For those who have had their fill with the public school system, other options look enticing. These options range from parochial schools, private schools, charter schools, or homeschool. For us and our circumstances, homeschooling is the path we have chosen for our daughter.

Each one of those educational choices has its strengths and weaknesses which need to be balanced out with your values, your health, financial and personal circumstances, and schedules. For homeschooling, having a greater say in the curriculum and major flexibility in scheduling are two of the top perks. However, the top two negatives come in the time needed for lesson planning and prep and cost factor.

I am all for having flexibility in choices and doing away with the top down curriculum methods that end up being a fight between parents vs. schools. The free market is the ticket to do better by our children but it requires thinking out-of-the-box with our current economic structure of the country that is heavily in debt. To enable parents to work independent of government handouts, K-12 Free Homeschool has devised a means for parents to save on time on the lesson planning without surrendering control and save on the budget through a brilliant atypical approach.

No matter your worldview perspective, the manner in which K-12 Free Homeschooling has organized the financing portion of the curriculum is more than worthy of study. This is a great example of working with companies, non-profits and private donations to provide a quality service at an affordable cost to the average family. It is largely tuition free. How? I’ll let them give you the details. Here's how it can be tuition-free.

Regarding the curriculum, there are two major pluses in my book that K-12 FH offers. First, the parents are involved in the curriculum through surveys and critiques. This combined with having 180 days worth of lessons plans makes for a huge plus. Parental feedback, guidance and general input is far superior to the dictating method assuming parents are easily malleable.

Next is a category I am absolutely a pain in the rear on. Is the educational system up-front and honest on their intents and goals? Do they specify their worldview stance before you start so you can make an informed decision? The answer is yes. K-12 FH does delineate their worldview stance or beliefs from the onset before you make a choice. Take it or leave it, their stance is an “authentically Christian education.” Their curriculum is also direct to the point as can be seen at K-12FreeHomeschool.org Course Catalog. I can respect an institution that states their ideology upfront and sticks to it. That is far superior to the deceptive methods disguising an unstated ideology all too common in the public schools.

Is K-12 Free Homeschool for you and your child(ren)? That is up to you to decide based on your factors. But the financial structure is quite ingenious and worth studying closely for this or other community-sponsored school academies.

Pain Relief in an Unusual Way

You may be wondering why a topic on pain relief for one of my physical problems is in the category of “Are You Thinking?” instead of “Disability Issues.” Well, there is a very good reason why. Regarding this story, I was sleeping at the time, woke up groggy and made a comedy of errors along the way. Enjoy as I reward myself the “Are You Thinking?” award.

This event actually took place earlier this year during the spring. Due to needing to help my parents move my brother’s stuff into a storage unit, I was in a lot of pain from head to toe. (Long story, he’s 39 and divorcing a not so nice or bright female of the human race.) Well, evening came and I was in too much pain to sleep. My mother had this rather expensive cream that you rub on, let it activate, then feel as it removes or dulls the pain with a bit of a tingle.

I was hurting quite a bit so my wife helped to apply the cream and tucked me in bed. We left the jar on the nightstand. Apparently, the stuff worked as I fell asleep before I put the cap back on the jar of cream. Remember that last sentence as that was my first not thinking mistake.

Similar to my other weird dream with activity, I had another strange dream that night. I do not remember the details but I remember in my dream that I had put my fingers in a goo of some sort. As would be normal for anyone, I brought my hands forward to see what it was. In my dream, I was standing up but in reality I was laying on my back with my arms straight up.

Well, there was a goo on my fingers. It was the entire, nearly full, open jar of the pain relief cream until gravity took over and made it a nearly empty jar as the contents dumped squarely into my right armpit and started to activate. Getting up from a dream state, I did not fully comprehend what had happened immediately and stood up. This caused the gob of goo to drip smaller clumps onto my stomach and on top of my underwear. Of course, my hands were covered and I tried to wipe it off on my leg and chest.

Following up with the initial logic of washing it off, I hopped into a warm shower to rinse it off. When I was in the shower having the hot water blast my armpit, my brain started to work as it registered that the pain relief cream is activated by heat.

So at 3 AM on a Saturday night, I confined myself to the recliner chair and watched TV (or whatever is on at that hour) until the very intense and deep burning sensation left my armpit, my hands, my chest, my leg, and my groin. Hence, I think I definitely won my “Are You Thinking?” award.

