Archive for September, 2011

God vs The Liberal – Friday Funny

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Sep 9th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s an oldie but goodie…

A liberal college professor stood on his chair and said, “God, if you exist then knock me off this chair.” Nothing happened. To the quiet class he said, “See! Now I’ll give it a couple more minutes.” A Marine Vet stood up; …



Low-Point Pan-Fried Swai Sliders

By From http://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Sep 7th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Swai Slider with Hawaiian Bread RollsSwai Sandwich with Arnold Sandwich ThinsSwai is a moist, flaky, mild-flavored white fish that is delicious and less expensive than most other fish you find at the store. Very reasonably priced (I found a bag of froz…



Eyes on Wednesday afternoon

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Sep 6th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

As of the 12Z runs this morning both the NAM and the GFS models are showing sufficient instability (CAPE) and wind shear Wednesday afternoon to produce some decent storms in northern Virginia. The lift mechanism will be the currently stationary front …



Low-Point Butternut Squash with Crumb Topping

By From http://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Sep 6th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Is this a side dish or a dessert? You decide. This savory and sweet butternut squash recipe has a texture similar to that of a custard. The wonderful-tasting crumb topping, consisting of only three ingredients, will make everyone believe you spent way …



Virginia Does Whiskey Too

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Sep 6th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Readers of these Musings already know about the many great beers being produced in Virginia. Recently we learned that the wine industry in the Commonwealth is experiencing fantastic growth as well. Now comes the news that a Virginia distillery is makin…



Week 1 of The De-Googlization of my Life

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Sep 5th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Since I actually got a fair number of comments (by this blog’s standards anyway) on my Google is the next AOL post, I thought I’d update what I’ve actually been doing. The easiest thing to change was my default search engine. I’m using Duck Duck Go, and I have to say, I don’t miss Google […]



USPSA Area 8 Championship

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Sep 5th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The USPSA Area 8 Championship was held September 1- 4 in Fredericksburg. 310 shooters converged to compete on ten challenging and fun courses of fire. I shot the match over two days – completing 5 stages Saturday morning and 5 on Sunday morning. While …



Labor Day Earthworks

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Sep 5th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Labor Day in the U.S. is the traditional last day of Summer, even though there is still plenty of time left for summer activities. Many folks have the day off and celebrate by doing no labor. This is also the season the moles seem to be active.&nb…



Wednesday chasing courtesy of Lee?

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Sep 5th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The models have spoken: remnants of TS Lee will be in place to provide conditions for rotating storms in eastern Virginia. Now, if the sun can poke through Wednesday afternoon and provide some instability…



Week 1 of the De-Googlization of my life

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Sep 4th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Since I actually got a fair number of comments (by this blog’s standards anyway) on my Google is the next AOL post, I thought I’d update what I’ve actually been doing.
The easiest thing to change was my default search engine. I’m using Duck Duck Go, an…