren't as perfect as they seem:
Todd Loved the Smell of an Empty Pan 1 of 15
And Sarah was always proud to see that look on his face. "Just imagine what I'm gonna put in here later," she'd say. "Peppers and broccoli, because that's what lovers eat."
Jeanie Always Got a Kick Out of Cutting Tom's Carrot 2 of 15
"Look, Tommy, I'm cutting up your carrot!," Jeanie would chuckle. "Ha ha," Tom would sigh. He never thought the joke was funny, but after 30 years together, he loved Jeanie too much to let on. They'd been through so many salads together. Why ruin things now?
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Sarah and Joe were just another young couple who would jokingly pick up a pan and say, "We don't need you, you silly pan! We're going to chop and eat all these raw vegetables we spilled all over our counter!"
Sarah Wanted to Google What She and Joe Could do with Leaf Lettuce 4 of 15
Let's just say that was a night they'll never forget.
From then on … 5 of 15
All their foreplay involved yellow peppers and knives.
And That's the Night Joe Cut Off the Tip of His Left Index Finger 6 of 15
Sarah blamed herself, sure. But it wasn't her fault Joe couldn't stop staring at her beautiful eyes.
Meet Steve and Sheri 7 of 15
Steve and Sheri loved the fragrance of yellow bell peppers. It would always remind them of their trip to the grocery store earlier that day to buy red and yellow bell peppers.
And That's Why … 8 of 15
Bill and Martha's wildly successful relationship advice book is called "Mushrooms and Wine!" So now you know.
Paulo and Jackie 9 of 15
Every Friday night, Paulo would toss Jackie's salad. It kept them so close.
Brian and Vanessa 10 of 15
"Babe, remember that time that I was choppin' the vegetables and you jumped up to sit your butt on the counter and you sat right in the vegetables?"
"Shut up, Brian."
"It was mad funny, though."
(They kiss, then compliment each other on their green shirts.)
Tariq and Svetlana 11 of 15
Tariq and Svetlana came together over a love of ... you guessed it! ONIONS! "We didn't understand why other people didn't love onions as much as we do," Svetlana said, while chopping an onion and crying uncontrollably. No longer able to speak, Tariq chimed in for his girlfriend of three years. "Svetlana gets that I love white onions, even though she prefers red. We just feel each other." The couple are marrying in the Spring.
Clarissa and Derek 12 of 15
Clarissa and Derek loved to chop and cook vegetables as often as possible. Unfortunately, Derek passed away last year after a brief but fatal illness, and Clarissa has been unable to stir-fry vegetables since then. She never learned how to use her left hand to hold the pan. "Derek truly was my other half," she told me while binge-eating french fries.
Molly and Doug 13 of 15
These two crazy kids can often be found making silly faces ... for a serious cause. Unable to race because both of them are club-footed, Molly and Doug started "Veggie Faces for the Cure," a charity that accepts donations for cancer research in exchange for signed copies of the couple's ridiculously charming Instagram photos. This photo, titled "Pepper Stache Cuke Eyes," sold for $400.
Jennie and Marcus 14 of 15
Jennie and Marcus don't know how to cook, and they order in using Seamless.com every night, but they like to keep vegetables in their kitchen on the off chance that someone might break-in and make them a veggie omelet.
Brad and Katrina 15 of 15
"We were juicing when we met, remember?" Katrina laughed her signature hearty laugh, and then laid her head down on Brad's shoulder. "Yeah," he agreed, wistfully thinking back to their first date five years ago. "You took a giant poop in my bathroom and forgot to flush it. That's the day I knew I loved you."
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And that's back to the AFC championship game for the third straight year — but this time, they plan to win it and go to the Super Bowl. The defense will need to be even better than it has been, and the Jets know that.
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The Jets allowed the Giants to roll up 224 yards in the first half of their 17-3 victory Monday night. But, they also kept them out of the end zone by taking advantage of turnovers as Leonhard and linebacker David Harris had interceptions. And that's all that matters in Ryan's eyes. In three preseason games, the starting defense has allowed 13 points.
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|August 12, 2009, 05:31 PM
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I'm having one as soon as I can find one!
In fact I put one on my wish list at my favorite LGS this afternoon. I've been looking for my first revolver lately...pretty much settled on a S&W...had pretty much settled on a 642 until I first saw an M&P 340 at the gun shop at my local indoor range recently but, they want basically S&W list price for it...
