Off to the Bull Run Wine Festival today!
Yummy snacks, wine and Grade A people watching.
If only dogs were allowed it would be heaven.

( HOA bullshit )

And yes, he has a "TOP GUN" costume that he wears for Halloween... it's two sizes too small.

By the power vested in me by the Never Leave Your Wingman clause of the In-law Solidarity Act and due to egregious abandonment of a wingman (me), I do hereby unilaterally revoke your privileges to wear your “TOP GUN” uniform.  Rights to use any quotes ( Read more... )

I frigging HATE excel 2007.  I used to be really good and now I can't even figure out their crappy user interface to plot simple graphs. 

Yep, been at it again.  This is the summer project this year.  An attempt to turn the area under the deck into something useful.  Here is what the area under the deck used to look like.  Admittedly it wasn't usually so festive but they had just marked the utilities.  The gravel was really hard on the dogs' paws and generally just looks like crap.( Boring photos behind the cut )

So I just got access to AKO restored and apparently they still have all my old emails.  So I started digging through some of the things I was doing back in 2003 and found the email below.  The email was one that I sent to Victoria Secret seeking advice on getting my then fiancee a swimsuit for a vacation I was planning for when I got back from Iraq ( Read more... )

Apparently the police have no jurisdiction inside parking lots and subdivisions ( Read more... )

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Course of Action 1:  "Double Down"
Rationale: by Fairfax County Law Dogs are allowed off leash during legal hunting activities.
Intent: Walk dogs dressed in shooting jacket with double barreled shotgun broken over arm.  When asked, we are hunting snipe or tennis Concerns: could unite the forces of stupidity anti-dog and anti-gun factions.  Would ( Read more... )

So there I was, out in the field that covers a gas pipeline between some houses that everyone pretty much considers public area and where dogs are routinely exercised.  I have leashes with me, we're picking up our dog's poop and we're not in anyone's private property having a good game of fetch.  A lady comes out of her house with her two daughters ( Read more... )