Archive for the 'Hobbies' Category
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
I’m the type of guy who doesn’t shy away from wildlife, no matter how wild the life. If a trail at a national park says to "Beware of mountain lions," it’s a pretty safe bet that you’ll find me on that trail looking for a mountain lion.
This place is no different, [...]
Posted in "Downrange", Hunting | 4 Comments »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Some guy built a 21′ replica of an X-Wing. Good on him!
Too bad this looks like it’s just an oversized Estes model rocket.
When someone builds an actual X-Wing, let me know. I know of a canyon near Big Bend, TX that resembles the Death Star [...]
Posted in Aerodynamics & Propulsion, Engineering, General Aviation | 1 Comment »
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
If you happen to be in the Pacific NW in late Oct/early Nov and like to write on the Internet, Anwyn‘ll be hosting a Blogofogorama in a couple weeks. I hear the main topic will be Saint Peters’ historic defeat of the Islamic Fundamentalist Balrog on the bridge of Lepanto-dûm. Or something [...]
Posted in Internet, Tolkien, What's Right | 3 Comments »
Monday, August 6th, 2007
For all you aviation enthusiasts out there: MiGFlug
Flug is flight in German.
Posted in General Aviation, Hobbies | No Comments »
Friday, June 29th, 2007
Holy Silmarillion, Batman! A fellow Tolkien buff, and with a blog!
And she made LGF and Patterico before I did (not to mention HoyStory).
Posted in Religion, Tolkien, What's Right | No Comments »
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
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Saturday, November 4th, 2006
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Sunday, September 24th, 2006
There are a few relatively new issues from the U.S. Mint I thought worthy of a short discussion. The first was the 2006 American Buffalo one-ounce gold, the second was the American Eagle 20th Anniversary set. After missing the 2001 Silver Buffalo at offering time and price and continually underbidding for them on [...]
Posted in Coin Collecting, Hobbies | No Comments »