Category Archives: What Am I Doing?

Weekend Follies

Posted on July 7, 2008 by alan

The club match on Saturday was fun, but setting up and tearing down eight stages in 100+ degree heat is a workout no matter how you look at it. Then on Sunday I decided to replace the Cheese Eating Surrender … Continue reading →

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New Flickr Link

Posted on July 6, 2008 by alan

It’s here. Not much there yet, a few photos from the range yesterday and some assorted others from testing various upload tools. I think I’m going to have to move to Aperture soon. I have over 30K photos and iPhoto … Continue reading →

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A Day At The Range

Posted on July 5, 2008 by alan

My thermometer said 105 degrees in the shade. But to misquote an old saw, a bad day at the range beats a good day at work. Here’s some thoroughly disreputable character shooting stage two with his thumb up in the … Continue reading →

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Next Week, Charlotte

Posted on July 3, 2008 by alan

I’ll be in Charlotte next week. (Monday-Wednesday) I lived in Greensboro when I was a kid and I still remember the address of the house I lived in when I was six, and it’s only an hour or so away … Continue reading →

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Tampa International Airport

Posted on July 3, 2008 by alan

Tampa may be the pole dancing capital of the world, but the airport has free WiFi. No, I don’t THINK those two have anything to do with each other, but I like the Free WiFi at the airport. And I’m … Continue reading →

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Raymond James Stadium

Posted on July 2, 2008 by alan

I like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ stadium the most of all the NFL stadiums.  Yes, it has a stupid name like they all do these days, but it has something none of the others have… A great big pirate ship … Continue reading →

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Tiny Little Airliner

Posted on July 1, 2008 by alan

This is what carried me (and four other passengers) from Jacksonville to Tampa. It’s a Beechcraft 1900D. It’s not the smallest commercial airplane I’ve ever been in, but it is the smallest for a scheduled flight. Still, since it was … Continue reading →

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Twilight Zone Moment

Posted on June 30, 2008 by alan

I walked down to the garage under the hotel, to get something from the car. There was the rental car in the spot I left it. Pressed the trunk button…  Nothing.  WTF? POS rental garbage, !@#$* key thing picks now … Continue reading →

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Jacksonville – View from the hotel room window.

Posted on June 30, 2008 by alan

It’s raining.  But the view is pretty nice from the 10th floor balcony.

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Up at OMG:30 to catch a flight…

Posted on June 30, 2008 by alan

…to Jacksonville, FL.   Fortunately it’s 1st class.   I don’t think I could handle coach this morning. Later in the week I’ll be in Tampa, then back home for the 4th.

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