I don't think so...I don't like those guys that much
The wife didn't understand why I was even looking at revolvers...
Until she held (you might even say fondled) the 340, then she was like "maybe we should get this for me" I said "I don't think so, you can shoot it all you want but, I'll be the one carrying it." That might turn out to be an expensive statement though...she has her CCW training but hasn't applied yet...I think she probably will when Mr. Revolver comes home with us.
I told her we could get her a revolver with pink grips but, she didn't like the pink grips on a black gun, I said maybe she would like them better on a silver (meaning less expensive) gun but, she "hates shiney guns"...and "doesn't even care about pink grips anyway". All I can say is 'if she takes my M&P I'm getting a 340 PD'!
Hopefully, she won't like the recoil with mags in that lightweight gun, who says I have to tell her it will shoot 38's also.
First, I have to find one for sale...off to search the web...
|August 12, 2009, 07:43 PM
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Winterset I think S&W MSRP is to high as well as I paid $650 including sales tx from my 340M&P this past June,this was the boot grip not the CT model. I think you will be very pleased with this gun I love mine it goes everywhere its legal to carry with me. Also if you get some of the mid level .357 magnum self defense ammo the recoil isn't as bad as some would say either. Some of these loads are Remington 125gr golden saber,Winchester 110gr JHP(usually available at Walmart),Corbon 110gr DPX and 100gr powerball and Speer 135gr short barrel and their 125gr jhp both of these are .357 magnum loads. The above mentioned loads are specificity designed and tailored for a snub nose .357 revolver.
I currently have 130gr federal hydrashocks in my 340 M&P,but be warned these loads are full power .357's and not the "low recoil" claimed by federal on the packaging. That being said they are not exactly pleasant to shoot more than a few cylinders of at one time with the factory boot grips. But I will say they are manageable and controllable. However if I put my pachmayr compac grips on my 340 I can easily do a couple of boxes of these loads with no issues.
Let me say that in my opinion the recoil of this gun is seriously over rated. I think somewhere along the way people forget that recoil is a VERY subjective thing to a lot of people. What one shooter feels in manageable another may feel is unbearable.
I gotta ask what happened to men in this great country of ours? When did it become fashionable to say that a gun is "painful" to shoot?,I know a woman who is 5ft 6" and 100lbs who carries and shoots one of these with magnum loads in it In the days of Elmer Keith and bill Jordan nobody complained of a .357 or .44 magnum hurting their hand when they shot it. I think of it like this it may indeed not be the most pleasant experience a person can have to fire a .357 round out of a 13.3oz gun. But it will hurt the guy on the other end of it a lot more. Be sure to post back here when you get your 340 and I hope I've helped you out some.
|August 12, 2009, 11:52 PM
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Welcome. If the wife takes the 340 buy two. Why would you want a pd? No XS night sights, no stainless cylinder, no DLC finish, no lanyard post. Can't shoot 110 gr CORBON. 340 pd too light, 442 too heavy, 340 just right!
Jacksonville, FL has the best prices usually. You can get one for $629.99 plus whatever, shipping etc.
Get the wife a 442 for 419.99. Black. 38 spl plus P....no two 340s.
|August 13, 2009, 01:01 AM
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Got my holster today, a desantis superfly2. So far so good. I also decided to see how many cylinders of .357 I could tolerate in semi-rapid fire (one shot per second, 10 seconds for reloads). 15 rounds was all I could stand. Remind me not to try that again I think the Fiocchi 125gr SJHP's was using today kick a bit harder than the other .357 mag ammo I've tried. Definitely more muzzle flash.
|August 13, 2009, 03:04 AM
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Also, any reccomendations on cleaning the Cylnder Burns On the outside front of the cylinders withotu taking off the finish? Mines got 120 rounds through it now and they're starting to show up.
|August 13, 2009, 09:51 AM
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'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'- Ronald Reagan
|August 13, 2009, 12:08 PM
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Call Jacksonville, I think Lonestarwings got his from them and although they are not showing it own their website they may actually have them or have them coming.
