Category: miscellaneous
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Another run at 3 gun
I went back for another beating this weekend at the BGSL 3 Gun match, and didn’t come away quite as scarred as last time, when I finished dead last. This time I was 2nd in my squad, 5th in my division out of 15 and 32nd overall out of 56. Still not where I want to…
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Here's to hoping that the third time really is the charm.
Next weekend is homecoming at my college alma mater and also my graduating class’ 20th reunion. Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it (life is full choices). I will miss hanging out at the frat house, riding the firetruck and pretending I’m 20 something again (even though I was teen something most of my time…
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A proof of why war chickens come home to roost.
A few weeks ago my daughter asked me to help her come up with topics for a persuasive speech she had to write and deliver in her sophomore English class. After she dismissed all the good ones (“Why the war on drugs is a scam”…she thought that would get her kicked out…”Why all Catholics would…
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Every target matters – this weekend's IDPA match GoPro video
We had about 20 show up for this weekend’s IDPA match. I think I’m finally (18 months in) starting to get into a groove for planning, setup and administration to the point that I can actually enjoy the match and shoot well without being all stressed out about being the RSO. Time and a few…
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Learning from the past on 9/11
Three years ago, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks I shared my 9/11 story. I wasn’t in New York or DC on that day, nor did I know anyone that was killed, but 9/11 is very personal for me nonetheless. However, on this anniversary my mind is not focused on…
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iWatch needs to cut the apron strings before it's really going to be useful
I watched the tech crunch live blog of the Apple presser today on the side on my screen while I was working. My short take: I will finally pull the trigger (and sign away another two years of my life to ATT) and upgrade my aging and broken iPhone 4 to one of the two…
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Starting today: home education
The Kelley Family home school education center officially opened for business today. After a long period of discussion, investigation and thinking, today we officially withdrew my son from the private K-12 school he had been attending since first grade. The motivations were numerous: First and foremost its something that our son wanted to do. He asked…
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The work – money – consumption cycle (or "I had a dream")
I composed this post almost entirely in a dream the night before last. Seriously. I wrote most of it up in the hour or so after I woke up, finishing it up this morning (busy day yesterday…). Since my dreams usually consist of the physically impossible and discontinuous as a metaphor for something my sub…
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Reading some St. Augustine
Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on.…