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Well, I thought this was a 1.5 day job in Alameda so I budgeted 2.5. As it happens, however, it’s going to be 4.5 by the time I’m done, and that’s only after farming out some of the grungy verification details to other specialists, all to be completed before New Years. (I doubt I made any friends among that group with this last minute chore.)

Sunnyvale Again!
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December 4, 2008

The Sunnyvale Rod & Gun Club is up in the Bay area’s foothills, just behind (and in) Cupertino. Bullseye is fired on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month with “first shot” at 6:30PM.

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday was bright and sunny but this morning the fog is jammed down hard on the surface.

The fog has lifted and the morning sun on the pelican’s wings is warm and welcome.

Thanksgiving is over and I’m back on the road but not to teach. Instead, I get to update the master images of the computers we use in the classroom with new licenses for next year.

Relative Importances
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November 25, 2008

To my article, “Be A Straight Shooter”, an anonymous reader objected:

Drive or Fly?
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November 24, 2008

We’re just back from LA. I say “we” because my wife went along for this trip, too. (Sounds like she’s got the “wanderlust” after our east coast trip?)

Martindale Gauge
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November 24, 2008

If you reload 45 ACP for automatics (but not necessarily for revolvers), you need one of Bruce Martindale’s gauges.

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