Items by Sean

• Out of town

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  Not that I've been posting tons lately, but going to be out of town for a few days without net access. You all keep an eye on the place for me, k?' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:33pm EST
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• Nice toys

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  Had a good day getting things done around the house and time with the family. Including finding a huge chunk of old trash to throw away or donate... all in all quite productive. Then followed by a nice meal and quiet time with my wife - after this past few [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 9:28pm EST
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• Pursuits

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  For the second time recently our agency was involved in a pursuit which ended with the offenders dead. Robbery suspects, who were observed committing another, struck one police vehicle & were armed at the time. Can't give more details than that, but that is plenty I would think.
  
  So' [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 10:29am EST
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• Legal madness

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  Two parts of this story have me annoyed & wondering:
  
  #1 - The judge wanted to delay sentencing because he was unsure of the rational of the sentencing guidelines??? Ummm is this his first day in the system or something?
  
  More importantly, #2 - This is the [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 10:25am EST
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• Market system

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  OK, when piracy has reached the point of having its own stock exchange, it is seriously time to start reconsidering how the international community is dealing with it...
  
  What's next, will the Mexican kidnapping industry start trading folks like commodities? [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 10:21am EST
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• Disasters

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  The rest of the family is out for the afternoon, so I'm catching up on some paperwork plus a few other things while I have the house to myself.
  
  It's a good thing I'm better as a bomb tech than I am wrapping presents. The results are terrifying, even [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 4:29pm EST
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• For the bibliophiles out there

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  A collection of customer encounters from a used & rare bookshop:
  
  We are doomed! These are actual conversations with people, who in theory, should know better. Keep in mind, these people drive cars, vote and might even have jobs.
  
  (phone call)
  
  Do you buy books?
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:13am EST
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• Early morning

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  So the littlest one went and woke up at 6am today - she's getting used to a big-girl bed, so now is free roaming & requires that early adult supervision to avoid destroying the house. We snuggled up on the couch and made it through an episode of Firefly before [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:58am EST
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• Smiles

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  Tail end of a long, crappy day (as in, folks are lucky I couldn't say "I don't care if we're in the middle of space, get off my gorram starship RIGHT NOW")...
  
  Then I walk in a home with two laughing children thrilled daddy made it back before bedtime,' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:24pm EST
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• Funny/truthful email of the day

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  Source unknown but listed as a Vegas newspaper:
  
  To the editor:
  
  I don't understand why the White House is so upset about the two party crashers at Barack Obama's steak dinner the other night.
  
  Is it really appropriate and politically correct to call them party crashers just' [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:58pm EST
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• Shiny

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  I'm cool because I got my wife two nifty Serenity shirts today, along with a "Come to the dark side, we have chocolate" companion piece.
  
  She's cooler because they're shirts she asked for, I didn't pick them out for her :D
  
  It's fun living in a Browncoat house.[...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:18pm EST
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• Saying Thanks

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  A quick note from the management.
  
  Xerox is doing a great program right now. Please click on this link - it will let you choose a free postcard to send to a servicemember serving somewhere overseas, to say thank you.
  
  Having been there I can [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:36pm EST
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• Officer down

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  Initial reports on the details are sketchy and unreliable, but by now everyone knows about the four officers killed today in Tacoma, Washington.
  
  My prayers and thoughts to their coworkers and families in the days ahead. [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:41pm EST
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• Going to be one of those winters

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  Helped deal with the aftermath of another fatal accident today. At the same spot where a week ago the victim's granddaughter was killed in an accident.
  
  Be careful out there people, please. [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:01am EST
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• Un-fun calls

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  Worked another late shift last night - part extra patrol to help with the holiday crowds, part DUI hunt. In my typical fashion I waited til close to the end of the shift to find my drunk driver - some sort of curse I have apparently.
  
  Fortunately I [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:23pm EST
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• Ummm..... yeah

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  Seriously, if I've arrested you on felony charges, please don't call in to communications to leave me a Happy Thanksgiving message. Just kind of creepifying.
  
  Kthxbi. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:44pm EST
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• Giving thanks

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  I am thankful for a loving wife who has stuck with me through good times and bad, and who is my pillar of support and calmness when I need it.
  
  I am thankful for my two incredible children, completely unexpected blessings who are brilliant, fun and growing wonders [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:33am EST
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• part three

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  Guess I could edit, but anyway...
  
  part of today's fun was working on updating one of our lesson plans. Which included some time in google and wiki land digging up various pictures of past bombings and certain explosives. I feel sorry for the poor fed guy who thinks he [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:18pm EST
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• More Wednesday

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  Today continued well. Made the first batch of the winter chili, along with a big pan of cornbread. Everyone seemed to enjoy the meal.
  
  Got some work stuff done on the computer, cleaned the kitchen and a few other things. Apparently this quiet day off stuff can be [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:04pm EST
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• Already done

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  It's a pleasant relief to know that two days before the madness even starts all my holiday shopping is done. [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:44pm EST
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• :(

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  Mongo tired. Long week. No muse. Much stupid.
  
  Go sleep now, hope to blog soon. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:46pm EST
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• Another poor choice

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  Sometimes folks ask me why I go after DUI's so much - why I'll go out of my way to try and find them when citizens call them in, why I put in the extra shifts to hunt them, even knowing how much of a pain everything will be come' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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• So what did you do today?

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  Went in to work this morning for a quick meeting, then had just left and was trying to decide on which of several projects I have to work on I felt like digging into.
  
  Then I got a call to take care of some old ordnance, and my plans [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:24pm EST
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• Today's geek funny

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:23pm EST
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• I got nothing

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  Busy day here but nothing to really write about, plus my muse apparently took a brief vacation.
  
