Plzen’s Liberation Celebration

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

This town is known for Pilsener beer.  From email:

Have you ever wondered if anyone in Europe remembers America ‘s sacrifice in World War II? There is an answer in a small town in the Czech Republic . The town is called Pilsen ( Plzen ).

Every 5 years, Pilsen conducts the Liberation Celebration of the City of Pilsen in the Czech Republic . May 6th, 2010, marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Pilsen by General George Patton’s 3rd Army. Pilsen is the town that every American should visit. Because they love America and the American Soldier…

Even 65 years later… by the thousands, Continue reading →

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Motivational Posters 9

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

I removed a few of the more risqué ones.  (if you can believe that)

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Bryson with Santa

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Here are a few pictures of Bryson at the party with Santa from earlier today.

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Custom Harness for House Lights

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Inspired by my brother’s excellent color-coded custom length Christmas light modification, I made a couple of special extension cords with plugs in just the right places.  They really clean up the wiring and save me from having excessive cords rolled up all over the place.  Our lights are LED, and each string is made up of two circuits, each circuit has an electronic device and 30 LEDs wired in series.  I didn’t feel like trying to figure out how to cut and splice strings to make custom lengths from the lights this year, but that is really the way to go, maybe next year.

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Yup, It’s Mine

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

I changed out the belts on quadzilla today. Without the supercharger, this is a 4 minute job, with the supercharger, it takes me a couple of hours. I have to take off the intake tubes, the fan shroud, and finally the supercharger and bracket.  The big belt snakes through a bunch of bolts/spacers that have to be completely removed to change it out.  The bearings in one of the idler pulleys was going bad and making lots of noise. This is the fourth idler pulley I’ve had to replace. PITA. Anyway, when I was getting it cleaned up, the big ProCharger emblem was loose, so I just took it off so I could clean the grim good. I was surprised when I saw my name written underneath the emblem. I feel special now, they assembled this blower just for me!

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Poll about the WikiLeaks Situation

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Please take a few moments to answer 3 quick questions:

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Video: American Exceptionalism

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

This video is good enough to watch daily; makes me feel much better about life. Hope!

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Pics at TTU

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

After our all-black-shirt family portraits, we went to campus to see if we could get some decent pictures to use for Christmas cards.  The sun was very harsh, but we might have a few that will work.

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Agritourism

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

We all visited “The Maize” north of Lubbock this morning.  A pretty neat place, with the main corn maze attraction plus an air canon that launches corn cobs, a few pens with different farm animals, and of course, concession stands.  Evidently, this farm belongs to the national network that just started 15 years ago.  Seems like a good off-season use for farmland, and it was a great family event for a few hours.

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BMW K75

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

My blue BMW K75RT.  I think it was an 1988 model, but can’t remember.

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