Wingnuts
Used these things for many years now, and they’re just frikkin awesome! However, after reading this post over at The Lonely Libertarian (gonna have to add her to the blargroll!), I think I need to...
View ArticleAll gave some. Some gave all.
In honor of all who have paid the ultimate price in securing and maintaining the freedoms that we enjoy, you have my utmost thanks. (H/T to The Lonely Libertarian. Beware, above video may cause dust...
View ArticleYou never know….
…just who the people you come into contact with every day really are, unless you get to know them. Read the article, bring Kleenex: LINK (h/t to OldNFO) -RabidAlien
View Article69 years ago today
Our fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and brothers embarked on the invasion of Fortress Europe. Hitler made his boasts about his vaunted “Atlantic Wall”. Our boys swallowed their fears, hitched up their...
View ArticleSummer reading list….
…for quite a few summers to come! Its no surprise that I respect pretty much anyone who has donned the uniform of their country (until proven that they are not worthy of that respect), and that I’m a...
View ArticleLazy Sunday afternoons
Heh. “Idle hands are the devil’s playground”, indeed. I was bored earlier, and after talking with Serenity regarding her thoughts on her next tattoo, I fired up Photoshop and fiddled a bit. I now...
View ArticleRandom phone pics
Goin through my phone today, I found these pics from our Colorado trip. -RabidAlien
View ArticleFort Worth Nature Center
Spent the afternoon at Fort Worth Nature Center. Well worth the $12 it cost us to get in ($5 for adults, $2 for kids)! Butt-load of butterflies, a small prairie dog community, oodles of deer (tasty,...
View ArticleFall is here.
In Texas. Which means that you sweat your butt off when you go to the pumpkin patch, and fights are started over who saw the picnic table with the umbrella first rather than over the perfect pumpkin....
View ArticleAnother trip to the Ft. Worth Nature Center
Saw some buffalo on our way in (nope, no pics). They were up by the feeders, munching away happily. The Nature Center informed us, upon arrival there, that they were having a class/lecture on bats at...
View ArticleA day out
Slept in a bit this morning, hit the Ft Worth Zoo around noonish. Perfect day, it got all the way up to 65°. Crowds were moderate, surprisingly enough, considering the brisk temps, nice breeze, and...
View ArticleNovember 11
Here in the US, today is known as “Veteran’s Day”, a day set aside to honor those who have served their country in one of the five branches of the armed services (yes. The Coast Guard is part of the...
View ArticleYay. Fun.
Every parent goes through it….every parent dreads it. Went to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens today after lunch. It was sunny (another of those “not a cloud within 50 miles” sunny Texas afternoons...
View ArticleIt was a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon….
…and I was bored. Been thinking for awhile now (yeah, I know…it surprised me, too) about building some sort of combination BBgun target stand and BB trap/retrieval system, something that will hold up...
View ArticleOMGIceInTexasSlushageddonWe’reAllGonnaDie!!!
Heh. Get an inch of sleet, and Texans (for the most part) freak out. They drive worse than when its raining…but the good news is, most Texans tend to frenzy-buy the grocery stores the day before (cuz...
View ArticleA date which will live in infamy
December 7th, 1941. A date which, sadly enough, a large part of the population (not including most gunnies and every history buff I know) has forgotten the significance of. Or that they should even...
View ArticleStuck in the filter
Awaiting a spam-check, amongst 17 other random comments containing French, Chinese, gibberish, and tons of links to cheap knockoff Michael Kor sites, I found this little gem: I decided I’d rather not...
View ArticleDallas Zoo
Last-minute decision was made at lunch today…Serenity decided to visit the Dallas Zoo again. We haven’t been since long before the K-bug was born, and they’ve done some remodeling since then, so why...
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