The Wood Shed

I vaguely remember something about two lines on a graph from economics class. Several classes actually. Law of diminishing returns or some such. One line declines from the top of the scale, the other climbs from the bottom as you move from left to right. At some point they cross and [...]

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Each year the signs that Christmas is coming appear earlier than the last and with each progressive jump on the season we step deeper into the collective madness of holiday preparations. Decorating for Christmas prior to Thanksgiving used to be considered in poor taste. Now even Halloween is being eclipsed by the retail [...]

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“Is that turkey on your breath? Where’s mine?!?”
“Hey…. HEY! Old man! Wake up! Where’s my bird? How ’bout a little snack, just a taste for the Moose, hmmmm??”
Ed: I darn near lost a hand doling out treats for three very competitive Labs. Happy Thanksgiving!

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What we now know as the holiday of Thanksgiving bears little resemblance to the original harvest celebration. Legend has it that “The First Thanksgiving” took place in 1621 at Plymouth Colony involving the English colonists and Wampanoag indians. The traditions of giving thanks for a bountiful harvest were rooted deep within Native American [...]

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This one’s been around a while – courtesy of the crew at “The Man Show.” After all, it is deer season!

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All is not as it seems. The Dems may have a slight numerical advantage but conservative ideals still prevail.
Nine of the 28 seats gained by Democrats in the midterm elections came from the success of “Blue Dogs”, conservative Democrats who convinced voters in previously Republican districts to trust them with reform.
Some pundits have disputed [...]

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It’s opening day of deer season down here in Alabama and the pre-dawn hour found me creeping into one of my favorite spots. It’s a pretty patch of forest where several old logging roads converge. They’re grown over by several years but you can clearly see where the deer have been using single [...]

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It’s a bit early but I thought I’d share this and hopefully motivate the readership to do something special.
A Different Christmas Poem
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow [...]

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What the… A MiG-21 with rather unusual markings.
For you military aviation buffs, Lex has an interesting post regarding a recently declassified program involving ACM against MiG’s.
…you never quite get over that shot of adrenaline you get hitting the merge with an actual MiG-21 for the first time…
I’m thinking the pucker factor was rather high, [...]

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Allen was my Great Uncle and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Officer during World War II. What follows is a partial entry out of his journal:
I do hope this war ends quickly and I can get back to something more constructive. What a waste of time it all [...]

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