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it is not intolerance when martha boggs does it

By and large, Better Half and I do not make it into downtown Knoxville very often; neither of us are overly fond of cities, I do not like driving on confined streets, and the parking situation down there… well, it is a topic for another post, especially since I just …

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a call to hammers

If you live in the greater Knoxville area, can afford to take off a few days / all of the next week, and have any kind of home-building-related skills at all, Extreme Makeover Home Edition would very much like to borrow you. Alternatively, if you can provide any of …

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going to the academy

academysaleacademysaleIf you live in the greater Knoxville metropolitan area, you should do yourself a favor and head to the brand new Academy Sports + Outdoors store that just opened at 145 Moss Grove Boulevard (right across Kingston Pike from the Home Depot by Cedar Bluff).

The store is, quite simply, …

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piggybacking on others’ legwork

My schedule has been absolutely crazy of late, and shows no indications of letting up any time soon, so I have not had the opportunity to go down and take a look at Coal Creek Armory‘s new Outpost in Kingston. Thankfully, Brick did exactly that, and shares with us

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just sayin’

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, this is a plot of all hurricanes and hurricane-looking things that have passed within 100 statute miles of Knoxville as far back as they have data (the very late 1800s, apparently):

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Note how none of the lines are so much as …

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moving to free america

Well, while WizardPC is moving out, it would appear as though Dragon Leatherworks is moving in… or, at least, moving nearby:

The family and I (wife and kids) are moving out of New York State. Its too expensive here…taxes are onerous, and the only places where the cost of

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and the secret is out

Two weeks ago, I called your attention to the planned expansion of Coal Creek Armory.

Today, we have our answer:

Coal Creek Armory is opening a new location
1 mile off I-40 on
Gallaher Road in Kingston TN!
The new location will offer
everything our Knoxville store has

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friendly note to squids*

The Tail of the Dragon is not your private playground. 

In the course of one run down and one run back, I had no fewer than ten separate squids attempt to commit suicide on my hood and/or A-pillar, either by passing into oncoming traffic (namely, me), or having the tires …

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i do not care who you are

Or what your perspectives are on human sexuality… this is damned funny:

And, sadly, Tennessee deserves every ounce of it. …

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the sound of freedom

Last night, hundreds – if not thousands – of Knox County and Knoxville residents violated county laws and city ordinances while detonating more fireworks than I could reasonably guess the value of.  

Good for them.  …

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a smashingly good idea

Speaking as someone who did not drink in college and does not generally drink when out of the house, and thus someone who invariably ends up as the designated driver, I wish I had come up with Zingo; but regardless of its ownership, it is still a damned good …

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knoxville for out-of-towners

As previously mentioned, I will not be at the Lucky Gunner shoot this weekend, for a variety of reasons. I will, however, (probably) be at the get-together being organized for this Friday, and since a few folks have already asked me some questions, I thought I would post this …

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linoge’s guide to riding the dragon

… at least in a 2008 Ford Mustang GT.

1. Leave it in second gear.
2. STAY IN YOUR FRAKKING LANE.

And that is about it.

For the motorbikes and hardcore performance vehicles out there, simply leaving their transmission in second gear is robbing you of a great deal of …

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winter's last gasp

First thing this morning, as Better Half and I were getting ready to head out to work, we looked outside, and it was snowing. Not enough for it to stick, what with the 37 degree temperature outside, but there were flakes accumulating on our deck and cars. Snowing. In …

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shindig follow-up

In case you were curious what you missed out on, both Brick and Les Jones have their Knoxville Shooty Shindig reports up. I had been planning on doing one of these about every other month, but with the LuckyGunner.com Blogger Shoot at the end of May, I might have to …

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after-action report

So the final tally after people bowing out due to illnesses and work was Brick, Les Jones, Rich, Lissa, and myself at the range, with Liston Matthews (briefly), Michael J. Mollenhour, and Better Half joining us at the restaurant… not a bad turnout, all things …

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the shindig approacheth

As a reminder, the Knoxville-Area Blogger/Commenter/Reader/Lurker Get-Together (more appropriately, and succinctly, named the BBQ-N-Bullets Blog Get Together) is TOMORROW:

I plan on being at Coal Creek Armory when they open at 1000, and while I would love to roll up in my Bullitt, one of its catalytic …

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mark your calendars appropriately

Ok, so maybe the graphic is not as whiz-bang awesome as some folks‘, but at least it gets the point across (feel free to yoink it and spread it around).

As previously mentioned (and made doubly-clear above), I am working on organizing a Knoxville-area blogger/commenter/reader/lurker get-together at Coal Creek

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proper planning and all that

Apparently I should have listened to that nagging little voice…

Over the weekend, the thought occured to me to purchase a sled, however, the snowmageddon-that-was-not rather disillusioned me regarding the accuracy of weather forecasts.

So here I sit, home from work, with three inches of virgin snow outside. *sigh* …

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well crud

Most disappointing snowmageddon ever.

That is all. …

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