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Blog Roll Additions

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Feb 19th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Here are a few recent additions to the blog links found in the Shooting & Freedom tab, found at the top of the page.

Way Up North
Posts by Rev. Paul way up in Anchorage, Alaska. He remind us that “God, guns and guts made the Union the greatest in …



Beer, Food, Fireplace: Mental Illness

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Feb 18th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Imagine you’re writing an article on substance abuse and mental illness. Does a craft beer dinner in front of a roaring fire spring to mind? Apparently it does to the publishers if the Officer View – Law Enforcement web site.

While summarizing a R…



XS Flashlight For iPhone

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Feb 17th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I admit it, I’m a bit of a nerd geek, especially when it comes to new “apps” to add to my iPhone. I posted about a flashlight app for the iPhone last year. That utility has been on my phone since, and used fairly frequently. Recently I was intro…



A Priest Walks Into A Bar…

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Feb 17th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

And then into a garden.

The Reverend Andrew O’Connor of Holy Family Church in the Bronx is a fan of craft beer. He recently met up with the brewers at Bronx Brewery and a partnership was launched. The brewery supplied 20 hop starter plants for the P…



Media Prefers To Aid Criminals

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

A bill to keep newspapers from publishing the personal information of Conceal Weapons Permit holders was killed by the Virginia Senate.

RICHMOND—A state Senate committee has killed a bill to close concealed-weapons permit information to public view…



Virginia Out Of The Running For New Belgium Brewery

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

Despite previous hints that New Belgium Brewery was considering Virginia for an East Coast facility, it appears the state is not on the short list, according to the Denver Business Journal.

Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing Co. has narrowed its lis…



Painting With Beer

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

We’ve all heard of the myriad of claimed uses for beer; as shampoo, as a slug trap, furniture polish, even in a massage. But here’s one I’ve never heard before, as paint. Oregon artist Karen Eland uses different beers as the medium for her artwork…



A Gun In Starbucks

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

Not shown:
At least 2 3 responsibly carried guns

They warned us it was going to happen. Sure enough a bunch of gun clingers armed themselves with all manner of handguns, and headed into Starbucks all over the country today. They were there to…



Northern Virginia BrewFests – Save the Dates

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

5th Annual Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest

Saturday, June 23, 2012 – 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Sunday, June 24, 2012 – 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM 

Morven Park, Leesburg, Virginia

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6th Annual Northern Virginia BrewFest 



My Valentine

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

It’s a stereotype we’ve all heard. Husbands who have to sneak beer into the house. Or new gun purchases. I’ve long gotten a kick during such discussions of reminding folks that I don’t have to sneak around, that my wife knows and appreciates good beer….