Posted at August 19, 2009 @ 9:02 pm by Dillon in faith, family and friends, life, news
There are many strong feelings involved when a long time beloved player leaves for another team. Such is the case of the Green Bay Packer’s fans and Brett Favre, their former quarterback. Earlier this week, Brett signed with the Minnesota Vikings who are the arch rivals of Green Bay. The situation was made worse when fans heard a statement that Brett made.
“If you’re a true Packer fan, you understand” Brett said about his signing. This statement seemed to infuriate thousands of true-blue Packers fans and they let their voices be heard. Despite all the problems in Green bay, I don’t feel bad for the Packers fans. After all, I’m a Redskins fan!
Posted at August 19, 2009 @ 8:53 pm by Dillon in government, news
One story that I read about recently was one about the people who are growing their own tobacco. Tobacco seed suppliers have reported an estimated ten fold increase of seed sales. Throughout the countryside, tobacco plants are sprouting up in gardens alongside tomato plants and green beans. I think it’s a good thing.
It certainly makes sense that people in Virginia should grow their own tobacco. After all, our state was practically built on tobacco sales. The high taxes on tobacco have forced many people to take this unusual step. I am glad to hear that the American spirit lives on in the people of Virginia!
Posted at August 19, 2009 @ 8:40 pm by Dillon in family and friends, Great Websites, life, opinions, triumphs
When I first met my wife, we had many of the same interests. We also had some disagreements as well. One of those differences was guns. I liked them and she did not. Over the years I have shown her the benefits of guns and provided her with more information about them, but it took awhile to get the negative preconceptions out of her head. At this point, she is now much more open to guns and their uses.
Her interest in guns has become strong enough that now we occasionally go shooting at a local range. While all she likes to do is shoot the guns, I am a lot more involved in the process. In order to shoot more accurately, I have become interested in reloading the cartridges myself. The process requires a certain amount of knowledge, but after you learn the basics it’s not so hard to do.
I was lucky to find a pretty good site on the internet that provides me with all the reloading supplies I need. It’s called sinclairintl.com and they have many products to help those people who want to engage in precision shooting. Over time, I have amassed a large amount of reloading equipment from this site and have always been happy with the results. I believe that only quality tools will do for this sort of hobby and I am satisfied that they carry the best products.
Since it has become known that I have interests in this area, I have begun to receive gift items of this nature. On my last birthday, I received a set of reloading dies that I had been wanting. It was a very thoughtful gift and one that I constantly use. I am certainly hoping to receive more items this Christmas! Any way, if you like guns, I hope you’ll check out this site when you can. It will be worth it.
Posted at August 19, 2009 @ 8:36 pm by Dillon in life, opinions, triumphs
One of the greatest things that a man can aspire too is to climb Mount Everest. Long known as the highest mountain in the world, Man has battled the cold and altitude to concur this rock. Located in the Himalayan Mountain range, the mountain stands at around 29,028 above sea level.
The first successful attempt to climb the mountain was made by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. I heartily congratulate these two men for being the first to accomplish this feat! I am glad that such challenges exist for man to throw his energies against. I believe it makes the human race stronger and provides encouragement for others to push themselves as never before!