eccentricoldguy

I woke up at 2:30 and found myself lying in bed thinking about work, which is terribly depressing. I'm about to go and try to get a little more sleep before the 5:00 alarm goes off.

Go give Amarena some love. The woman is a Goddess.

I shot in a muzzleloading rifle competition today. I won a couple matches and placed fourth overall.

Now I'm eating elk steak and spinach salad with some of the last tomatoes from my garden, and drinking Wasatch Polygamy Porter (Why have just one?).

Not a bad day.

Its raining, I'm sick, I got chewed out at work today, and I had a math test this evening.

Okay, thats enough whining.

I just moved the kitchen plants inside because it will probably frost tonight. I brought in a cherry tomato plant to see if it will keep bearing. Plus Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Sage, Parsley, and Chives.

I'm sipping a glass of Irish Mist...
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Ten years ago I was in gunsmithing school in Trinidad, Colorado. When I walked into the shop there was a TV on. Everyone was watching as the first tower burned (interesting that my hands are shaking as I write). We saw the second tower struck and later saw the towers come down. I knew that we would be at war against an implacable enemy for...
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Well, I didn't get picked for the jury. As soon as I told them I was a gunsmith I got quizzed on whether I was an anti-government extremist. (I'm not, at least not so much as my friends). It was an educational day, though.

I'm off to Casper for jury duty. With luck I'll be home tomorrow night, otherwise maybe not until Thursday. Civic duty calls.

There were supposed to be cool pictures here, but I can't get them to load.

I went on a trail ride yesterday, up to about 9,000 feet elevation. I saw some gorgeous country in perfect weather, but while we were up high it got to be 95 degrees in the bottom of the valley. The trip back down seriously kicked my ass. There was one 21 year old cowboy with us who was just as chipper at the end of...
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