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Wednesday Fun Match

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 16th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Instead of the normal weekly IDPA match at Black Creek, this week’s event was designated a “fun match.” This was done to make a short, quick event, in deference to the heat and humidity, and possibility of storms. Even though we shot in IDPA divisions …



Musical Interlude At The Job Site

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 15th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Just because…
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Dinner, Beer and the Evening Parade

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 13th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Friday evening we made our annual trek into Washington, DC to enjoy the Evening Parade at “8th and I,” the Marine Barracks Washington. In order to avoid driving, and parking, in DC we make an extended travel routine; drive to the southern most Met…



Counting Change Is Hard

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 11th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Everyone has stories to tell of kids working the cash register these days who can’t make change, even when the computer tells them how much to give back. Here’s a contender for the Hall of Shame.I stopped by the local Rite Aid and made a purchase total…



BadWolf Brewing Expansion Video

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 11th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

BadWolf Brewing in Manassas is nearing the end of a major expansion. Manassas’ first nanobrewery is growing, in a big way. Starting with this:And growing to this:That the first brew on the new system is an ESB is exciting to me. It’s one of my favorite…



Five O’Clock Friday: To Each His Own

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 10th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Received from a friend:After a Beer Festival in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.The guy from Corona sits down and says, “I would like the world’s best beer, a Corona.” The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and …



Premium Beer

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 8th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

“I’ll have water, please. Thanks.”
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Spencer Devon Soleil Levant Witbier

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 7th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We headed down to Spencer Devon Brewing Friday for dinner, and specifically to try out the new Soleil Levant Witbier being debuted that evening. I had read the release announcement and description posted the brewery’s Facebook page, and was intrig…



Independence Weekend Range Time

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 6th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After shooting two IDPA matches in the past week, the only shooting-related activity I had planned for the Independence weekend was gun cleaning. But then a friend texted Thursday evening asking if I wanted to hit the range Friday morning. As much as I…



Irony. And Oppression.

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 4th, 2015 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I have some fired brass to ship off to an ammo supplier for credit. So on the day we celebrate our Nation’s independence I headed to the local post office to pick up a few Flat Rate boxes to prepare the shipment. I found it ironic, and extrem…