From time to time, I will be doing a few reviews of select companies or products that I feel are relevant to my topic sets. Why you may ask? Well, commercials are about generating an income and there is a bit to be made. Rest assured my readers, I will remain picky as content is king.

A company that offers up payment for doing reviews is payperpost. How did I find out about it and why did I sign up? The answers to these questions are quite simple and a tad humorous. As I make it abundantly clear, I am a stay-at-home, quasi-homeschooling Dad. In a post that will detail just what level of income a stay-at-home parent needs to generate to replace a $30k job, I need to chip in my portion into the family coffers. As such, my wife found out about payperpost and strongly recommended I participate.

Being the good hubby I am, who am I to deny her request? I have seen a few have pulled in a nice monthly side income of about $1,000 so I’ll do my share to contribute. So at my wife’s request, I will grace the company with my wit, charm and flowing writing style. (Overdoing it?)

I have learned from my wife doing payperpost that there are some rather unknown companies out there that deserve a bit of exposure. So if they are going to help contribute to our medical bills reduction fund or provide funds for my sister-in-law’s medicine (wife’s side) then I’ll give it my full gusto and let my fingers fly.

The Right One Requires…

All too often when the topic of relationships comes up you will hear the following phrase, “I’ll know the right guy / gal when I see them.” Then the ‘perfect couple’ decides to start dating and go through the entire cycle until they break up. A basic review of the divorce rate which hovers well over 50% would indicate that whole process sucks as the failure rate is incredibly high.

I would submit that two primary reasons for this high rate come from some rarely followed but simple issues. In order to know who the “right guy/ gal” is, you have to know what the wrong guy / gal is. The dating game (relationship roulette wheel of grief) is touted as the trial and error method of learning. Well, my take is the dating game is supported and pushed by magazines and other popular media to prop up the sale of magazines, TV shows, movies, books, restaurant revenues, movie theater revenues, and the like. The only ones being rewarded by the dating game are the businesses.

I suggest something that in my time as a teacher was devised with the input of 6th graders. In an exercise devoted to decision making, we covered a few topics the kids were well aware of. Wisconsin is a deer hunting state. So one question asked was “How successful can you be at deer hunting with a gun if you are blind folded?” The obvious answer was not at all and someone was likely to get injured. The other was if you were given 1 bullet to be put in a gun guaranteed to kill anything you shot. Then they were instructed they would be sent to the Congo to bring back the Mokele mbembe as the natives called it. Without any further information, they had to tell me what they thought they would have to hunt and bring back. They all got it wrong.

The two scenarios were posed as questions to illustrate a critical point. You cannot find something if you do not know what you are looking for. Just as it is for hunting, relationships work much the same way. You have to know what traits you want and do not want in a potential special someone. Then give up on the dating game altogether.

Are these radical suggestions? Not really, just logical ones based out of having a desire to not set myself up to get hurt. First, dating never is a good method of getting to know someone. Both enter into it with false expectations and end up lying to each other by putting up facades that do not come down until much later. That is when the relationship begins to fail as the real personalities are shown.

So what am I suggesting? I’m suggesting something so simple most fail to get past their social programming to grasp it. I’m suggesting that we stop, think and make a list of what traits you are looking for and not looking for. To guide your thinking, there are only three primary categories to cover. For you, what will it take in the other guy / gal so that the two of you will have complete trust, understanding and communication. Those are the core aspects to a lasting relationship. How can you tell what is good and bad? Think of the people in your life that are of the opposite gender. For guys, think of your mom, sisters, aunts, cousins, and more. What about them bugs you, what can’t you stand? That goes on the traits side of what you do not want. What about them do you like? Get the picture?

The last portion to this is do not date. Instead, view everyone you meet as a potential friend. Start with building trust and see what kind of friend they are. The general wisdom is your spouse should be your best friend. Why make it harder than it needs to be?

I will touch on a topic I previously mentioned I wouldn’t say much on. But I feel it is necessary to do so in this circumstance. The topic is abortion and one of the primary reasons why some claim it should be available.

Of the many reasons some use to try and justify an abortion, one of them is because the baby to be has a ‘severe’ disability. The term ‘severe’ is a subjective term depending on the viewpoint of an individual or group. ‘Severe’ pain that sends one person running to the ER will be ignored by another who just uses superglue to close a gash. So it is a subjective term.