  Back soon. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:40pm EST
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• Needs to be said

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  A few of the blogs I read are having bits go around and around regarding terrorism, militant Islam, etc. Unfortunately some of those debates are getting rather heated & a few people IMHO have gotten blinded in a panic-mode response.
  
  I just will say this - things like "The" [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:57pm EST
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• Random

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  Long day here, so keeping this short.
  
  Started out by getting a call on my way to teach at in-service. A potentially no-good, very-bad situation afoot, which fortunately turned out to be nothing more than a threat to do so, rather than the actual event. Sorry I can't' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:27pm EST
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• Great inside joke

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  Lovecraft would be happy! [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:54pm EST
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• Ackward moments

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  Stopped today at the store on the way home to pick up some things for dinner and soup for my wife (who isn't feeling so well). It was the tail end of a training day, so I wasn't in my regular uniform but still had the badge and gun showing [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:56pm EST
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• Veteran's Day

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  Today there are hundreds of thousands of men and women away from their homes, serving our nation and people. Millions more are still alive who have done so in the past.
  
  They live without many of the conveniences, privileges and even freedoms that most of our society takes for [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:56pm EST
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• The joys of community

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  Despite the fact that the internet is a much larger place these days than long ago, when to even get on a BBS you had to know a bit more than where the power switch was, it's still a joy to find a community of intelligent, broad-knowledged people who are' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:28pm EST
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• Credit where due

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  Taken from Roberta -
  
  Good to see, thank you for standing up for what is right.
  
  EDIT - Apparently the picture didn't come out too clearly to read - the Islamic Society of North America issued a condemnation of the Ft. Hood murders' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:28pm EST
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• Moments from policing...

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  For the first time in far too long I found myself working this afternoon with nothing pressing on my "to-do" list - so I spent some time just driving around and helping the road units with a couple of calls. Most of it was pretty quiet, but I did end [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:50pm EST
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• Ft. Hood

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  First, my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families at this time. May those who are gone be at peace, and those wounded recover quickly.
  
  Second, Ofc. Munley has hopefully forever resolved the argument on the abilities of women to be good cops. Her quick [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:02pm EST
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• Cowboy advice

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  Can't say I've always lived by 'em, but worth remembering...
  
  * Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
  
  * Keep skunks , bankers and lawyers at a distance.
  
  * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
  
  * A bumble bee is considerably' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:35pm EST
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• Update

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  My father-in-law came through his surgery ok - according to the doc things were actually pretty clean inside the torn muscle, so that should help the healing. Still, he will be out of commission for a few weeks with several months of rehab after that.
  
  We appreciate all [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:23pm EST
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• Good wishes please

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  My wife's father had a bit of an accident today, and will be going in for surgery tomorrow. I know that she would appreciate any prayers and good thoughts you could send that way.
  
  I have other stuff to post about but think it will wait for' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:56pm EST
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• More fun

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  Spent the past two days putting together some nice training scenarios and teaching some new guys a few advanced demolition tricks. Got to blow stuff up, have fun and all that it entails... Yet again, hard to beat my job! [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:58pm EST
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• Review

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  Well done! First broadcast show I've watching in ummmmmmmmmmmmm yeah, that long - but I liked it. We'll see how it develops.
  
  Though she and I both had to laugh at the irony of Alan Tudyk catching a stake through the chest in a sci-fi show... If we get [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:18pm EST
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• GARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

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  I DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANY POLITICAL CONCESSION SPEECH ENOUGH FOR YOU TO INTERRUPT MY GORRAM SHOW TO MAKE ME LISTEN TO IT!
  
  As my lovely wife just said - this is why broadcast TV sucks. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:55pm EST
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• Busy

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  No bloggy tonight - V is on. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:19pm EST
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• Benefits package

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  Pretty much have to love a job where I spent the chunk of my afternoon shooting other people's ammo out of a full-auto weapon, and tossing the magazines around and generally abusing the whole package as part of a T&E process. Hard to beat that.' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:46pm EST
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• New music

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  Apparently all of us 80's remnants are influencing music again - Yay! Stolen link from Christina at Lucrative Pain, but here's a neat new song to take us all back...
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:26am EST
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• Random note

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  I'm guessing I've spent just a bit too long in the world of bombs, special weapons and all that stuff... When the wife asks about what I'm working on alongside dinner, and I explain it's a simulated device for the week's training cycle - and her only response is making' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 7:16pm EST
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• Rainy fall day

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  Woke up to a beautiful morning of rain and falling leaves, chilly enough to want to stay nice and warm without being so cold it's uncomfortable. Spent the first two hours snuggled up with the kids as they enjoyed a mix of morning shows and playing and laughing with daddy.' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• Another recap....

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  Because my titling skills are completely absent today...
  
  Finally got a chance to get out for another DUI special last night - this one was a road check, instead of out wandering around looking for drunks. Road checks are one of those luck things in my experience - what [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 3:41pm EDT
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• Tonight's lesson

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  When it's the tail end of a long, frustrating 11 hour training day, and your group is making the same stupid mistakes we lectured you on five hours ago, I won't feel particularly guilty about emptying a full magazine of airsoft rounds into your bodies during a scenario because you [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 11:28pm EDT
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• Fan post

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  Dang it, just because of this clip now I'm going to have to watch the gorram show to see what it's about! [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:23pm EDT
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• No post of note

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  Feeling off still - a combination of couldn't sleep last night & felt like crap so slept this morning - plus the poor kids are sick. Have a full schedule the rest of the week. So, can't think of anything to write worthwhile, sorry... [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:51pm EDT
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• Sunday Funnies

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  Am I the only one who misses scary vampires? [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 2:29pm EDT
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