Gun nuts are basking in a tremendous victory, apparently: Starbucks isn’t banning guns.

Dale Welch recently walked into a Starbucks in Virginia, handgun strapped to his waist, and ordered a banana Frappuccino with a cinnamon bun. He says the firearm drew a double-take from at least one customer, but not a peep from the baristas.

Well, good for you, Dale. Any guy who drinks banana Frappuccinos obviously needs to carry a gun to compensate for something. I think it shows a great deal of courage on Starbucks’ part, though. If I was charging $4 for a cup of shitty coffee, I sure as hell wouldn’t want gun-toting customers.

There’s yet another reason to like Jimmy Carter. Dubya says Jimmy made his life miserable by having the guts to speak up and tell the truth. Aw, poor Dubya. If it’s any consolation, George, you made a helluva lot of people’s lives miserable yourself.

A pretty good hockey game for the gold medal yesterday (not that I watched it. I was trying to get all my weekend chores done while wandering around in a bit of a stupor). But it sounds like it was a good game, and the Canadian NHL all-star team beat the USA NHL all-star team. I kinda liked the Olympics better when it used to be amateur college kids playing (even though the evil commie countries always seemed to have an advantage). Oh well, time marches on.

I have to admit, I didn’t watch any of the games this year. There’s just something about an Olympics that isn’t during a leap year that doesn’t feel right. Hats off to the Canadians, though, who won a boatload (a record, I think I heard) of gold medals. Of course, if you look at the medal “standings” on an US media site, you’ll see the USA is #1, because they add in the silver and bronze medals.

Excuse me, but coming in second and/or third just means you lost, and since when are Americans proud of losing? Just goes to show what 8 years of Bush will do to you.

Oh well, time to head off to work and wait for the new hoops rankings to come out. Rumor has it there may be some movement at the top.