Charlz9mm Production endorses Ron Paul for President of the United States.
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/
Ron Paul Still Ignored - Jon Stewart Daily Show
Friday, December 30, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
What's coming and the Walking Dead
Lot's of new products to review. 2011 has been a tough year for Charlz9mm but we are back with a vengeance. One thing we did in 2011 that was a lot of fun was to drift in to running gear. What a great experience. Health was a big goal and therefore it made sense to do a lot of reviews on fitness and running products. 2012 is looking like we are going back to the basics and doing more guns, knives and survival gear like the old days. This does not mean we will abandon fitness gear but we have to "dance with the one's that brought us to the party".
On another note, we have been enjoying watching AMC's Walking Dead series. The show is loosely based on the Walking Dead comic series. It is quite good and focuses more on drama than the "nom, nom" zombie munch fest, although the zombies don't go hungry. What is fascinating to me is how this show tries to portray the real interactions that would occur if the grid and civilization were shut down. Many of the products we review on our Youtube channel would certainly be useful if catastrophe were to strike. We of course do not anticipate a zombie outbreak. Nonetheless preparation has been shown to save lives in countless occasions. Hurricane Katrina, the Nashville Flood to name just two major events that come to mind. Even though Charlz9mm focuses on survival/health/self defense gear without a proper mindset all would be lost regardless of how wonderful one's gear was. Watching the Walking Dead, Dual Survival, Man Woman Wild, etc. starts the mind thinking of scenarios and allows our imagination to explore our fears, skills and breaking points safely from our arm chair. Of course watching these types of shows does not replace hands on training from competent instructors but allowing ourselves to imagine and explore our fears and resolve helps in some way to wake us from our sleepy apparently safe world. Note I said "apparently". My last note on the Walking dead series is that I really like the strong female characters. Hollywood has mostly portrayed women as victims and devices for exploitation plots. It is nice to see women rise among the ranks of the fighters. I hope strong female icons emerge that will encourage women to defend themselves without the help of a man. Not just in fighting zombies but in all aspects of life. That's a lot to hope for in a TV series but when women learn en masse to use equalizers to balance the power on the streets then we can dream of a day when rape, abuse, victimization, exploitation will be unusual and rare.
On another note, we have been enjoying watching AMC's Walking Dead series. The show is loosely based on the Walking Dead comic series. It is quite good and focuses more on drama than the "nom, nom" zombie munch fest, although the zombies don't go hungry. What is fascinating to me is how this show tries to portray the real interactions that would occur if the grid and civilization were shut down. Many of the products we review on our Youtube channel would certainly be useful if catastrophe were to strike. We of course do not anticipate a zombie outbreak. Nonetheless preparation has been shown to save lives in countless occasions. Hurricane Katrina, the Nashville Flood to name just two major events that come to mind. Even though Charlz9mm focuses on survival/health/self defense gear without a proper mindset all would be lost regardless of how wonderful one's gear was. Watching the Walking Dead, Dual Survival, Man Woman Wild, etc. starts the mind thinking of scenarios and allows our imagination to explore our fears, skills and breaking points safely from our arm chair. Of course watching these types of shows does not replace hands on training from competent instructors but allowing ourselves to imagine and explore our fears and resolve helps in some way to wake us from our sleepy apparently safe world. Note I said "apparently". My last note on the Walking dead series is that I really like the strong female characters. Hollywood has mostly portrayed women as victims and devices for exploitation plots. It is nice to see women rise among the ranks of the fighters. I hope strong female icons emerge that will encourage women to defend themselves without the help of a man. Not just in fighting zombies but in all aspects of life. That's a lot to hope for in a TV series but when women learn en masse to use equalizers to balance the power on the streets then we can dream of a day when rape, abuse, victimization, exploitation will be unusual and rare.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
The Zen of being a nag
My goal was to create 5 new runners. Not me creating them but to nag them into creating themselves. I picked 10 people, far from the people you would picture as runners. I nagged and challenged and insulted and manipulated until they all agreed to run a 5K with me. For months I harassed, nagged some more and manipulated them through training, running, changing eating habits, etc. On Saturday it happened. Not 5 but all ten showed up and ran. Many had lost weight. One quit smoking. Another one improved his diabetes scores. They then ran and ran hard. We did not win the race but we all won. 10 winners and one nagging jerk crossed the finish line.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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