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On those one or two occassions when I’m home each year, my dad and I like to get in a little target shooting. Dad was an active hunter as a young man, so his collection of guns is well-rounded and most of the pieces have seen enough use (and been cared for well enough over the years) to feel really nice when shot. Dad no longer hunts (although dispensing with poisonous snakes and other worrisome pests close to the house does keep him in practice), and I’ve only been hunting rarely, but we still really enjoy a good afternoon’s worth of target shooting. I could be easily convinced to sign up for some trap-and-skeet classes and/or get into some target shooting if any of y’all are interested.

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So I’m watching the “Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl” in the office while working on stuff, and coming out of halftime the announcers’ audio feed wasn’t working, so there were a nice 5 minutes of quiet - game sounds only, background noises, but no announcers - before ESPN realized it and now the guys back in Bristol are doing the commentary. Lou Holtz and Mark May are pretty good color guys, but it was a lot better just watching the game in peace.

Kinda like the fishtank channel or fireplace channel; makes you realize how low the bar is set.

i.e. waiting for the laser to warm up:

all time “adult beverage” all-star teams (inspired by John Bucci-gross)…
Hockey
G Ryan Miller
D Barry Beck
D Eric Brewer
F Peter Schaefer
F Kurtis Foster (he plays D, but still)
F Bob Beers

Baseball
C Damian Miller
P David Wells (’nuff said)
(or if you prefer, Billy Brewer, or Allyn Stout)
1B Johnny Hopp
2B Mark “I can’t spell my name when I’m sober” Grudzielanek (sorry, lame i know)
3B Bill Mueller
SS Russ “Sam” Adams, or Alex “Bacardi” Cintron
LF Gene “Half Pint” Rye (don’t believe me, look here. he played 10 games for the ‘31 Sox)
CF Nook “My Name Is So Cool It Must Be Beer-related” Logan
RF “Rum and” Coco Crisp

this is fun. but back to work now.