Here is my theory on .357 capability. It's there if you want it. It is there from a versatility standpoint, if (for some odd reason) only .357 were to be available you can avail yourself to it. As many have commented in a social event you won't be paying attention to recoil. In reality might it take a microsecond to regain sight picture due to recoil difference between .38 spl vs 38 spl plus P vs .357?? I suspect it would so you need to factor that into your personal defense philosophy. Apparently you have with the 9. Me I don't bother (nor do I think I need it) with Plus P in my Kahr PM.
I have fired .357 through the 340 just to see what all the hoopla was about, and check for crimp jump, particularly I wanted to see (qualify) if there were going to be any issues for the SGDFSB .357 135 gr and there was not.
I have the Speer PN 23921 38 spl plus P in mine for carry puposes. If I run out of that I have some standard Buffalo Bore 20C that I keep around for the 642 and I have .357 for my 686 which I can run in the 340.
The nice thing....I can run it all in the 340.
|August 13, 2009, 03:01 PM
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Yeah, I got mine from shootersjax.com. The price was pretty good. I hope I didn't take the last one!
Firing .357 out of the M&P is not a big deal if you only do it one cylinder at a time, imho. It's a cumulative effect, if you do cylinder after cylinder it will start hurting. I practiced rapid fire on a watermelon sized target at 20 yards yesterday, and 9 out of 10 of my .357 shots hit the target.
Call me masochistic, but I think shooting the .357's out of the 340 is actually FUN.
|August 13, 2009, 05:21 PM
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I really want a pocket size revolver and I hate to go down very far in power.
I feel 100% confident when carrying my SIG P220 (with winter clothing) it ALWAYS spits out anything I shove in it! I don't have that confidence in the PF9...so, it must be replaced.
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|August 13, 2009, 09:23 PM
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|August 13, 2009, 09:31 PM
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LoneStarWings: For cleaning the cylinder face, I use the typical lead-away wipe patches, and it has been no issue for finish removal.
My M&P 340 has about 2,000 rounds through it now--the vast majority of it lead reloads. The cylinder face routinely leads up a bit, and I clean it first with Hoppe's Elite Bore gel, then with the lead wipe, then a final wipedown with CLP.
There does remain a greyish stain, but no lead deposits per se--and none of the DLC (?) finish has come off.
Jim H.
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|August 13, 2009, 10:05 PM
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lonestarwings. Looking good man. Let us know how you like the DeSantis Superfly.
jfh. Thanks for the reminder on cleaning the cylinder. Actually I think that the manual says anything but cleaners with amonia is ok. The DLC is tough stuff.
|August 13, 2009, 10:48 PM
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Just doing my semi-annual pass through of the club house,
making sure the MSAA is keeping tabs on things.
Looks good.
Carry on.
Nem the undergunned w/ a mere .38 spl air weight
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|August 13, 2009, 11:20 PM
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Thanks for honoring us with your presence.
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|August 14, 2009, 12:00 AM
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Wow, what a kind thing to say.
The honor is mine, DA.
Nice to know where my friends hang out.
With kindness like that, I won't stay away so long.
Besides, it's fun to come here on occasion to look at such fine guns.
Now, get thee to the 7-11 store and buy some lotto tickets!
(and some good beer)
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|August 14, 2009, 09:07 AM
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Might even get to the range today and light up the 340. A novelty that would be. Crreeeek. "Opening sound of the ammo vault". Brushes away the cobwebs. "What have we here, the last of the Remington Green box back when it was $14 for 50."
You come back whenever you want you are always welcome here. Glad to see the burst of 340 activity.
|August 14, 2009, 12:01 PM
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I am nearly obsessed with finding one right now...good thing I don't have to take my work seriously, it could detract from my search time
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|August 14, 2009, 02:58 PM
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and still waiting............
My 340 CT is still on B/O through my dealer since May 26th! I emailed S&W this week after my dealer couldn't give me an approximate ETA. I was told they are currently 250 units behind in orders for the 340 CT and could not give me an ETA.
I've seen a few come and go on the auction sites and wish I'd spent the extra hundred bucks to just get the dang thing!
Oh well, I'll continue to be patient and get all sweaty when I see pics posted by others on this thread. I'll have mine in time!
"Will work for ammo"
|August 14, 2009, 06:07 PM
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Actually, I'm considering buying an x42 for now or maybe an LCR and giving it a year for things to settle down...plus maybe S&W will start making a 340 without the IL by then
But, I'm not holding my breath...when they can sell everything they make before it is even made, I don't see them having much incentive to change things.
