In Layton, UT for FyreCon writer’s conference for a couple of days… This con is a little smaller, just getting started, but they do have some ‘masters’ classes being taught by some of the leading lights. Today I sat in … Continue reading
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An interesting article on shooting sixguns in competition(s) The increasingly popular shooting matches of the National Congress of Old West Shooters and the Single Action Shooting Society are perhaps more than a healthy sport. Old West-style shooting could be considered … Continue reading
We have a rather ‘eclectic’ writers’ group in town, to put it mildly. It’s run out of the local library, thanks to a proactive librarian, and really nice lady! One of her assistants is also a writer, so we have … Continue reading
Apparently ‘puppy dog’ eyes really are a thing… It turns out our pet pooches have evolved human-like eyebrow muscles, which let them make the sad faces that melt our hearts, according to a new study published on Monday in the … Continue reading
New computer is loaded, updated, files moved, more updates, more files moved… Backed up… So now I can get back to writing. Sorry for the lack of a post, I can’t brain today after yesterday’s screwing around with the computers. … Continue reading
With Windoze… Old computer was dying, and MS said they weren’t continuing support for Win 7 Pro after this year. I hate Win 10 with a passion so… Or I will be as soon as I get all the @##%(*@( … Continue reading
1 – I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.2 – Borrow money from pessimists — they don’t expect it back.3 – Half the people you know are below average.4 – 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.5 – … Continue reading
I know we did this once, back in the day, and got away with it… I got a call from my squadron’s operations office asking if I would mind terribly going to Fort Worth, Texas, for an airshow over the … Continue reading
I’m so old I remember these stores… sigh… Ben Franklin stores had a little bit of everything, and were fairly cheap stores, seen mostly in the rural South, as far as I can remember. In many small towns, they were … Continue reading
There had been some rumbles about this online, and now it looks like the AMA has actually stepped up. Members of the American Medical Association voted this week to support state policies that would allow minors to override their parents’ … Continue reading