The aging eyes saga continues

Been working on my shooting using my CZ trainer with open iron sights, shooting 50 foot NRA targets. With my normal contacts it was pretty rough; contacts with reading glasses not much better; things improved a bit with bifocal contact lenses. Today, I shot with my new eyeglasses, which have progressive lenses.

Here's the target I shot. I'm pretty pleased with the results: I could see the front sight pretty well, and as I worked on a consistent sight picture, the progressive lenses helped me maintain a consistent cheek weld as I worked to put the front sight into sharpest focus (there is a sweet spot where the front sight is clearest). This is a benefit of the progressive lenses that had not occurred to me.

Now the problem will be getting shooting glasses in polycarbonate safety lenses. These won't be cheap. But I'm thinking that my shooting will improve pretty dramatically by switching over to eyeglasses versus contact lenses and shooting glasses.

3 Below Honey

Record Cold across the Northland

Originally printed at http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Record-Cold-across-the-Northland-114356369.html

By KBJR News 1
January 21, 2011

Temperatures have been reported as low as -46 degrees for International Falls beating the previopus record set in 1954 of -41F.
A Extreme Cold Warning, Wind Chill Warning and Advisory expire today at 10am.
Fristbite times in Duluth have been hovering around 10-15 minutes today with the cold snap.
Temperatures this afternoon will be in the negative single digits for Highs.
Here are some of this morning's lows collected from the National Weather Service in Duluth, MN
TEMP LOCATION
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-46 INTERNATIONAL FALLS
-43 EMBARRASS
-43 BIGFORK
-43 ASHLAKE
-43 EFFIE
-40 BIRCHDALE
-38 CRANE LAKE
-37 MINONG
-37 HILL CITY
-36 LONGVILLE
-36 PINE RIVER
-36 SEAGULL LAKE
-36 ELY
-36 WRIGHT
-33 GRAND RAPIDS
-33 MCGREGOR
-33 AITKIN
-33 HIBBING
-31 HAYWARD
-31 MOOSE LAKE
-30 SIREN
-26 TWO HARBORS
-26 SILVER BAY
-24 DULUTH

Our Weather Watcher Zeke in Alborn, MN had a temperature of -40F this morning.

Global warming panic explained

hot Italian sausage

sausage day today:

1.5 pounds venison
.5 pounds pork fat
3 pounds pork shoulder
5 tsp black pepper
5 tsp paprika
4 tsp salt
5 tsp garlic powder
5 tsp fennel
3 tsp anise seed
5 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 cup ice water

Grind venison, fat, and pork shoulder with coarse plate.  Mix together.  Add black pepper, paprika, salt, and garlic to meat, and mix by hand.  In food processor or blender, combine fennel, anise, red pepper, and ice water.  Add to sausage mixture and mix by hand.  Chill sausage mix in freezer 10 minutes, run through grinder with fine plate.  Cook or freeze.