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|August 14, 2009, 11:01 PM
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|August 14, 2009, 11:36 PM
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Range Day
A friend of mine inherited a 686 7 shooter and wanted to try it out today, so after lunch it was off to the range. It was great because there were very few folks there which was helpful not having to yell as much while giving free advice.
He brought along a couple boxes of Federal JHP .357 158 gr. which came with the revolver.
I brought the 340 since it hadn't been out of the house for awhile and needing some exercise.
I violated my ammo stash and along came a box of Remington .38spl 130 gr for warm up purposes. I don't like to shoot without replacing or adjuncting too so I stopped at both Wal Mart and Gander Mountain hoping to get some .38 spl or some +P, no such luck. Picked up a box of Remington .357 125 gr JSP instead.
We ran through a few .38 spl in each. Mild mannered and Mike did pretty well with the 340 being his first snub experience. We then switched up to the .357 158 gr and the 686 got a bit more lively.
I then loaded up the 340 with five 158s and touched off the 340, five times fast ....... Yee freaking ha.
Mike said it looked like my hand was consumed in a ball of fire.
Now I did not see this, as my rapt attention was on the target 25 feet downrange, but I'll tell you this..it was the "stoutest" set I have experienced in the little 13 ounce J frame. You really couldn't tell there was a cushioned airpocketed backstrap courtesy of the Crimson Trace 405.
No crimp jump and the recovery time to get back on target was demonstrably protracted compared to the .38s.
Now I know why I stick with the SGDFSB Plus P. A defenite compromise "tweener".
The laser grip needs some tweaking.
A good time was had by all.
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|August 15, 2009, 12:54 AM
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why load up those hot rnds and do a quintiple tap without just first running them through singly, or as double taps?
That seems pretty adventurous.
Of course, I know you're an adventure loving kind of guy - you do own a 340 after all - but still ...
"Frankie, come to your senses. Don't do it, Frankie, don't do it!"
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|August 15, 2009, 01:04 AM
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DAdams I like that pic of your 340M&P with those laser grips nice,I'd hate to the bad guy looking at the end of that thing. I also was wondering is it a simple task to sight in the laser grips? I ask as I've considering a set just like yours. I've heard that the easy way sight these in is to adjust it so the little red dot is just above the guns front sight,is this correct?
|August 15, 2009, 08:01 AM
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Note that in probably 15 cleanings, I just had to make my first post-cleaning adjustment. Up until now, take 'em off, clean, put 'em on, and they are perfect.
|August 15, 2009, 02:20 PM
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My drill(s) for the day were not tackdriving or an attempt at tight groupings.
Throught I might try the Ole Fuff, fiVer. Only with an 8.
5 rounds, 5 seconds, 8 yards. COM. Now I don't think I made 5 seconds with those proverbial Full House Loads. Probably more a 5, 7, 8 drill. But it was fun cuzz that sucka did buck back and up. I only did 2 cylinders back to back. 10 rounds of that nonsense was enough for me. Although I did one more drill with the 130 grainers. Not quite as dramatic.
I'm going to take them off this time, because it battery change out time. 2 years is probably pushing it and I want to check for battery integrity as-well.
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Since my blog hiatus I've managed to write a few short stories. And I plan to write more. I mentioned a while ago that I was planning on writing a novella. After much turmoil last year, I decided to get back into things with something smaller. I feel that I should learn to plot, write, and edit shorter narratives before I dive back into a large piece of fiction.
Part of this could be coming from the fact that I never finish anything. Over a year ago I announced that I finished my first piece of fiction in years. Well, that announcement may have come too soon as that was just a rough draft. My sense of accomplishment turned to embarrassment because this thing never got anywhere near presentable. I got a thousand words into a second draft and then just abandoned it.
Since then, I can say that I have finished and edited a short story. I managed to complete a piece just under 1200 words and even passed it out to a few close friends. It was flawed, but I still learned from it. Everyone felt it ended abruptly, and they wanted the story expanded. Well, the new rough draft I completed is just over 7000 words, so I hope I corrected this issue with my storytelling.
