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Close Quarters Tactics (CQT) with Randy Cain

Tue, 2012-01-31 00:34 — Pat Heyman

This past weekend I joined thirteen others in taking a Close Quarters Tactics class at Southern Exposure Training in Lakeland with Randy Cain.

The class has two major focuses (foci?):

  1. Some hand to hand techniques to retain your firearm or disarm an opponent.
  2. Incorporating the hand to hand techniques into the overall firearm system.

Training Days

The Work--Ideas Matter

Wed, 2011-02-23 23:05 — Pat Heyman

Ideas Matter. What you believe affects what you do.

Introduction

Welcome to "The Work." I am not yet sure what the end result of this effort will be, but I invite you to participate along the way. The idea for this blog series was originally an effort to improve my teaching. At Palm Beach Atlantic University, our Provost, Joe Kloba, had the wild and squirrelly idea that a Christian university should not merely provide a Christian atmosphere but should provide something uniquely Christian in terms of intellectual life and ideas.

Google: Evil of Incompetent?

Fri, 2010-11-26 01:56 — Pat Heyman

I recently purchased a Samsung Captivate. It's a smartphone that runs on Google's android operating system. The phone itself is very nifty, and Android is mostly fine, but Google—in the stupidest, most idiotic, boneheaded move ever—decided that you absolutely must have a gmail account to use the phone. In order to install apps from the "Market" you must enter a gmail account. All apps that you download or purchase are tied to this account forever. Moreover, when you purchase an app, it sends your receipt to the gmail account.

Basic Gunhandling - Loading and Unloading

Thu, 2010-11-04 08:23 — Pat Heyman

Here are some basic techniques for loading and unloading a gun. While you practice these, you will want to practice the four laws of gun safety, particularly focusing on 2 and 3: 2) Never let the muzzle cover anything you don't want to destroy (including your own body parts); 3) keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot.

You'll also want to obtain some snap caps (fake bullet cartridges) to make you practice session safer.

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Making Biltong

Thu, 2010-07-15 23:09 — Pat Heyman

Biltong is a South African dried meat, similar to jerky, but it's dried at room temperature. It is phenomenally tasty. Here is my guide on making biltong (videos to follow).

  1. Obtain London broil. Cut broil into strips no more than an inch think ½ to ¾ is about just right.
  2. Spray or rub meat with a brown vinegar (apple cider is most often recommended)
  3. Sprinkle coarse salt on all sides of meat (optional sprinkle some coriander and black pepper at the same time)
  4. Refrigerate overnight; pour off any water that comes out of the meat

Profit is not a dirty word

Tue, 2010-07-13 20:58 — Pat Heyman

Another reason not to send your child to school.

The primary purpose of school is conformity. Children who do not conform are labeled slow, dumb, troublemakers. One of the major themes of indoctrination is that of selfless cooperation, volunteerism, altruism. They are taught that profits are selfish, crass, even immoral. Students displaying entrepreneurial bent are especially singled out for conformity training and medication. In reality, most of the good in the world is not the work of selfless volunteers, but the work of profit seeking entrepreneurs. These heroes seek out humanity's unmet needs and find innovative ways to meet them, improving the lives of billions of people, thus fulfilling the words of Jesus, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." – Mark 9:35

In this video, Cameron Herold tells his story and gives tips for encouraging your child's inner entrepreneur.

My favorite tip:

Don't give your child an allowance or even pay him to do chores. That simply teaches him to be dependent. Instead, allow him to find things that need to be done and come to you with them and negotiate a fee for their completion. This teaches him to be observant, proactive, and incentivizes performance.

Video Introduction to Austrian Economics

Wed, 2010-06-30 21:50 — Pat Heyman

An Introduction to Austrian Economics

by Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Jörg Guido Hülsmann

Mises and the Austrian School by Jörg Guido Hülsmann

Financial Goals

Wed, 2010-02-24 23:44 — Pat Heyman

Begin with the end in mind

When we speak of financial planning, what we usually mean is saving and investing money for the future. What this means is that you have not consumed everything that you have produced (the opposite of credit, which is consuming more than you have produced). There is only one reason not to consume everything you produce today (i.e. spend all your money). That something is uncertainty.

Budgeting

Wed, 2010-02-24 23:07 — Pat Heyman

The first step in getting your finances in order is a budget. It is absolutely impossible to have sound finances and investments if you are spending more than you earn. For this page, we will assume that you have already done that. Once the only debt you owe is your house (and maybe school loans), should you begin investing.

Step 1: Identify your expenses

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