As shown in the article Babies with minor disabilities aborted, points out even minor disabilities, such as a cleft palate or club foot, were used at grounds for an abortion. This is an article from the UK but it is easy to believe the same is happening here.

Club feet, one of the most common birth defects in Britain, affects around 700 children every year.

It results in the feet pointing downwards and inwards, but it can be corrected without surgery using splints, plaster casts and boots.
Despite improvements in treatment, the data suggests there remains a perception among some parents and doctors that club foot is a serious birth defect.

The Abortion Act allows termination at any stage of pregnancy if two doctors agree there is a "substantial risk" of the child being "serious handicapped".
But the scope of the term is left to the doctors' discretion, and some fear the definition of "handicap" is widening as scanning technology develops.


I completely and totally disagree with that line of rationale. Quite simply, any child in the womb that has a disability is a life altering gift to the parents and family. It depends on the viewpoint of the potential parents if they want to make it a positive. In my blunt and honest opinion, those who chose to abort a baby that has a disability of any sort are self-centered cowards.

Why such a strong statement from me? First a few details about me. I was born in 1971 prior to Roe v. Wade being passed in 1973. My parents are wonderful, hard working folks with solid morals. After a number of miscarriages and 3 adoptions, I was given to them as a surprise gift when they were 32 years old. One other crucial detail to this entry, I was born with club feet.

So just try to come up with any rationale that you think might work to explain why I should be dead. For that matter since I’ve involved myself in the lives of those with disabilities of both the severe and mental sort, just try to tell me why they should have been killed. Due note, the first casualties of Hitler’s Holocaust were the disabled. So what is the rationale? I’m waiting for an answer.

What impact would my not being here have had on this world?

  1. My father would have died in my mother’s arms June 20, 2001.
  2. My daughter would not be here changing lives as she cares about encouraging others to believe in themselves and be happy.
  3. My wife’s parents would have lost their house.
  4. My wife’s father would have died on one of two different occasions.
  5. My wife’s brother would have not survived a motorcycle accident.
  6. Two children who are now my nephews would have died from encephalitis and other tropical diseases.
  7. A niece on my side would have continued to be abused and likely ran away by the age of 10.
  8. My brother-in-law would not be able to support his family of himself, his wife and 2 daughters with more than one likely passing away from malnutrition or tropical diseases in the Philippines.

So again what possible rationale can someone come up with to convince me and all those in my life why I should be dead? Try telling it to my wife.
Wonder why I’m opposed to abortion now? I would suppose not.

Though many of us may disagree with what a Commander in Chief may do with the military, I cannot blame those who will lay down their lives so that we may be free to express our opinions.


So to the Veterans of the USA and those who have laid down their lives so we may live, I have not heard a more fitting tribute song than “Veterans of the USA” by The Goads.


With full sincerity, thank you.






First, this is not an advertisement. Well, not really an advertisement I’m getting paid for. Consider this a product review from the viewpoint of a person with a mobility disability.

There are many aspects to our lives that a healthy individual will take for granted. Common tasks that are done without much thought about how to do them become complicated when you hinder a load bearing joint from the equation.

As I have written before, my primary physical disabilities deal with my ankles. When you stop to think about it, there are not very many common tasks that do not use the ankles. So when the ankles are injured, you shift your weight to your knees, hips, shoulders and elbows to compensate. Shoulders and elbows you say? Ever break your leg or sprain your ankle? Ever use crutches or lean on the grocery cart? That is how the shoulders and elbows are impacted by the decreased functionality of your ankles.

One of the common tasks I have issues with is vacuuming the carpet or sweeping the kitchen floor. I’ll wait for a second while you get up and run your vacuum a bit or do the sweeping motion with your broom. Focus on how your shoulders, elbows interact along with the rocking motion you use your ankles to do. Okay, go….

Doo dee doo doo doo dee doo, doo dee doo dee doop dee doo doo,… dum dee dah dah doop, dee doop.

Welcome back. Now that you have done that you can understand what I’m talking about. So how does a person do this common task without getting hurt more? Technology can come to the rescue. The tech I am focusing on is from iRobot. No, this is not a plug for the 2004 movie of the same name starring Will Smith. iRobot specializes in the creation of robots to assist in a variety of tasks that are either dangerous (IED removal), cumbersome (cleaning the sides of your swimming pool), a royal pain in the rear (gutter cleaning), or common tasks such as floor washing and vacuuming.