As I learned a few years ago, short stories are significantly easier to plot out than novels. For me I have been able to outline scenes beat by beat, making the rough drafts go very smooth. With my last piece I usually doubled my daily word count because I didn't have to think about what happened next. I even added to the scenes without compromising the plot. It was actually fun to write it! I did accidentally leave out some things, but only because I forgot to write those things in my notes. Again, another learning experience.
This is all strictly for fun right now. I thought about trying to put together a collection, but usually a theme is expected to be followed, and I'm kind of all over the place right now (and enjoying it). Right now I feel I should grow as a writer, before I worry about either marketing or sending things out to publishers. After a few more stories maybe I'll see which ones could be sent out.
My ultimate goal is to get to the point where I could try another piece of large fiction. Probably a novella. I remember Corey Taylor talking on the radio about writing his first book. He's been writing a column for years and got use to a certain word count. When he began planning the book he just "did the math" as he put it. Basically, I want to get to the point where I can just do the math and write something much longer than I'm use to.
I still want my first big piece of fiction to be for fun. So many writers have that dream of making money off fiction, and I'm no different. I want to get there, but that should not be a short term goal. My goal is to write fiction that I can be satisfied with, not sell. Not yet. With short stories I feel the satisfaction comes faster. I'm less likely to wind up with an unfinished manuscript, or worse, 20,000 words of notes for a novel I never wrote. That actually happened.
Short stories are also a way to try new challenges and experiments your plot. A challenge I recently heard was write a story with no love, death, or war. That is what I'm trying for my next short. This can also be a great way to figure out your preferred genre. I really struggled to complete my thriller short a few years ago, but I've recently banged out a few military Sci-Fi's. Still, no harm in trying out more genres, at least the ones I read.
It seems like every writer I know started out trying to write a big book. Few I know started small. I feel I need to back track and work my way up. I've heard some argue that short stories and novels are so different that the skills won't transfer. I don't agree. While the scale is different, the fundamentals of storytelling are the same. There is a lot more expected out of a novel, I can agree with that. All the more reason why I'm back to short stories.
What about the Novella?
It seems that writing a novel may still be beyond me. The plot and synopsis I can create with little trouble, but I get lost when it comes to the finer details of plotting and maintaining direction while writing it. Writing short stories as 'practice' does not build up the skills I need for a novel. I can with little effort plot out a short story beat by beat. Hell, a short story doesn't always need to be plotted. But how do I go from short stories to novels? There is a massive leap in both scope and expectations. I need stepping stones. A go between.
What about that thing that is too short to be a novel and too long to be a short story? You know, that thing everyone tells you not to write. I remember years ago on the writing forums I frequented I saw a lot of old school mentality. To be fair, this was before the Kindle became a thing. A huge thing. It almost felt like I was surrounded by a 'bottom line' mentality. Want to make money selling fiction? Well then you need to get a full length novel published through traditional means. Boo vanity publishing! Boo anything not short story, novel, or movie script! It's amazing how 5-6 years ago feels like ancient history.
Now let's jump forward to the world of eBooks. A world dominated by the Amazon Kindle. And let's drag print on demand into this. How hard is it now to publish something onto a marketable platform? Not very. The actual marketing is a whole different animal and beyond the scope of this article. But seriously, what can't you get published on these services? Print on demand services aren't concerned about shelf space and eBook readers could care less about word counts. So at the end of it all, publishing something other than a novel or collection of short stories is totally doable. It doesn't necessarily have to be self-published; it's just that other fiction formats are now viable.
And that brings me to the novella. What caught my attention recently was this quote by Robert Silverberg I found on Wikipedia, "[The novella] is one of the richest and most rewarding of literary forms...it allows for more extended development of theme and character than does the short story, without making the elaborate structural demands of the full-length book. Thus it provides an intense, detailed exploration of its subject, providing to some degree both the concentrated focus of the short story and the broad scope of the novel."
If the name doesn't ring a bell, all you need to know is that Robert Silverberg is awesome. That quote right there has gotten me motivated to start exploring the novella. The rigid structure of the commercial novel is too much for me right now, and short stories do not give me enough time to develop the kinds of plots I envision. Perhaps the shorter length will also save me from plotting burnout (see previous post).
While I don't often write short fiction, I do enjoy reading it. Ernest Hemmingway has hands down written the best short fiction I've ever read. He creates tension and conflict through action and detail. Nothing is wasted on set up and exposition. In his short fiction anyway; I never tried his novels. Anyways, when you've got prose that tight, you don't need a lot of pages to convey your story.
