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Feed me, and Beirut

Random videos: Greetings from the cat   Gracie’s “feed me” performance every morning about 0500. Nice legs. Beirut  Imagine listening to this all day, while you’re trying to write. Word is, we’re now getting a Dick’s Sporting Goods. So, whenever the … Continue reading

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There is No Sanctuary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Amt30_QVQ Yeah, there is. Libraries. Went to mine a couple of weeks ago and picked up these:   Already finished In the Light of What We Know, and I’m in the middle of The Eye of the World. So far, eh. … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat: Da Livin’ is Easy

Whoa, been awhile, so guess I should put in my two claws worth but, really, ain’t much happening. I mean, it’s summer: What, exactly, do you expect me to be doing? It ain’t been all lazing around, though. I have been … Continue reading

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Yard Sale

Boy, if that title doesn’t get me more Google hits, then nothing will. I set up a table in Middletown, VA, this past Saturday for the infamous Route 11 Yard Crawl: Like the banners? I got up at 0400 to drive … Continue reading

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Losing Losing Cable

Ah, the good things, they come to that proverbial end, and this past weekend we bid a fond adieu to Jason Smith’s Losing Cable series by having a back-to-back viewing of all the episodes. Because Jason is a Big Bang kind … Continue reading

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Just…gone

Right smack dab in the middle of Winchester, VA is this lovely place: The Kernstown Battlefield, where two, count ’em, two separate battles were fought during the Civil War. Can you blame ’em? It’s a lovely place to run around and … Continue reading

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Watch them destroy my neighborhood

“Them” being the city council which, in a frenzied effort to make this a “walkable” city, decided to eliminate a park next to me (that once housed a 19th Century brick farmhouse and 100-year-old pecan trees), for a “commercial development.” … Continue reading

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What I Did This 4th of July

Because central planners have decided that a proper Fourth of July celebration requires herding the peasants into some town square for face painting, 10ks, and cornhole tournaments (cornhole? Seriously?) while awaiting government-sanctioned firework displays, I decided to go do some real … Continue reading

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By the Power of Odin, I Release You!

That Asgardian on yon hill is me. I was playing Odin for the last episode of Losing Cable2… (moment of silence for the end of a great series…okay, back to it…) and it was quite the hoot. Here’s where we … Continue reading

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The Ship to Look for God

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