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Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…

  • Who had the worst day, Glass or Watney?

    We went to see The Revenant last night (small spoiler alert for below).  It was the third movie in a row we’ve been to that was packed, so we ended up having to sit in the first few rows.  A few weeks ago we saw the recent Star Wars film in similar conditions and a few…

  • Great expectations

    I’ve gained a lot from listening to the Tim Ferriss podcast over the last few months.  I will admit that when I first heard of his breakout book, I thought it sounded a little like snake oil sales.  After reading it, I changed my mind though and subscribed to his podcast.  It has been one…

  • Thank you Vontaze Burfict

    I developed my addiction to pro football and cheering for the hometown Bengals later in life, somewhere in my mid-twenties.  Count it among the number of ways that I was a late bloomer.  Since then, I’ve gotten deeper and deeper into it.  Scheduling my Sundays so I could watch games (it’s never the same if…

  • GoPro video from January IDPA Match

    I finally remembered to take my GoPro to this past weekend’s IDPA match.  Unfortunately I remembered about 20 minutes before I left so I only got about 30% charge, which means I only capture two of the four stages.  I shot pretty well on these two, although I bobbled on the tactical sequence at the…

  • Should I stay (dry) or should I go (wet)?

    Yep, I voted.  I broke my self imposed lifetime ban and voted in the special session called on a single issue for just my county: should it be legal to sell alcohol in Grant County. I voted yes, of course because I would like to drive less when I am out of wine or bourbon,…

  • Distracted from distraction by distraction

    I ran across a small quote from Four Quartets from T.S. Eliot.  Looking up the whole thing, I found the opening of part III to speak to me.  Amazing how poetry can do that through the ages. Here is a place of disaffection Time before and time after In a dim light: neither daylight Investing…

  • My new range toy

    Usually that title goes for things that send things down range.  In this case I’m refering to something that you send things towards down range.

  • 90 second book review: Waking up to the dark

    At last a book that made it into my to read pile from something other than a podcast (although I must admit that I think I at least heard of the research mentioned at the start of the book on a podcast at some point): Waking Up to the Dark – Ancient Wisdom for a…

  • Interesting essay from RAW

    https://c4ss.org/content/41386 Had not heard if E-prime before. The corruption of good and bad into good and evil does ring true to me.