For a disabled home owner, these things can extend the duration of your limbs by quite a bit. All I need to do is push the ‘Clean’ button then empty it out. No chasing the vacuum cleaner around. Mopping? That can be done as well. The products in particular are the iRobot Roomba for vacuuming and iRobot Scooba for mopping linoleum, vinyl, or hardwood floors. Is it the lazy way? Not for a person with mobility challenges. This saves a lot of money over the long term in reduced pain medication and forced medical procedures.

Now what can this do for a business owner? Cut time on the janitorial duties thus cutting expenses. What about for a business owner with mobility problems? It makes them more competitive with a better profit margin and still reduces the pain and complications.

When you have a different set of circumstances to live under, you see things differently. You can look forward to more reviews of this same type as I stumble across new stuff. (I do take suggestions.)

So my final word on the iRobot products I mentioned is they suck and I’m thankful for it. (Vacuum cleaner joke.)

In the previous post Inconsistent History Lessons in 1st Grade, I pointed out how in 1st grade they start off with speculation as if it is fact. In particular, they associate a few artifacts with a rather lengthy fictional story of an imaginary girl and her family. Needless to say, using fiction to attempt to convince a child something is true is dishonest.


You may be asking why I am making an issue out of this. Well, it comes back to the standard process of child development that goes by the names of abstract versus concrete thinking. Concrete thinking is looking at things in the terms of what your senses can discern. The door is brown. Abstract thinking is concerning those things we cannot readily detect with our senses. Going with the door example, a door is brown due to the portions of the color spectrum the wood and varnish absorb and reflect. Try explaining that to a 6 year old and I can guarantee they will look at you as if you are talking weird. If you spend time with children, you will already know that children begin life as concrete thinkers as they take in their environment to learn how to interact with it. The beginnings of abstract reasoning just barely begin at age 7 for most. Abstract reasoning is often at a good enough level around 11-14. Unfortunately, puberty messes things up at that same time.


Boiling it all down, a 6 or 7 year old has next to no chance of telling what is fiction and what is fact unless they are told. So to present what is speculative to a first grader is akin to lying. But this sets the stage for later opinions to be taught as fact which only succeeds in ruining a quality education.



In my prior article, I commented on the depiction of the Nomads speculated at migrating to the Mesopotamian region. There are a few problems with this which we derive from observational science. The first large hurdle omitted is in the example is a very rudimentary question. If all of these Nomads are headed to Mesopotamia, where did they all come from? Of all the places on the earth, why only the Fertile Crescent region? Or is this only speculation due to an incomplete global history? Better yet, why are speculations on prehistoric times being taught in History?



To complicate these matters further are two scientific discoveries from observation. The first comes in the form of mitochondrial “Eve”. If you are up for some ‘light’ reading, I would suggest you click on the link. To summarize it in a nutshell, all humans alive today are descended from a lady that lived about 6000-6500 years ago. That is according to the data. Now you will have a fair batch arguing against the data because the data does not fit their speculations and opinions. Minor detail that true Science is supposed to follow the evidence wherever it may lead.



The second discovery comes from a study done and reported on a Discovery / National Geographic massive research project. For the life of me, I cannot remember the title as it was from a few years ago. I will edit this post when I can remember and find it. To summarize it, a group of scientist decided to track backwards the bodily changes in human populations native to a region. The results showed a progression from South America, up to North America, then to the Alaskan region, over to Siberia, down to Mongolia then over to the Mid-East. African populations similarly go northward up into the mid-east. The same holds with all of the Asian countries. The Caucasian populations of Europe also were shown to originate in the Mid-East until they found individual native to a region that held all of the traits of each regional subset. The Mid-East region they were found in is incredibly close to the Fertile Crescent / Mesopotamian region. Interesting isn’t it?



Now this gets even more interesting as the mitochondrial “Eve” date falls in line with the growth curve of the human populations throughout history. So the “Nomads” and the entire unit 2 are in conflict with the measured dates of mitochondrial “Eve” and the pattern of human migration which came from the Mid-East not to the Mid-East.



Now where were those “Nomads” from?


As a side note on educating yourself on these issues, I should point something out.

Even though historians and textbook authors have history degrees, there are still plenty of inconsistencies in history. Even an online college may teach different things than traditional colleges. Though, all online degree programs are designed with accuracy and credibility in mind.




