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Monday, March 8, 2010

Sharps: Shadow Tech Talon B

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When I go to a gun show I don't go shopping for guns. Generally I don't come home with any ammo, either. But just as I did almost t...
Friday, March 5, 2010

'I have a good feeling about this'

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That's what Mrs. KintlaLake said to me early this morning. She was talking about our search for a place to live. Our quest has begun in...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

'Palm reading' of a different sort

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Mobile phones are at once necessary and evil. I embrace the technology because I must. As a long-time user of Palm devices, my Centro has f...
Monday, March 1, 2010

Yellowed pages II

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Having nothing of substance to say on this, the first day of March -- and being too busy to say it even if I did -- here's one more Marb...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

Yellowed pages

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While taking some hard-won time today to unwind, I stumbled across a digital edition of a turn-of-the-(last)-century magazine called Outing ...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

'Start over'

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I have my small desk-side TV tuned to CNN as I answer e-mails and manage some website issues this morning. The network is airing live covera...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Six Big Lies

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Yes, I was a "spin doctor" in a previous life. As a practitioner of critical thought, however, I've grown weary of six Big Lie...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Stain

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After seeing a disturbing animated map on CNN this morning, I went looking for its source. I found it here . The animation, developed by Lat...

Road trip V: Last stop

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Every time I've taken a vacation, long or short, there's always a pile of work to greet me when I return. I spent yesterday digging ...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Road trip IV: The return

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I'm sitting here in my office once again, drained of physical and emotional energy. We made it back to the house in good time late today...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Road trip III: Three old women

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Interstate 95 took us south and I-64 east to Williamsburg after dawn this morning. We rolled up to the condo where my mother and my sister l...

Road trip II: Into night

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Left at 3:45pm, drove hard 'til midnight, now stopped at a motel north of Fredericksburg, Virginia. A few observations... My family does...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Road trip I: Loose ends

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It looks like my family and I will begin our road trip, postponed once already, late this afternoon. My wife is off to work and the spawns ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Sharps: Bravo!

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After a long wait, Bark River Knives has produced another run of its stellar Bravo-1 . Until this week, dealers' stock had dwindled to ...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Blanketed

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This latest winter storm, our third in two weeks, began yesterday morning. It snowed steadily for about 20 hours, continuing in squalls well...

On having three

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As we wrapped up our purchases Saturday afternoon, Mrs. KintlaLake and I were asked about magazines. The LCP and the P22 were supplied with...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Relative defense

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In yesterday's post I assembled a to-scale image showing the relative sizes of the Walther P22 and Ruger LCP. Perhaps it'd also be ...
Sunday, February 14, 2010

Mission accomplished

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Mrs. KintlaLake and I did indeed go shopping yesterday, spending some carefully managed funds we'd set aside for the purpose. It was pa...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Postponements

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We decided to push back our road trip by a week. Eyeing weather and travel conditions along the route, it just made (common) sense. And so ...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Gettin' right down to it

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I spotted this Hank Williams, Jr. music video this morning. For me it struck edgy echoes of others I've posted on KintlaLake Blog -- ...
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