Month: October 2014

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Picard

I have had numerous people tell me I look like Patrick Stewart when he played Captain Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Barb strongly suggested I get a Picard costume for the Halloween party last Saturday night. She dressed as “a generic alien woman”. She was correct to make the suggestion:

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Photo by “Bettie Page”.

The number of complements and favorable comments I got were uncountable. They ranged from numerous guys merely saying, “Captain” as they walked past and multiple requests to beam us to some other location to, “I just wanted to say you totally rock in the Picard costume.” I even had “Bettie Page” sit on my lap for a while (she also sat on Barb’s lap so it might not have been entirely the costume).

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Overheard

Barb: I’m going down to the kitchen. Would you like some grapes?

Joe: Maybe. I’m kind of hungry but I’m not sure what I want.

Barb: Would you like some cake? That’s a food group.

That’s my kind of woman.

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Capturing the changes

Last month I made some substantial changes in the landscape around the Boomershoot explosives production facility (Mecca). I took pictures but I was frustrated they just didn’t seem to capture the changes. Barb and I were there again this weekend and in addition to some minor additional changes, such as spreading grass seed around and raking the seed into the dirt:

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I took some more pictures. I think this one captures things much better:

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I also was able to take a picture that better captures what the new tent site looks like:

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Quote of the day—Barb L.

Why is it so much fun?

Barb L.
October 11, 2014

[It’s not on video but she said this after shooting steel with a suppressed .22 pistol with no ear protection for the first time. The video above was probably about her fourth magazine on the steel.

The answer to her question? “It just is.”—Joe]