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I went back in time… part 4…

These are the last of the pictures that Uncle Bert took at the civil war reenactment. I love that one. He used a Photoshop filter to give it the sepia tones of the old photos from that era. I still … Continue reading

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I went back in time… part 3…

Yup… they actually let me put the explosive primer caps into the top of the cannon and pull the lanyard that ignited the charge and set off the gunpowder inside the cannon. That is the actual cannon that was used during … Continue reading

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I went back in time… part 2…

Ten points if you noticed that I am not wearing any shoes… They didn’t have any size 15 shoes in the bins of spare uniform parts where they kept extra stuff for temporary volunteers like me. So I fired a … Continue reading

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What did I do yesterday??? I went back in time…

We went to see a little civil war reenactment in Vista, California yesterday, and I got recruited by the Richmond Howitzers. I have actually been thinking about joining one of these reenactment groups for quite a while, but I was … Continue reading

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Just a thought…

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Dear minions, I just want you to know how much I love you all, and I know I could never run a vast, evil empire bent on world domination… (or have a single blog post with over 40,000 comments)… without you… I mean, if it was just me it wouldn’t really be ‘vast’, now would it…

Oh you… you dear, sweet, just-slightly-evil horde of loveable little varmints. I know our plans of world conquest are taking longer than we thought. When I first set out to be the supreme overlord of this and all other universes … Continue reading

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BAM… 40,071 comments… on one freakin’ post… oh yeah…

Thanks, everybody!

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Oh yeah… I just remembered I told you I would share some pictures of my new ‘shameless self-promotion’ t-shirt…

Okay, it is a lousy picture. I am back-lit, so you can’t see me… or the shirt very well… (It says ‘Ask me about my books’)… but I guess you should remember the picture from the post I did about … Continue reading

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Even more shameless self-promotion…

I just went into a little custom T-shirt shop near my house and ordered a shirt with this original design… I had it printed on a white shirt, so that is just about what it will look like. I threw in … Continue reading

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So, about that post we did that has 36,930 comments… part 5…

Yes, if you have been following along with this, or if you joined in our reunion party on our record-breaking post… or if you just go back a few posts to part one of this series, you will see that we … Continue reading

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