Jan
11
McWay Falls at Big Sur, CA
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Until I personally visited the beaches at Big Sur, I did not realize that a nude woman could actually stand while pressing her shoulder blades against the calves of her legs. Impressive.
May
30
“Al-Naslaa” rock at the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia: 4,000 tears old. How can we explain the laser-like cut and the perfect balance on their small bases!
Aug
3
Venice … “It’s Only For The Very Rich.”
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What do I own in Venice? (Checks notes) Hmmm. Perhaps I should visit more often. $744 million is a lot of money. The Tourist movie.
Feb
1
Coronavirus Now Up to 14,568 Infected
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Picture links to interactive map. 14,568 Infected 305 Deaths
May
11
Travel Note: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
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Greetings from Tijuana, Mexico. Here are the Top 5 Murder cities in the World. According to Wikipedia, 3 of the top 5 are in Mexico. Rank City Country Homicides (2017) Population (2017) Homicides per 100,000 1 Los Cabos Mexico 365 328,245 111.33 2 Caracas Venezuela 3,387 3,046,104 111.19 3 Acapulco Mexico 910 853,646 106.63 4 […]
Mar
9
EDC via Brad Thor’s Blog
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Kobold Phantom Chronograph Gerber Shard CRKT Otanashi noh Ken Field Notes Pitch Black Edition Fisher Space Pen Streamlight PT1L Leatherman Style PS Apple iPhone 6 Magpul Field Case iPhone 6
Nov
6
Another Reason to Hate California
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Five TV channels showing soccer instead of the Cowboy game on Sunday.
Sep
28
Another Fire Approaches the Old California Homestead
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Probably 20 miles from my previous house, but close enough to divert the commute into Silicon Valley.
Jun
25
People I Have Met: Steven Tyler
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Steven Tyler Steven Tyler has announced he and his rock band Aerosmith are planning a 2017 farewell concert tour.
Jun
18
My 2016 Calendar is Filling Up Quite Nicely
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September 8 – 11 Gunblogger Rendezvous XI December 1 – 5 Bullets & Bourbon You can sign up to attend these events today!
Jun
3
People I Have Met: Muhammad Ali
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Sad to hear that Muhammad Ali is today in grave condition. I’ve actually met him on two occasions – once at the airport in Fort Bend, IN and another time on a flight from Chicago. On that Chicago flight, every passenger shook is hand as he boarded.
May
19
Gunblogger Rendezvous Registration is Open to All. Sign Up And Join In!
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Head here to register today and if you’re registered by June 1, you’ll get $150 worth of ammo from Lucky Gunner. Plus, they’ll kick in another $10 to HAVA for each registrant. We’ll start this year’s Rendezvous on September 8 and we’ll go through Sunday on September 11. We have special group rates that you […]
May
19
Today’s View of the Pentagon Building: Washington, D.C.
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Not my picture but this was the exact view I had departing from Washington Reagan airport (DCA) today.
May
24
Weekend Fun! Para Sail
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Bonus points if you can identify the location. Heh.
Mar
27
Summer’s Over
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That was fast. It seems like Spring had only started, and now it’s Autumn (on the Chilean coast 1,400 miles south of the Equator). Dang.
Oct
8
I saw the Blood Moon in full Eclipse this morning. This picture (not my photo) was closest to what I saw this morning in southern Illinois near the Indiana border. One description I read today was that during a Blood Moon, we see all the sunrises and all the sunsets of Earth projected onto the […]
Jun
27
The Antanov 225 pictured above landed in Edmonton at 8:00 AM today carrying a boiler manufactured in Berlin for Agrium for the production of Nitrogen fertilizer. The Antanov 225 is the largest plane in the world with 6 engines and can fit a complete assembled fuselage of a Boeing 737 in its hold. When it […]
Jun
23
Sunset at 10:05 PM Picture from Edmonton, Alberta Province taken yesterday from the plane on final approach to landing. The daylight time is amazingly long in the summer: It’s light outside from about 4:00 AM to about 11:00 PM!
May
14
Maid Service / housekeeping was running very late at my 2-star (I am being generous with the rating) hotel today. By 2:00 PM they had managed to remove the used towels, but the beds were unmade and my essential coffee ration had not been replenished. At about 5:00 PM I retrieved some coffee packages from […]
Oct
8
Helpful Holiday Travel Safety Tips from Oleg
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Two lessons from the biker attack on a family in NY 1. Given a choice, try to avoid jurisdictions like New York, New Jersey, DC and California. 2. Make sure that all adults and teenagers in your family can use weapons. Much more at the link, above. Be wise. Stay safe. Travel well.
