Category Archives: Family and Friends

Landfall

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Weerd Beard

We made awesome time. Only real traffic was in Northern Virginia. Took us just shy of 13 hours including breaks. Weather is nice, and we all slept well. Time to get our bearings and see the sites. I’ll keep you … Continue reading →

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Hitting the Road

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Vehicle loaded, nose pointed south….and I slept like crap last night. Too much shit on my mind. I might blog from the road, I might not. Hopefully it’ll be fair winds and following seas for the whole trip to Virginia.

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Blogmeet Hold

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Old NFO has a nice memoriam up on Newbius. He hasn’t confirmed it, but it appears that the Memorial services have been scheduled for Wednesday as well. I just picked a random day, and it just doesn’t feel right. Sadly … Continue reading →

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A Proper Candle

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Les is prone to making comical candle pictures for various topics. He just sent me one that is serious and apropriate for today’s sad news. Like Les, I knew you, Newbius, and I’m better for it. I’m also so sad … Continue reading →

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Shocked

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Weerd Beard

So A Girl, and NFO are reporting that Newbius has passed on. I first met him at the NRA convention. I will never forget standing with him and Alan Gura, and getting totally lost listening to them discuss various federal … Continue reading →

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Spent Yesterday at Wally’s, and Boy Is My Ass Sore

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Weerd Beard

WOW, a bunch of us gathered at the York Arms factory in Maine with proprietor, commentor, and all-around machine-gun mad scientist, Wally. It would have been a small job, except the roof pitch required staging which doubled the job. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and Friends, Guns | 7 Comments

Great Video

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Weerd Beard

My hat goes off to all who served and are currently serving this fine country. I didn’t serve so part of me gets the side of the idiots (especially back when I was a snot-nosed “Progressive” kid who knew EVERYTHING) … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk Virginia

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Weerd Beard

I should have mentioned this a while back, but on the First week of April The Mrs, and my Parents will driving down to Colonial Williamsburg for the week. I’ll need to do a little online research, but I thought … Continue reading →

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Range AAR

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Yesterday was a busy one, I didn’t get to talk about my weekend of shooting. After my trip to Harvard I decided I needed a little trigger time to square myself away. (I was “on” but not “Dead On”) The … Continue reading →

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Bad Influence

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Just got back from the AD Dinner Had a great time. Still I think Kristen is a bad influence. Wally kept signing “I Want to Fuck!” Constantly! Boy ain’t quite right! Hoooray!!!!!

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