E D Skinner

Fiction, facts, and philosophy

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How To Shoot Bullseye
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9/17/11

To Shoot Bullseye:

  1. Use good equipment;
  2. Learn proper technique;
  3. Train your body/mind how to do it;
  4. Practice, practice, practice; and
  5. Let it happen. (Don’t think!)
Tuesday Evening Shrimp Tacos
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9/15/11

Outriggers is in southeast Houston, just over the bridge from the touristy Kemah. Located beneath that same bridge at the water’s edge with power lines crossing nearby, the bar does a huge business on Tuesday evenings with wait times as much as an hour. The reason? The two dollar tacos, fish or shrimp, grilled or blackened.

WAP
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9/14/11

Ah, blogging!

The SSID of my personal WiFi hot spot is a type of rare fruit, broadcast is turned off, and the WPA2 passphrase is a complete sentence including punctuation and proper capitalization from one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s books.

Too Many Chiefs
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9/13/11

That’s the goal.

But, like many who teach these real short, intense seminars, we both have really big egos - what, who me? - and we both also love to be the unquestioned center of attention.

How Many Computers …
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9/12/11

… are in the computer you are looking at right now?

Shooting Blogs I Like
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9/10/11

Here are some gun-blog links of fairly long standing. Some are updated daily, some weekly, but all are worth regular visits.

Guinevere’s Rock
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9/8/11

There are many, sometimes conflicting, King Arthur stories.

Mine is true and accurate, of course.

Words Matter
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9/7/11
"Dear airlines: 'Duration' is not how much time is left in the flight. Get a dictionary and look up 'remainder.'"
Teach Them Chess
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9/7/11

It’s about life.

They learn consequences. They learn to like winning. They learn that losing isn’t death.

What We Make Of It
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9/5/11

Sounds simple: “The world is what we make of it.”