Monthly Archives: March 2012

Weekend Woman #40. Sasha Alexander

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Ted

Sasha Alexander, an American born (LA actually) in May 1973.  According to Wikipedia (the Fount of all knowldge, if you don’t care if it is accurate or not) ” “She is best known for several roles, including Gretchen Witter, the sister … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t play the Lotto*

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Ted

Today (March, 30th 2012), the California “Mega Millions” lottery prize reached and exceeded $640 Million dollars. While driving and listining to the radio I heard stories of lines at stores on the California – Nevada border that were 3 hours … Continue reading →

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Daily Cartoon Update

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Ted

I’ve added two new cartoons to my daily reading and the sidebar. “Misfile” and “Brewster Rockit“. “Misfile” looks to have been started in 2006 and “Brewster Rockit” in 2004, this gives you lots of catching up to do.  I have … Continue reading →

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Too good not to share.

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Ted

The Universe to Scale. Click here.

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Weekend Woman # 39: Jaimie Alexander

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Ted

Born Jaimie Tarbush in March of 1984.  When she was four she, and presumably her family, moved from South Carolina to Texas.  She started theater in grade school.  An inability to sing reportedly got her kicked out of which ever … Continue reading →

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Trap shoot

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Ted

One of the girls in the neighborhood, who happens to be one year ahead of Karl at school, just finished her “Senior Project”.  A Trap Shoot to benefit the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, aka the RMEF. Karl and I heard … Continue reading →

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New Shooter.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Ted

At lunch today I introduced a co-worker to the “Wide, Wonderful, World of Guns”.  Now TJ, as I will call him here, is not a complete neophyte.  He has shot before, but not a lot and not enough to decide … Continue reading →

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Springfield Armory. Fail.

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Ted

During lunch today I took the SA to the range to see how it worked. 9 full mags, resulted in 7 jams. I would say that Springfield Armory has failed this test. At this point I have to decide if … Continue reading →

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My Springfield is back.

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Ted

Back on the 8th I wrote about shooting My GI Model Springfield 1911 among other guns.  I also reported that it had some “issues” and was going to be sent back to Springfield Armory for warranty work. Well it went … Continue reading →

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Well I’ve just been schooled.

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Ted

Frank James (of CORN, BEANS, SPENT BRASS, AN EMPTY PAGE AND A DEADLINE) has, though we have never met, just taken me to task for muddled and somewhat juvenile thinking. I’ve been loving it pretty much all winter, up till … Continue reading →

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