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Memorial Day
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May 28, 2012
Frequent Flyer
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May 27, 2012

This is the Memphis airport in the 1950s. There were three gates, #1, #2 and #3, but seeing more than one plane at a time there, much less three, was rare.

Addendum, Saturday 7:30PM

The wadder is now spanking clean and gorgeous. It hasn’t looked this good in years.

Practice Plan
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May 25, 2012

There are several reasons to go to the range.

Shrunken Head
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May 24, 2012

Yep, it’s a real one.

Pretty Cloud
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May 23, 2012

This is a very pretty target.

John Zurek
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May 22, 2012

In Sunday’s NRA Registered Bullseye 2700 at the Phoenix Rod & Gun Club, John Zurek raised the mark on three National* records in the Civilian, Outdoor category:

Free Training
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May 21, 2012

I learned this lesson in the training, or Customer Education, department of high tech companies. For example, at my current employer (not the one whose “product” is visible in the computer display), when a customer buys our software, they automatically get a certain number of “training credits”. Spend more dollars on product and you get more training credits. Those credits can then used, and are valued, exactly like dollars except they can only be used for training. They expire in one year and, if not used, they’re gone.

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