Archive for October, 2012

It’s Free Wi-Fi

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Oct 16th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Free Wi-Fi, and electric power, at the local coffee shop is a great convenience for catching up with email or the news while on the road. It’s even fun to sit and “surf” while enjoying coffee and a snack. But I think sometimes folks might go to an extr…



Enjoying Your Garden Basil All Winter Long

By From http://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Oct 15th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

 I love basil! So much so that just tonight I told my husband if Yankee Candle came out with a basil-scented candle, I’d buy it. To me, there’s nothing like the smell of fresh basil. Knowing that colder temperatures will soon be upon us, the …



SureFire Timer For Dry Fire

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Oct 15th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A shot timer is an essential piece of equipment if you are serious about your training to shoot better. I don’t use a timer every time I practice, but do use one occasionally to check on my progress. Beyond gathering speed statistics, using the start…



Monday’s possibilities

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Oct 14th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The cold front that provided a major chasing “BUST” in the Great Plains yesterday (after all the crowing online about how a “tornado outbreak” was on the docket) continues its march eastward and will arrive here in Virginia tomorrow, i.e. Monday. …



Virginia GABF Winners

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Oct 14th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

Virginia Craft Brewers brought home a Lucky 13 awards from the Great American Beer Festival held this week in Denver, CO. The big winner was Devils Backbone which walked away with the Small Brewpub and Brewer title and 8 category medals.

2012 GAB…



Homecoming Date Night

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Oct 13th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s the night of the Homecoming Dance at the boy’s high school, and I have a date! No, not for the dance, but with my lovely wife. Colleen and I took advantage of our son’s night out to have a date of our own.

Park Lane has a decent, though not ove…



Five O’Clock Friday: We Made It!

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Oct 12th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It was a tough challenge to get through the week, but it’s finally the weekend.

Whatever you did to make it to Friday, now it’s time to enjoy it.

[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]



Autumn chasing this weekend out west, but not in VA

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Oct 12th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

If I was primed and ready for a long distance chase I’d be in the Texas Panhandle right now awaiting storms to fire.  After dark I’d head northeastward into eastern Kansas for what is being touted in the chaser world as an autumn tornado outbreak …



Fredericksburg USPSA Wounded Warrior Match

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Oct 12th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After mostly recovering from the trek to shoot the North Carolina Sectional on Friday, I was up early Sunday to take in the monthly Fredericksburg Practical Shooters USPSA match. In a stark contrast from the warm temps of North Carolina a couple o…



Low-Point Mac and Cheese with Bacon and Broccoli

By From http://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Oct 11th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Now we’re talkin’! Macaroni and cheese with bacon even makes the broccoli taste wonderful in this amazing entree. A great way to add some veggies to your child’s favorite meal. :)Low-Point Mac and Cheese with Bacon and BroccoliIngredients:- 3 slices ba…