I've lucked out and managed to get a meeting with the manager at gun store & range to go over the possibility of me redesigning their web site.

It's not a big site, and I'm sure that redesigning it won't be very time consuming for me since it is something I do for a living, but the payment is going to be in firearms (not directly, see below) so I can't complain.

The law states that they cannot barter weapons, and I'm cool with that. So, depending on what they need, we'll work out a deal based on what I want, then that's what I will charge them. They'll cut me a check, and I won't even leave the store before I buy some new guns.

I need a shotgun. No home should be without one and I'm actually a little irked at myself for not picking one up sooner. Handguns make for terrible home defense, and there's nothing like the sound of a round being chambered to tell a goblin to get the hell out of your house. It works, I know, I've had to do it before when someone decided that 6:30 AM was a good time to jump on my roof. The unmistakable CLACK CLACK was loud enough for the roof-climber to hear.

So, a shotgun's worth of work is the minimum.

I can also do photography for them, showcasing their ranges, selection, etc. If they really want to get fancy, I could do 360° Quicktime movies for them of their facilities. Toss in a nice Kel-Tec "pocket rocket" for that.

Now, if they want a lot of high end design or programming a back end, I see a Smith & Wesson 500 Hunter in my future.

We'll see. It's just a meeting with the manager arranged through a mutual acquaintance. I don't have a lot of sites I've designed still online since I've been out of the "design business" for a long time and generally don't even consider doing it on the outside because it's too much work.

But this could mean new firearms, and I'm a sucker for things that go boom.