Are Shows Still Worth the Effort? (11/3/07)
Just returned from the "D.C. Big Flea Market" at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA. This is a relatively big show held 5 weekends a year. With about 600 dealers, it really makes for a fun afternoon. Despite its name, this is anything but a flea market of tables piled with old clothes, books, and children’s toys. More >>

2007 Great Falls Studio Tour (11/3/07)
Last Sunday I was tooling around the back roads in Great Falls, Virginia in my husband’s aging Corvette when I spotted a sign, "Great Falls Studio Tour." The local area newspaper elaborated that Great Falls Studios was having their 4th annual studio tour Oct. 19 – 21, 2007. More >>

WWII Airborne Reinforced M42 Jump Jacket ID’d To Vet (11/3/07)
I recently acquired my first M42 Reinforced jump jacket. This jacket was even CC-2′d (Chemical impregnation to protect skin from gas), which led me to believe that it was used on the Normandy jump. Based off the canvas used and the rigger sewing construction, I could tell that it was 82nd Airborne. More >>

CBS Fender Instruments: A Turning Point in Quality and Value? (11/3/07)
January 3, 1965 is an important date for Fender instrument collectors because it’s when Leo Fender and Don Randall sold their company to CBS Broadcasting for $13 million. Leo remained working in R&D and Randall became General Manager, but their company was never the same again. More >>

MACV-SOG 1-0 Jacket: A Symbol For Vietnam’s Elite Among The Elite (11/3/07)
Until recently, little was known or published about MACV-SOG, an elite US Special Forces reconnaissance unit in Vietnam. SOG was under joint command by 5th Special Forces Group and CIA with an objective to recon and disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail by running cross-border operations into denied areas, primarily Laos and Cambodia. SOG recon teams were small, typically 6 to 8 men. More >>

Closing in on the V0.97.0 release (11/3/07)
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, but we’re closing in on getting the V0.97.0 product released! More >>

Re: Houston We Have A Problem? (8/27/07)
In light of Tom Daughty, The Pete Rose case should be reopened and investigated, Pete deserves the Hall of Fame, 4400+ Hits, You tell me……. More >>

2007 NFL Preview (8/22/07)
Sunday night, the New Jersey Football Giants and the Old Browns/New Ravens each lost a slew of players to injury, adding to the ever-growing list of pre-season casualties, leaving many of us wondering, what happens when a franchise player gets injured during these meaningless exhibitions.< More >>

Gone Camping (8/21/07)
For the first time in ten-odd years, my end of summer will not be punctuated by the coming of football training camp.  For the first time, my August will not be defined by two-a-days, the odor of mildewed socks, and post-practice dips in the ice bath.  More >>

Flailing Falcons (8/17/07)
Something’s been going wrong in Atlanta the last two years, but the easy answer (coach), isn’t always the right one.  I’ll be the first to admit that my Birds suffer from some acute schizophrenia as to what kind o More >>