Willing To Live For

You have heard of the question “what are you willing to die for?” But I wish to ask you a different question, who are you willing to sacrifice and live for? What I am about to share with you is a completely true account about my mother-in-law.

If you are not aware, I will fill you in on a detail. My spouse is from the Philippines. As a young child, they had no home to call their own but instead slept on the dirt, transformed burlap rice sacks into clothing, and made do with bamboo leaves or whatever else to protect them from the elements. Her father tried his hand at the fishing business but a series of medical issues taxed his humble income until a choice had to be made.

Courtesy of an error by a physician, the youngest daughter of the family acquired an ailment that continually breaks down her neural synapses via epileptic seizures of the Grand Mal kind. My wife had anemia and the eldest brother was not without a few challenges. Like is the norm in the majority of the world, there is no state sponsored welfare system. There is no free medical care. Insurance companies do not rule the medical field. Either you have the funds for necessary medical care or you die. So what do you choose? Do you watch your children die or take measures to make certain they live?

As any good parent would do, you do whatever you must for your children. But I challenge parents here in America to reflect on what that means. Can you do what my mother-in-law did? It is easy to say yes, get a job and increase the income. But the answer is not so easy there. To acquire the funds necessary, it requires you to leave the country and work far away from your children you are trying to save.

So when my wife was eight years old, her mother was working in Kuwait. Yes, the same country Saddam invaded later. Yes, she was there when he opted to acquire Kuwait. Can you tell your children you have to leave them behind to grow up without a mother and a father on the seas? Can you survive with your only contact being a message you get to send to your children once or twice a year on an audio tape? How well could you last as a daughter who loves her mother and not hear from her but know your life and the lives of your siblings are given to your by her sacrifice? How well could you last if you see on the TV the country your mother works in being invaded and not knowing if she will live or die?

Her mother did survive smuggled out to safety through special circumstances to live in Switzerland. Striving to continue to provide for her son’s needs, her middle daughter’s education and anemia treatments, and the neurologic treatment to keep her youngest alive. All this while living in an apartment not much bigger than a 15’x20’, staying faithful the whole time, fending off job loss, personal medical issues w/out family around, the deaths of loved ones back home, and not being there to guide your children as they grow up.

Can you pay that price for your children? Can you keep it up for not just 5 years or 10 but for 20 years? Is there a prize worth the price? I submit to you there is. Whether my mother-in-law knows it or not, I look forward to the day as I stand in support of my wife as she says 5 words to her mother.

“Thank you and welcome home.”

As I was reading over a 1st grade history curriculum and the details inside, I came across an interesting set of information in the first 3 units. Some of it was quite good information except where within the first couple months of the grade level curriculum a significant hypocritical stance was inserted into the content.


In the first unit, they did a very good job detailing the need to learn the compass directions, locations and names of oceans, seas and many basic aspects of what history is. Good job. They teach History is the recorded past we try to piece together with any documentation and hints we can get. The more documentation the more certain we can be of getting the correct picture of something we cannot observe directly.


In the third unit, they begin to delve into the historical records of what we know about ancient Egypt. I would say it might be a bit over a 1st grader’s head but not bad. In all fairness, they do mention the original written or recorded medium used were hieroglyphics carved into stone. Only a select few knew how to do this and it was primarily reserved for recording the issues of the royal court. By unmentioned extension, this means the perspective of the average citizen was largely unrecorded from those times. Fair enough.


In a following lesson, the content points out what is a logical and factual conclusion. The Egyptians discovered how to make and use papyrus (kind of paper) and found it to be far easier to record content on versus using stone. Again, this is a logical and sound point as writing on paper is far better than carving in stone or mud. Doesn’t beat typing up an email or blog but you deal with what you have.


They go on further to make another sound observation and truthful statement. We do not know as much about the ancient Egyptians after they shifted to using papyrus for a very simple reason. Rock beats paper for durability. The papyrus quite simply succumbed to the elements. The stone didn’t. Again, this is an obvious statement. If we do not have the records of the past, then we do not know much of what happened. So where is the problem?


Well, in Unit 2 the content delved into the origins of the first city and civilization by talking about Nomads and the Fertile Crescent. Put on the brakes and stop right there. In unit 1, we deal with current and observed facts. In unit 2, we deal with speculations on the unrecorded past which makes it pre-historic. In unit 3, it admits without documentation our knowledge is incomplete. So from the beginning in 1st grade the curriculum is taking a hypocritical stance. You can and can’t know the past from non-existent recorded media to give verifiable information?


