Monthly Archives: August 2011

The End of Summer

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Ted

Well for me that is.  The kids have been back in school for 3 weeks now and once again it is Strawberry Music Festival Time.  I’m taking the rest of the week off and Monika, Katarina and I will be … Continue reading →

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The Top of the food chain.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Ted

It’s a struggle to get there, and stay there. I am a CAT fear me.   I was bred to hunt lions and my head is bigger then your entire body.  GO AWAY.   I’ll wait.  Over here.   I … Continue reading →

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It’s a good Job if you can get it.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Ted

Hell, she did not get the job, she married it. Expensive massages, top shelf vodka and five-star hotels: First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations From a UK newspaper.  True or not?  I don’t know.  … Continue reading →

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Something a little different. – Update

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Ted

Stolen from “The Smallest Minority” who borrowed it from “Mostly Cajun“.   NPR’s Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books To follow the NPR (US National Public Radio) meme, copy this list, putting in Bold those you have read. 1. The Lord … Continue reading →

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Life is good.

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Ted

Had a slow weekend and this evening about 6:40 I loaded up the Wee Bitch and headed up the hill. Both Karl and Bethanni had homework to do and for some reason Katarina decided to stay home also.  So it … Continue reading →

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Weekend Woman #14 : Billie Piper

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Ted

Born Lianne Piper, she will always be Rose Tyler to me. Someday when I grow up I’m either going to be ‘Pappy’ Jack Holloway, Allan Quatermain, or The Doctor.  It is a hard choice, but if I get to travel … Continue reading →

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Greens, you got to love them.

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Ted

Brother Fritz posted about the Green Job Boondoggle in Seattle earlier this week.  This post is a little closer to home. What happens when an incandescent light burns out? Darkness that’s what.  Or at worst a little flash of light … Continue reading →

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Range day again.

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Ted

Yesterday I headed for the range during my lunch hour, I am going to have to remember to freshen up the shooting supplies in the pickup this weekend.  My stapler ran dry and I was completely out of 45acp.  I … Continue reading →

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No wonder Obama thinks the housing market it doing OK

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Ted

At least 20 people are currently looking at his house right now. Starting with Stewart Alexander and  Michele Bachmann and ending with Vern Wuensche.

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Reason #2,375 why I don’t go into the woods naked*.

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Ted

Why not?  I’m a hairless ape that’s why.  My “Fighting Fangs”, if I may be allowed to quote Edgar Rice Burroughs, were lost countless millennia ago.  A “Sharp” helps but not enough.  I don’t want this to happen. A DISTRAUGHT … Continue reading →

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