Last Friday morning I received a short text message from Checkered Flag, “Still light around 7ish? Free to shoot?” I checked my phone and replied “sunset is 8:11, last light 8:40” and it was on! Colleen had a previous engagement that evening so my…
Instead of fighting to load videos here I have edited and uploaded a two part video of the rotating “mothership” mesocyclone and wall cloud I intercepted just west of Lynchburg while parked just off Rte 460. I noticed this complex to my west had …
This morning in Rome, Pope Francis canonized the 813 Martyrs of Otranto. These faithful Christians were victims of muslim brutality and conquest in the Italian city of Otranto in 1480. On August 11, the besieged town was overrun by Ottoman invaders. Al…
Please forgive me for a very personal post to say Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful wife. Thank you for always being there for our family. You are a loving wife to me and also a loving and caring mom to our son. We are blessed to have you in our lives…
Today didn’t start out to be a major chase day…conditions were marginal and I couldn’t actually begin chasing until early afternoon. But the weather has a mind of its own and I wound up chasing three separate storms today, the last two both sev…
Or more appropriately, making the same mistakes.
A couple weeks ago I was dry firing and noticed I was fumbling a lot of my reloads. Instead of the mag sliding smoothly into the gun, it was jamming and causing significant delays. So I started repeatin…
I haven’t seen any werewolves in these parts lately, but these silver bullets are intriguing nonetheless.
The Northwest Territorial Mint offers Silver Bullion in 1 ounce .45 ACP “bullets.” These bullets aren’t actually live ammunition, but are in…
I found out about this endeavor just last night through a mutual friend. Adventure Brewing is the dream of three local home brewers. I exchanged messages with my friend, who promised to make introductions soon. Coincidentally, this morning, t…
This is one of the biggest defenses for a driving on suspended case. People realize it in a subconscious way, but a lot of people don’t understand that the law actually requires that you must have legal notice that your license was in fact suspended. But what does that mean? Unfortunately, the law doesn’t allow […]
Face it, beer bottle openers made from ammunition are a natural fit for Musings Over a Pint. So when the folks at RealBullet.com offered to send along some samples of their product, I was happy to open a couple beers with Real Bullet bottle opener…