Whenever one person says one thing and does another, we call them a liar and a hypocrite. What more does it make the authors of the curriculum when they insert a belief or opinion instead of a proven fact into the curriculum of 1st graders who believe what is told to them?


History lessons may have some inaccuracies, even if you have a history degree. Signing up for classes at an online college is a great way to learn more about history. Whether you want to get your Bachelors degree or go for your Masters, you can learn about history and even change the way it's taught.

As children progress in the grades it is common that they begin to lose interest in the subjects and just do what they have to do for the grade and to get out. Interest in science and math in particular begin to slide starting around 6th grade and going up. But this entry is to propose a different way of looking at the fields of study. What I am suggesting is a cross curriculum experiment to jolt the kids back into truly getting interested in school again. I would recommend doing this once or twice a year when mathematics, science, social studies, and history classes converge to study the same intriguing topic.

What topic is that? Mysteries found around the world are what I’m thinking of. To myself and others I have asked this to, it always goes over well to study mysteries to excite their minds. Which mysteries am I talking about?

Around the end of October, the Bermuda Triangle poses a wealth of unexplained intrigue and it would go well with the overall “creepy” time of the year. The geography of the region, superstitions and just how well the data actually stacks up opens up the doors to introduce history, societal beliefs, and loads of real hard science. To continue, introduce the mystery of the Mary Celeste. Where did the crew go and why?

Move on to many other well known but heavily debated locations in the world. Stonehenge comes to mind. Why was it built? The Moai statues on Easter Island are rich in intrigue. Who built them and why? How did they move them and where did the civilization go? How do you move a 70+ ton stone statue and erect it? Just think of the endless uses of social studies, history, hard science and mathematics as children and teens explore some of these mysteries to form their own conclusions.

The options go on and on including the infamous Jack the Ripper. Skipping on the gory details, an end of October research project can get the children learning about the origins of forensic science and what it could and could not do at the time. Study of the life and times of Victorian London can come sharply into focus in this the ultimate who-done-it murder mystery. The events happened merely a little over 100 years ago and remain perplexing to this day.

So what makes mysteries such a potentially powerful academic tool outside of what I’ve listed above? It is the definition of what a mystery is. A mystery is the unknown and unexplained. Many can offer their ideas on it but until there is definitive proof a mystery will forever remain unknown and unexplained. But herein lays a double edged sword for the public schools. The large bonus is mysteries can be used to show the limits of history and science. Only that which has been observed, verified or proven can be used to solve a mystery.

The other edge comes down squarely on the teachings in History and Science that rest outside of observation, verification and the ability to be proven or those that happened before the recorded past or prehistory. The Origin of Life, Origin of the Galaxy, Origin of Civilization MUST be held to the same criteria as a mystery or the inconsistencies will again turn the children away from the pursuit of knowledge.

A mystery will always be a mystery. Double standards cannot exist as a mystery whether it is Jack the Ripper or how life began can never be both a known and an unknown using the same set of standards.

Revenge of the Dog

There is not much I need to say on this article. It is a recent post from MSN that is just too funny to let it fade away. No doubt the hunter gets an “Are you thinking?” award for forgetting his gun safety training class. There is just one question I have.


Was the breed of the dog a type of retriever? :p

You fetch. Heh, heh. Woof, woof, bang! Gotcha!


Hunter recovering after being shot by dog
Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - A hunter is recovering after he was shot in the leg at close range by his dog, who stepped on his shotgun and tripped the trigger, an official said Tuesday.

James Harris, 37, of Tama, was hit in the calf Saturday, the opening day of pheasant season, said Alan Foster, a spokesman with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

"He had surgery and is doing pretty well," he said. "He took between 100-120 pellets in about a 4-inch circle to his calf."

Harris was listed in good condition Tuesday, officials at University Hospitals in Iowa City said.

Harris was hunting with a group about three miles north of Grinnell. The group shot a bird, and when Harris went to get it, he put his gun on the ground and crossed a fence. As he crossed the fence, his hunting dog stepped on the gun, Foster said.

The gun was about 3 feet away from his leg.

"The muzzle velocity is so great that the pellets don't have a chance to spread out," he said.

No one else was hurt, and the dog was not injured.

Foster said no citations have been issued
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