As one could imagine, there's not anywhere near as much info out there on writing novellas as there are more popular modes of fiction. I think for the most part I'll be exploring the novella on my own, but I think that's ok. It's kind of exciting to tap into new territory, like when I wrote my first movie script. I felt satisfied because I had finished something not only in a format I never tried before, but also something of considerable length. That feeling right there is another motivation boost for getting a novella done, and of course, I can also sell it.
Stick around as I'll try to provide updates on my plotting and writing progress when I get more into it. I've still got some shorts on the back burner. Stepping stones.
Getting Burnt Out on Story Plotting
Back in December I started plotting out a Sci-Fi series to be sold on the Kindle store. I'm still in the plotting phase, and for some reason or another I'm getting burnt out on it. Maybe it's the extensive time I've spent on it, or maybe I'm not going about it right. Whatever the reason, I need to make things fresh again before I can the whole project.
Writing is hard work. There's no getting around that. If you wait for inspiration, you will never finish anything. It's one of those passions that's as frustrating as it is rewarding, kind of like hardcore gaming. However, with games it seems like the light at the end of the tunnel is easier to see. Just one more go and I'll beat this boss! It's not that simple with writing. We all get to the end in our own way. I tried writing by the seat of my pants and I never finished anything longer than a short story. With a flexible path before me I might be able to reach that end, but creating that path is a challenge in and of itself.
Putting everything down on the computer is how I started. This quickly turned into a mess. I've organized the notes since then, but there's so many pieces missing. Why are my characters doing this? What are the stakes? Can I create tension out of this? The answer is always, I'm not sure. After reading book after book on plotting, I learned that plotting is very much an individual path. Everyone has to find their own way. Am I lost, or just tired?
The motivation is waning. Sitting in front of the PC does not produce results. Plotting is not the same as story writing. Words do not flow. They come in short concise bouts. It also seems to take considerably more effort to keep my mind on the matter. To get me started I'll free write about my plotting progress in a journal devoted to the project. I'll do a full five hundred words before moving into the plotting, that way my mind is already intent on typing. As of late though, I often only get the journal entry done.
What else can I do? I tried taking a break. It's been three weeks now and I was hoping to get the plotting process as a whole done by the end of February. No chance. I did start using index cards and a paper notebook. It just seems like a slower way to do things. What I've been dying to do is get a massive whiteboard and a corkboard for my index cards. For military sci-fi I should be drawing up battle plans and pacing around my room like a general. I think the extra blood flow will let the ideas come easier.
Of course, my full time hours and long commutes are probably the biggest motivation killers. Being out of the house for eleven hours a day doesn't leave much free time, and there's other things that must be done after work. Plotting isn't fun. A full day of no-fun is a massive buzzkill.
It seems like maybe I just need to tough it out. I need to keep putting ideas to paper. Bad ideas will be cut, and good ideas can be refined. The biggest change from when I started the project is my lack of reading. I'm always wiped by the end of the day now. When I read more, I write more. This whole project might become a time juggling act now, which is not fun on my ADD brain that hates schedules.
This to me also affirms why I don't consider writing to be a hobby of mine. It feels like a job and I treat it like a job, but it's a job that I love. Hobbies can be picked up and put down to make room for other hobbies. I can't stop writing, and I want to write as a job, so I must learn how to tough out these hard days of work like my real job.
Write Everything Down!
Ever come up with a cool idea in the middle of the day? Some plot idea, an intricate character back story, some neat sci-fi tech, etc. You think to yourself, I'll jot this down later! But later doesn't always come does it? Later at some point you remember that smile or 'Ah ha!' feeling in your brain, but you have no clue what thoughts and ideas were in that mind of yours.
That's pretty much me all the time. Recently I thought of this character back story that seemed so awesome in my mind at the time. Weeks later I start going through my computer files expecting to find this back story. I figured, this was so good, how could I not have written it down? Well, I never found it. Now I have to pull together what memories I have of it and write it down.
