Well once again E TN has serious story that is made funny since no one was hurt, and that is only made funnier by the notions of many throughout the nation. The story is from Sevier Co TN about the accidental discharge of a weapon by a on duty police officer at a closed convience store when two officers (both on duty and in the close the store with permission of the owner) compared weight of their .40 caliber hand guns. Full Knoxville News Sentinel story here The officer is on leave due to the incident.

Summary – A Sevier County Sheriff’s Department officer was recently suspended after his service weapon discharged inside a convenience store and the round lodged itself into a pack of frozen bologna.

First of all, it is never funny to play with guns, and handling a gun should always be done seriously. The police if anyone should know that. The fortunate thing is here is that no one was hurt. The funny thing is that the discharged round lodged in frozen log of Bologna within the convenience store. Prior to becoming lodged in the meat log, the round went though a monitor and a cooler. The following line from the story sums it up –

“(the officers involved)…were required to pay restitution — about $120 — to the owners to replace the computer screen.The owners did not request reimbursement for the cooler or lunchmeat”

The owner are not requesting reimbursement for the luncheon meat…well thank goodness they have their priorities right…..LOL

For those who wait for the last minute and then have to rush to cook the family bird tommorrow, I offer the following solution.

Cooking a Turkey with Thermite

Bnet has a very interesting story about 10 careers which pay well, but which do NOT benefit society. I agree with most of them, with cavets like the author includes – Chriropractors do give some benefit, some self help books are ok, some health experts can help you, etc. I have a dream that someday #9 will not be true, but I believe it may always be. http://team-swap.com/?p=428

Gizmodo has a very interesting story up today about the sell of a “potential” home of Adolph Hitler in Argentina. The basis of the idea is that Hitler escaped Germany and lived out his days in this remote Argentinian home – leaving two daughters as his legaacy. Interesting story, though I don’t personally believe it. Nice house though, full story here

Over the last few months the Being Frank team has desired to start regular posting again. Life, work, and some lingering family health issues, have interfered with these plans.

That said, we will push on and hopefully get to regular blogging over the next few weeks and months.

Readers from way back will either be happy or sad to hear that the three C’s – Christ, Cycling and Computers – will still make up a majority of post on this blog. Going forward there will likely be a few new areas of interests – Exercise, Electricity, and Engineering – added into the irregular posts on politics, pens, people, misc news, current events, metro Knoxville TN, economics and whatever else strikes our fancy that day.

So, sit back and hopefully the ride will get interesting again soon.

Found this on There I fixed it and I thought I share it. Way to do the 1995 upgrade and pop a collar…LOL

The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety did a very interesting crash test, a 1959 Bel Air vs a 2009 Malibu. It is designed to show how much automobile safety has improved in the last 50 years. The results are very interesting. Car Crash

I recently came across a really cool product, a pencil made out of recycled blue jeans. They act like a standard #2 pencil, i.e. you can sharpen them, and run about .30 to .50 cents a piece. A great thing is that they actually write pretty well. One place to buy them is here, but I am sure you can find other places to buy them as well.

Mission Bicycle announced they are now selling a wearable lock. The lock is warn around the waist like a belt with a 26″ to 44″ inch adjustability. Mission is the exclusive US distributer apparently. Very cool, very useful, and a great idea. Story here

Adam Roberts over at the Huffington Post has a very interesting post up about 10 rules that you should break, or mistakes you make, when you eat out – full post here. Very interesting stuff, and well worth considering when you eat out.

On a positive note, regarding eating out, the lovely wife and I tried out Sequoyah Grille in Knoxville and it was very good.

Saw this really cool wedding invitation online and wanted to share it. It is REALLY cool. It is a paper record player. Very very cool. Full story at Mashable.

Heard about this online a few days ago. I gave it a watch and found it really interesting. It is called Undercity and is about exploring the sewers. Two urban archaeologist filmed it over a few years. Very interesting watch.