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Sunday, July 31, 2022

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - The Adventures of Robin Hood

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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold won the Oscar for this score in 1938 - the very first composer to receive the Academy Award.  Before that, the Osca...
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Friday, July 29, 2022

Dad Joke CCXX - Special Space edition

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The Queen Of The World says I need to get back to posting Dad jokes.  OK, to make up for the hiatus, here are two. When we have a Moon Base ...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Good shoot or bad shoot?

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I had missed that Denver prosecutors dropped all charges against Matthew Dolloff in the shooting death of Lee Keltner in October 2020.  Who ...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

So where did Roman Emperors die?

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This is pretty cool: A Death Map Of Roman Emperors .  Click to embiggen or even better click through my link which talks about a bunch of th...
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Quote of the Day - Combat Mindset edition

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Bitter Centurion posts about the Combat Mindset , amplifying my thoughts on the matter and getting QotD:  Because at the end of the day, it...
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Monday, July 25, 2022

Do Want

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Underbarrel Picatinny mounted flame thrower.  $699 at Classic Firearms . "But Borepatch," I hear you ask.  "What would you do...
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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Combat Mindset

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Jeff Cooper wrote about the Combat Mindset in his excellent book To Ride, To Shoot Straight, and ToSpeak The Truth .  While he taught this a...
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Thursday, July 21, 2022

Quitting the news

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Chris Lynch has an interesting post up about the mental health benefits of quitting the news - ignoring the feeds rather than obsessing on t...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Cows shut down Florida Turnpike

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No, really : Florida’s Turnpike was shut down Monday in Central Florida as dozens of loose cows were “moo-ved” off the roadway. The Florida ...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022

Security chicken guards ur stuff

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Duval St. 
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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Playing Hookie

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In Key West. May blog more, make that not. 
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Thursday, July 14, 2022

Dad joke CCXIX

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I was accused of being a plagiarist.  Their words, not mine.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Shamelessly stolen from Chris Lynch

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 Yup.  This is why he's a daily read .
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Dad joke CCXVIII - Special Astronomy edition

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Orion's Belt is just a big waist of space. And while it's not Orion's Belt, here is one of the first images from the Webb Space ...
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Shamelessly stolen from Glen Filthie

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Because it's awesome :   He has more , so get you on over there.  I love the guy who put a couple of plastic eyeballs on his suppressor.
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Monday, July 11, 2022

Dad joke CCXVII

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What vegetable needs a plumber?  A leek.
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Sunday, July 10, 2022

Alfred Newman - Overture from "Camelot"

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Alfred Newman won more Academy Awards for Best Original Score (nine) than anyone in history.  He was nominated 45 times, a record that was f...
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Saturday, July 9, 2022

Nice turn of phrase

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 So how many political genders are there in the GOP?
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Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider

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I rode the Harley today, for the first time in months.  I didn't ride it far.  The problem is that the drivers in Florida are simply ter...
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Thursday, July 7, 2022

Obsolete from the beginning

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One classic problem with weapons systems is that the march of technology renders them obsolete, and the faster the technology advances the s...
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