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Sorry for the late notice on this one, but we will be playing this Saturday, May 9th in the Valley. This is going to be our second to last game for the season. Our last game will be on 5/23 and will likely be our end of year party, etc. For this weekend, we’ll get started with playing at 10am,… Continue reading "Paintball this weekend – Orion Valley – May 9, 2009"
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This article was written by Dr. Larry Miller (former head of Emergency Medicine at the Baptist Health System in San Antonio and Medical Director for several EMS Systems). I think it provides some great perspective on the current situation and gives an alternative viewpoint to all of the media hype. Swine Flu – The Journalistic Scaredemic April 28, 2009 Swine… Continue reading "Swine Flu – Some Perspective"
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The battle of San Jacinto was the concluding military event of the Texas Revolution. On March 13, 1836, the revolutionary army at Gonzales began to retreat eastward. It crossed the Colorado River on March 17 and camped near present Columbia on March 20, recruiting and reinforcements having increased its size to 1,200 men. Sam Houston’s scouts reported Mexican troops west… Continue reading "April 21, 1836 – The Battle of San Jacinto"
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We will be playing this Saturday, April 25th in the Valley. We’ll get started with playing at 10am, with guest briefing at 9:45am, so make sure you are ready to go at that time. If you had planned on bringing on someone as a guest this weekend, please make sure they are there by 9:45am. And also please let me… Continue reading "Paintball this weekend – Orion Valley – April 25, 2009"
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We will be playing this Saturday, March 28th in the Valley. We’ll get started with playing at 10am, with guest briefing at 9:45am, so make sure you are ready to go at that time. If you had planned on bringing on someone as a guest this weekend, please make sure they are there by 9:45am. And also please let me… Continue reading "Paintball this weekend – Orion Valley – March 28, 2009"
By Golgo 13 on
Just a quick head’s up that the two Sportsman’s Warehouses near us (Round Rock, San Antonio) are going out of business. Right now most of the stuff is marked down 10-30% (paintball stuff is 10%), but it will keep going down at the weeks go by. They are going to stay open until May, or until they sell out all… Continue reading "Sportsman’s Warehouse is going out of business"
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Whoa – just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Iran blogger jailed for Khamenei insult dies A young Iranian blogger jailed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for insulting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said that although there is not yet an official report about… Continue reading "More freedom fun from our global friends"
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Just when you thought the deadliest thing in a Whole Foods Market was some yuppie’s ability to self-aggrandize: World’s deadliest spider found in Tulsa store TULSA, Okla. – One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store. An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider… Continue reading "Now that’s bananas!"
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So, apparently there was something going on here.
By Golgo 13 on
One of the most important documents in Texas history is the Declaration of Independence, adopted in general convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos, March 2, 1836. Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BY THE DELEGATES OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, IN GENERAL CONVENTION, AT THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, ON THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1836 When a… Continue reading "Texas Independence Day – March 2, 1836"
