Archive for May, 2011

Another New Beer Coming to Blue & Gray

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • May 19th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Recently I had the chance to try out a new beer from Blue & Gray Brewing. The brewery’s as yet unnamed IPA is likely to become a new favorite when it’s available on a regular basis. Now it appears that my favorite brewpub has brewed another new bee…



Duncan Hunter’s outrage about the naming of United States Navy ships is pretty selective.

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • May 18th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) was on The Drudge Report yesterday due to his opposition to a plan by the United States Navy to name a new Lewis and Clark class cargo ship in honor of labor leader Cesar Chavez: The decision, announced Tuesday, “appear[s] to be more about making a political statement than upholding the […]



25,000 Big Macs?

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • May 18th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Seriously?

Here at Musings Over a Pint, we’re unabashed about our infatuation with the hamburger. It’s the typical food with which we judge a pub. But when Don Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ate his 25,000th Big Mac recently, he …



Reaching a Shooting Goal

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • May 18th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A few weeks ago the monthly USPSA match at Fredericksburg Practical Shooters was a “classifier match.” Four of the six stages were classifiers; standard exercises used to rank shooters against the whole of the USPSA membership. This was a good opportun…



Timing is everything

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 18th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This Storm Prediction Center graphic shows the storm reports from yesterday.   The cluster of reports – and yes, tornadoes – in northeastern Colorado was somewhat further north than our target yesterday, but all these reports were early eveni…



Our first (and only…hopefully) B-U-S-T

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 17th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Today was a marginal setup at best, and this morning we completely shifted our target from Childress TX up to eastern Colorado based on some new model data plus the Storm Prediction Center putting up a small tornado probability for that area.  The…



June Festivities

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • May 17th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

Virginia craft beer fans are in for treat in June. There are two great beer fests are coming up.

First up is the Second Annual World Beer Festival in Richmond on Saturday, June 18, 2011 on Brown’s Island. For tickets, visit www.allaboutbeer.com/wbf o…



Sammy T’s Opens FroYo Shop!

By From http://sarahiouslyspeaking.com • May 17th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

TweetMy first real job was as a yogurt girl at I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt in Greensboro, NC.  I loved that job.  We got free samples, I could pull a 9 oz sample in a sample cup, the product was fat-free, and I always went home smelling like vanilla.  I’ve missed frozen yogurt terribly since moving […]



Recipes for a Healthy Lifestyle

By From http://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • May 17th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s here! The wait is over! My cookbook featuring over 100 delicious and easy-to-follow recipes is now for sale on this blog!Although this terrific blog is very popular with many health-conscience visitors, I have decided to also share a collection of…



Tuesday’s target: Childress TX

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 16th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We pushed hard today and wound up in Shamrock Texas, roughly 90 miles east of Amarillo in the Panhandle.  The conditions for storms aren’t great tomorrow since a big area of high pressure – following the low that is plaguing the East Coast with dr…