Oct
8
Missed It By That Much
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Layers and layers of fact-checking have failed at CNN. (Seen at VodkaPundit.com, Heh.) CNN: The Most Trusted Name In News. Yea, right.
Sep
27
RE: Machine Gun Found at JFK
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Unless a better picture shows otherwise, I’m seeing a semi-auto pistol. Not a “Machine Gun” here. Selector positions seem to show only Safe and Fire … no “Auto” in enlarged picture: The media doesn’t get many firearm articles right, do they?
Jul
12
TV Station Pranked: Pilot Names On Asiana Flight 214 Announced
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• Sum Ting Wong • Wi Tu Lo • Ho Lee Fuk • Bang Ding Ow Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU Pranked
Jul
6
777 Crash at SFO
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Appears that tail hit before start of runway – separated at time of landing. FlightAware.com shows 120′ upward ‘bounce’ at last reading’. 02:28PM 37.6170 -122.3740 294° West 85 98 200 120 FlightAware Preliminary Details: • 291 passengers and 16 crew members were aboard • Korean Air Flight 214 originated in Seoul, South Korea • 2 […]
Jul
1
Possible Formula One Driver Boycott Over Tire Performance
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Excerpt: Formula One searched for answers on Monday after headline-grabbing British Grand Prix tire blowouts plunged the sport into crisis and triggered talk of a possible driver boycott in Germany next weekend. Tire supplier Pirelli, who have faced criticism from some teams since the start of the season, began an immediate investigation after four drivers […]
Jun
26
Atlas Shrugs Bloggess Pamela Geller: Banned in the UK
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When guardians of freedom are banned, the occupants of the UK are on their own. The UK has been disarmed of weapons; now it is being disarmed of ideas. My advice for the UK? Escape Now or Stand up and Fight! Create your own destiny – or cower under the rule of these thought police […]
May
14
Gun Shop Kudos to Midwest Gun Exchange
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When I travel, I peek into gunshops. I look at their stock; their arrangements; their people. Occasionally, I am treated to an exceptionally good place to do business. Today was one of those days. Allow me to present: Midwest Gun Exchange 3415 Grape Road Mishawaka, IN Gun Shop of the Year (so far) Nominee: […]
May
14
Inconvenient
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Sometimes air travel has its disruptions – even on a bright and sunny day. My flight connection yesterday afternoon was to link through New York’s Kennedy airport, but as soon as our plane left the gate, the pilot shut down the engines and announced that JFK had a ground hold in effect while a ‘certain […]
May
3
US Global Entry System: Nationwide Outage
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The kiosks for the US Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry program went dark today. The agent manning international border checkpoint at the DFW Airport claimed the outage was nationwide. Seems like anything the Federal Government can control fails to work under the sequester plan. Solution? Let’s find less things that the Federal Government can […]
Mar
31
Guadalajara, Jalisco
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Muy buen clima. 90 degrees and sunny all week!
Mar
26
Steaks Rib Eye Steak 10 oz $26 House rub marinated Angus rib eye, maitre-d butter, onion strings, Yukon gold mashed potatoes. Yummy!
Mar
26
Here again for most of the the week at the Santa Clara Hilton. … with a picture of the Mount Hamilton Observatory. Temps to be in the mid 60’s, rising to 75 degrees by Friday. Spring!
Mar
23
Home again. Took a picture of the Grand Canyon on the way, but at 33,000 feet altitude and 25 miles away it looks like a drainage ditch.
Mar
22
One Hundred Trillion Banknote
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For just 90 cents. What a deal!
Mar
20
62 Degrees with highs in the mid 60’s forecast through the end of the week in Fremont/San Jose, CA. Too bad I’m always rushing to go here and there – I could have grabbed some interesting pictures along the way.
Mar
17
Back to work in Guadalajara. 73 degrees and partly sunny on arrival. Temperatures in the low 80’s are expected next week!
Mar
16
Texas
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It’s great to be back in The Lone Star State. 81 degrees and sunny!
Mar
15
California
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Greetings from California! Does anyone in the area want to get together for a cocktail or two? Hilton Newark/Fremont
Mar
6
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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Tomorrow’s High: 84 degrees. Same for Thursday & Friday! The flight cost from DFW was just $340. Come on down.
Mar
5
Hugo Chavez, Dead
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Hugo Chavez, dead at 58