17. December 2009 by Andy.

then so can I…Merry Christmas everyone!

Reed:  Glad to hear things are going well with GH training.  Yea I remember Lokoweed too, a bit too cocky in my books!  And thanks for the words about how we learned, trained and fought…as for your telescope; if you have haven’t gotten it patented, licensed, or whatever the legal term is, you better.  I’d hate to see all the work you and Chris did get stolen or “pirated” without any proper recognition or royalties.   Be careful…

As for the Blooms; Heather made another film over in Monroe, “Flag of my Father” or “Flag of Our Father” or something like that.  It’s not a follow on to Clint Eastwood’s “Flag of our Fathers” which was about the flag rising on Iwo Jima during WWII.  This one is about a Vietnam Vet and his kids when they’re all grown up.  Anyway, Heather plays the wife of John Schneider (one of the sons) and William Devane, from “Knot’s Landing”, is the dad.  Yes, I did say John Schneider who played Bo Duke from the “Dukes of Hazzards” TV show.   Yep, she had a blast filming on this set too…

As you saw, I did make the Fine Scale Model publication’s on-line Reader’s Gallery with my Tet Offensive diorama.  Although it took a long time to build, I had fun with it.  I finished the M1A1 with markings from the 2^nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 3^rd Battalion, 69^th Armored Regiment, 1^st Brigade, 3^rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) while serving in Iraq in April 2003.  Wow that was a mouthful and I thought the Air Force was bad on listing units!  The Army takes the cake and then some!  Anyway, I added the Bedouin and camel for a bit of color.  I have the gunner trained on him with the 7.62 mm M240 machine gun just in case he decides to take a pot shot at the crew.  I didn’t realized it until I photographed it, but the camel has a mean look to its face.  As for the German 88, it’s on still on hold.  The half-track came in but I’m dreading the build…over 800 parts!!!!

Been duck hunting with Jim Melvin and his son, bagged a few ducks and got poison ivy which I’m still battling since 14 November!  We’re planning on taking a trip down to Corpus Christi for another duck hunt there next month.

O’well…until next time…

Merry Christmas!

Andy

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17. December 2009 by The Chuck.

It’s time for that powerful contest.   

 The third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, the international competition seeking the next popular novel.

For the first time, the competition will award two grand prizes: one for General Fiction and one for Young Adult Fiction. The 2010 competition will also now be open to novels that have previously been self-published. Each winner will receive a publishing contract with Penguin, which includes a $15,000 advance.

more information available at:

http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Novel-Award-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=332264011

I’ve placed in the first two contests … I’m tempted to enter again this year, but I’m not sure. 

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