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A Hot USPSA Match

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The monthly Fredericksburg USPSA match took place this past weekend. The timing also coincided with record high temperatures, which brought the ferocious storms we saw Friday night. I started my weekend activity, ignoring the downed tree in my fro…



Derecho 2012

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 30th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

From Wikipedia: A derecho (Spanish: derecho “right”, pronounced [de???e?t?o?][1]), is a widespread and long-lived, violent convectively induced straight-line windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms in the…



Pass Me A Beer

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 29th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Because I really needed something light-hearted today.

For more laughs, watch the outtakes too.

[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]



Not This Day

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 29th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It just seems to fit.

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The Gates of Hell

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 28th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. –Matthew 16:18

So, the Supreme Court has ruled. The highest court in America has confirmed that we will be su…



QOTD: Tyranny

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 28th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

“You may call tyranny a mandate or you may call it a tax, but it still is tyranny and invites the same response.” –Mike Vanderboegh

[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]



Cavalier IDPA Match

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 27th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A few years ago, when I first was getting interested in competitive shooting, the first “local” event I found out about was the monthly IDPA match at the Cavalier Rifle and Pistol Club in Montpelier, VA. But, for whatever reason, I never made it…



“Wild Things” and Assassination

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 26th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Here’s an excerpt from a 2010 interview that “Wild Things” author Maurice Sendak did with Gary Groth of The Comic Journal.

SENDAK: Bush was president, I thought, “Be brave. Tie a bomb to your shirt. Insist on going to the White House. And I wa…



A Small Bit of Dementia

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 26th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I headed over to Lee’s Retreat at the Blue & Gray Brewery for dinner this weekend. While waiting for my meal I enjoyed a half-pint of Blue & Gray Minor Dementia Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout. Apparently a beer this big needs a big name.



When Agenda Kills

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jun 25th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Politics

Nobody died when Nixon lied.

H/T The Smallest Majority
[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]