When art imitates life.Flying Dog Brewery actually does brew a beer with four-leaf clovers. From Rhymes With Orange.
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On Friday evening we headed over to Park Lane Tavern to enjoy some Fish ‘n Chips for dinner. Park Lane does a pretty decent version of the classic platter, and there’s good beer. I had missed the Heavy Seas Brewing “Steal the Glass Night” earlier in th…
May all your choices this weekend be well-selected.
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The Feast Day of our Patron Saint turned out to be an absolutely beautiful (nearly) Spring day, so we headed over the the range to enjoy the 70° weather. One of our plans for the day was to do the Dot Torture Drill, as a tribute to Todd Louis Green who passed away earlier this week. Todd didn’t create this drill, but it has long been associated with him. I never met Todd, but have made frequent use of his insightful posts and shooting drill library at Pistol-Training.com. I truly wish I could have taken a class from him. Massad Ayoob has posted a nice tribute to Todd on his blog.
My best score to date on this exercise is 49/50. We decided to use the SA/DA version of the drill for this run. Unfortunately I didn’t come close to my record on this outing, scoring just 42/50. I reminded myself that even a miss on this drill is well within a center zone hit on a practical pistol target. After lamenting my score, and promising myself I’d try again real soon, we spent another fun hour shooting.
Despite the sun shining bright, we did have to deal with strong wind gusts which frequently blew over our target stands. A few rocks gathered from the berm edges were only mildly effective in stabilizing the targets. The ground here is too hard to make easy use of stakes, so I think I’ll need to look into fixing up some sand bags before the winds of Spring start coming into play. It was fun afternoon spent with Colleen and “Checkered Flag.” Even if Dot Torture is appropriately named, any day at the range…
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The Spring Equinox is Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 12:30 AM EDT local time.So what’s all this talk about a Nor’easter?
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We all know that it’s illegal to “follow too closely” to the vehicle in front of you. In Virginia, that’s a traffic ticket under 46.2-816. But how close can be you? When are you too close? Let’s see. The following too closely statute (46.2-816) says: The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another […]
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St. Patrick is our parish’s patron Saint, so w’ll take a bit of a reprieve from our Lenten penances. We’ll be enjoying some “traditional” Irish-American food and drink with other Catholic friends this evening. There will be no green beer (that would be a sin, not a penance), but we’ll surely see this delicious Bread and Butter Pudding with Hot Whiskey Sauce among other treats.
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| Bishop Patrick in our parish window |
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| Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Ireland |
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When I scan a beer menu, I typically look for Virginia breweries first. Such was the case when we visited Sedona Tap House last Sunday afternoon and saw a listing for Ocelot Brewing Albatross IPA. I had to admit that I wasn’t familiar with that br…
I made my (almost) weekly lunchtime run to the indoor range this afternoon. For this week’s exercise I did the same 50-round skills drill from Julie Golob that I tried a few weeks ago. This time I did it twice, once at 7 yards, and again…
Smooth and creamy. this perfectly seasoned potato soup will surprise you not only with its color, but with its taste.Ingredients:- 1 Tbs butter- 1 cup chopped onion- 2 cloves garlic, diced- 1/2 tsp. coarse salt- 1 1/2 lbs purple potatoes, peeled and ch…
