Monthly Archives: October 2011

Canoeing Utica Reservoir

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Ted

The day after our aborted pass run Monika, Katarina and I took our canoe up Hwy 4 to Utica Reservoir for a quick, easy and beautiful couple of hours on the water. The Canoe Our canoe, purchased new probably 7 … Continue reading →

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I first read this back in 05′

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Ted

What brought it to mind was just thinking back over the last several years. Truly we live in Heinlein’s Crazy Years. Now we have the some morons who are part of the “Occupy” movement putting out a flier asking “When … Continue reading →

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Weekend Woman #21 Summer Glau

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Ted

Summer Lyn Glau, born in San Antonino in 1981.  Best known, by me at least as “River Tam” of Firefly fame.     She is even cute when she is a Robot. Pretty woman with  gun.  It does not get … Continue reading →

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Newt hits it out of the park.

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Ted

Over the Stadium walls and the last they saw it, the ball was bouncing down Main St. at 88MPH with a DeLorean in close pursuit. Not my first choice for President.  He does have some significant baggage but I’d much … Continue reading →

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Winterizing.

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Ted

Mostly worked around the house today.  I spent an hour or so getting the pond ready for winter.  Turn off the pump, remove the filter material, plug the inlet and drain the filter.  Fill and drain the filter several times … Continue reading →

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Rockford vs. Occupy Wall Street.

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Ted

Big Hollywood provided this.  I just want to take this moment to thank them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPayWN9elk And yes, Netflix currently streams all 6 seasons.  

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Pass Run. October 2011

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Ted

An attempted pass run at least. Last Saturday (October 22nd) Monika and I decided that the time had come for a quick trip through the high country.  Summer is over, the Aspen trees (and the Cottonwood’s) are changing colors.  All … Continue reading →

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Range Day’s with Kat

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Ted

Nothing much happening last weekend so both Saturday and Sunday I took Katarina shooting.  I did not have to ask twice.  First we stopped at WalMart and bought her her OWN Shooting Glasses and Hearing Protection.  You will see them … Continue reading →

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Why I have a hard time believing Al Gore.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ted

For some time now the folk behind SurfaceStations.org have been investigating the accuracy of the surface stations used to measure the actual temperature of a location. There is an actual standard for those weather stations you know,  one that seems … Continue reading →

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Weekend Woman #20. Priyanka Chopra

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ted

Back to Bollywood. Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), Maharashtra, India. May I present Priyanka Chopra (and I will not even attempt to pronounce it).     … Continue reading →

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