Of course, that brings me to the whole point of this article, there's no reason why it should not have been written down! If I'm too tired to type I have multiple microphones plugged into my computer, so at the very least I could talk out my ideas. Long and elaborate recordings can be weird to listen to later, but at least you have a record of some sort. Then later, you can extract the gist of what you said into a word doc. And if the computer is unavailable there's the old fashioned pen and paper. Hell, I've even jotted stuff down in my Kindle using note taking apps (which all suck in their own way).
I don't believe in waiting for inspiration to write, even with plotting, but when it does come it's a good idea to have some way to get it down. My old Razor flip phone use to house a good number of lyric ideas saved as text drafts (until I accidentally deleted them). Before it started glitching out I would use the voice recorder to remember some plot ideas or even record my acoustic guitar. For me, inspiration is rare, so it's best to get it out in some way when I can. It's also a good idea to get those ideas onto a more reliable device (other than an ancient flip phone) as soon as possible.
Even if the idea doesn't seem that great when you finally write it down, you can do what I do and gut old idea docs. See my last blog post about that. You'd be amazed how useful your old shit can be if you put some effort into those docs. Maybe the protagonist can be extracted from that story and placed into a new setting. Perhaps the setting is great but needs fresh conflict and characters. It's best not to let this inspiration slip away.
Sometimes I find just a few key words can resurrect old ideas or inspirational dreams. I recently found an old word doc from six years ago that listed titles of short stories I was going to write based off of dreams I've had over the years, but I never wrote any descriptions. However, just seeing the titles made me relive some of those dreams. Look! Free inspiration! Time to write it down!
Backups. Make backups. Backup everything. Have I mentioned backups yet? I can't tell you how many files I've lost due to burnt up flash drives (oh yes, it happens), computer reformats, lost memory cards, and general file mismanagement. Shit happens, especially to those who are passionate. Protect your time investments. If you have multiple computers, copy your My Documents folder to every PC you own. Buy multiple flash drives and rotate them. Buy an external hard drive and make a clone of hard drive, that way you can relocate misplaced files (I found a whole photo collection this way). Put stuff on friends' computers. Print out copies. Don't ever let your work exist as a single document!
I think I have made my point. Don't let things reside in your head, and don't ever make just one copy. My goal is to be a professional writer, meaning writing will be my bread and butter job, so I'd best start using professional habits now. Ideas could turn into profit later, so losing one could become expensive. Pressed for time like I have been lately, I don't have the luxury of day dreaming like I use to, so I'm building up a folder of plot outlines based on old and new idea docs. Again, even if you don't have time to write everything down, something as simple as a title can jog your memory later. So next time inspiration hits, or you suddenly recall an old idea, find some way to make it tangible. Like… I don't know. I'm sleepy. I'll write it down later.
Resurecting Dead (and probably bad) Ideas
If you've been writing for a good while, then you've probably accumulated a big pile of notes or massive My Documents folder. I've been going over the files in my laptop that has all the Word docs from the last three or four desktops I've used. It's like a freaking time machine! Most of these docs are terrible and outline bad ideas, but they've got me thinking; could I still use some of these ideas?
Yes, most of the shit I thought up when I was fifteen sucks. Hell, most of my ideas at nineteen were terrible (though I did have a massive breakthrough in my writing skills before I hit twenty, so they at least read nice). But I do find scraps here and there of useful ideas. There is one particular unfinished short story I did when I was nineteen that got off to an amazing start. I should probably finish that, since my writing skills then are about on par with my rough drafts these days. But what I really went back for was those hundreds of pages of notes dedicated to world building. When in a pinch of ideas, that stuff can be useful.
There's a sci-fi universe I created when I was fifteen that I've continued today. However, it's vastly different and I know a hell of a lot more about life than I did back then. Almost nothing is the same. Tech, history, even names have changed over the years, but there's these fine little details I wrote back then that don't cross my mind as much these days. Back then I read sci-fi a lot, and again in my early twenties when I started adding to the docs again. Now I'm mostly non-fiction with an occasional thriller. I just don't have my mind dwelling in cool sci-fi shit anymore. So why the hell do I want to write a sci-fi?
Honestly, I like having a massive folder of story ideas. I've been trying to come up with another novel idea and it fills me with creativity when I read over stuff I wrote as a child (or teenager). Realism is something I get over focused on sometimes and it can slow me down. Sometimes it's good to let go and explore some crazy what-ifs. A lot of these wild ideas I wrote down for different short stories or novels were inspired by nightmares I had when I was younger. These days I make no attempt to remember them, so there goes some really good free inspiration.
