Archive for the 'Hobbies' Category

Looking for Wildlife

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, [...]

Keep Working On It

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 [...]

Blog Call

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 [...]

Here’s Something I Can Live Without (For Now)

Monday, August 6th, 2007
     For all you aviation enthusiasts out there:  MiGFlug      Flug is flight in German. 

The Blog Goes Ever On

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). 

Patches

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Amon Hen

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

New Coins

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 [...]