Speaking of lack of realism, my characters back then were horribly unrealistic. Their back stories were stupid. It blew my mind how ridiculous some of their personalities were. I guess I used dark back stories to give them post traumatic stress or something, but back then I had no understanding of that condition what so ever. Maybe I had it in my head that in order to be vicious or do bad things you had to be fucked in the head, and bad things happening to you while you're young can fuck you in the head. Of course, as I got older I learned that you can get over shit and grow up, but every few pages I read about a character trait that makes me go, "What if?"
What if I gave this guy a normal background and just gave him a few tics? What if instead of something bad stuff happening in the past, something bad is happening right now and this guy needs to adapt or die? What if I could make this crazy person believable? It's shit like this that make me read over these docs every few years. Most of it makes me smile as I see how far I've come. Some of it makes me shake my head and ask what the fuck I was thinking. And some of it makes me go, "Huh. That wasn't a bad idea."
At the end of the day, looking back on old work is another tool in the toolbox, and you can never have too many tools. There's a select few stories I wish I never abandoned, but the rest just shows me how I've moved forward. That alone can give me a little boost when I'm doubting myself, and at the very best I can get an idea to start writing right now, like this article I just finished.
My First Piece of Fiction Done in Years!
Well, I've finally done it. I've finished a piece of fiction! It's been what? Three years? That's the last short story I remember doing. Oh, there was a script I wrote two years ago that I'm still revising. Even still, I just completed a 4200 word piece of fiction! And it's in the genre of horror, territory I haven't traveled before. It feels so good! I know it's just a rough draft, and there's a lot more work to be done, but this is a huge step for me.
After two novel attempts I took a year off from prose. I kept editing scripts, but that's a whole different writing style. As I mentioned in a previous article, scripts have a certain level of detachment. With prose I find myself pretty self-conscious, which is funny as friends will point out I spill my guts on my videos and podcasts. Perhaps my bluntness gives me confidence that people won't over analyze my performances. I leave a lot up to the readers in my stories. Often I don't know what I'm putting out there.
I guess I got over it. Somewhat. I'm already jotting down ideas for novels again, even revisiting ideas I wished I had fleshed out. But I think I'd like to stick with short stories for a while. They give me a chance to play with concepts without having to commit to the labor a novel brings. I don't need a large cast or an elaborate plot. Or a massive number of scenes to stretch out a basic idea. Hell, with micro-fiction I can just show a glimpse. With four or five thousand words I can show a single terrifying moment, and no one would get mad that it didn't build into something else.
Short story writing also helps me build up my writing craft and revision skills without spending three months on a rough draft. It did take me a couple of months to finish this short story, but half of it was written in two days (over last weekend). This was more or less due to the stresses of work and then being in between jobs again. I do believe writers need some kind of stability to be successful. Regardless, it's done! My daily word count is just now something I'm taking seriously, now that I have some order.
It also probably helps that I'm again reading fiction, and not just books on writing fiction. You can definitely pick up on the basics of story telling just by reading a whole lot of stories. Even watching movies helps. I started off with Hemingway again (I LOVE his short stories and novellas, not so much his novels), but I've also started reading Dave Morrell, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, and Matthew Mather (who may be my new favorite thriller writer). Even though I do not always like what I pick up, I try to get through them just to see what the author does. Dave Morrell's First Blood went South after the climax, but I was still anxious to get to the end. Believe me I can easily but down a book once the plot loses me, but getting to the end helps me learn how the authors' keep their readers hooked.
Of course, putting down books can also help me learn too, if I can understand why. For example, I had a hard time reading Michael Crichton's Disclosure a second time. It's a great book with some of Crichton's most believable character development, but he shoves his message so hard in my face I lose all immersion. Crichton is kind of known for his messages, with varying degrees of subtlety. In the case of Jurassic Park, the monsters themselves made the point. Me on the other hand, I don't put any messages in my work, but I know people will go looking. I know I'll have to deal with that.
So I'm I back in action? I don't know yet. This is my fourth day in a row of hitting my daily word count, and I was just shy last week of getting my weekly word count. I think I'm on the right track. Writing short stories will hopefully get me in the right mindset to handle completing a novel. Next one won't be an attempt. That's a promise I made to myself.


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