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Nerf Vulcan Blaster

The Nerf N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25 gives you the auto-blasting advantage when you’re at foam-filled war with your friends and enemies. Children and adults ages 6 and up will love the EBF-25, the largest full auto blaster that Nerf makes. It lets you shoot 25 sonic micro darts at up to 3 darts per second for an offensive assault.

Complete your N-Strike arsenal and prepare for the ultimate in battery-powered blasting! Be ready for any battle with the Nerf N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25 Blaster– an awesome, fully automatic dart cannon! Load the blaster with fresh batteries and fire at a rate of up to three darts per second! Watch as the belt feeds automatically through the blaster, letting the barrage of firepower continue as you battle your opponent. The piston-powered internal launching system makes it an unstoppable force! Switch to single-shot mode for precision blasting. The removable tripod folds for easy transport or a quick escape from enemy fire! Even your toughest opponent wont know what hit him! Blaster comes with ammo box, folding tripod, 25-dart belt, and 25 Sonic Micro Darts ammo and instructions.

$40

With the assistance of the husband of a co-worker, I got three new pictures hung. We also hung four other pictures. The apartment is really starting to look down right homey. The living room, hallway, and kitchen are done.

I had hoped to start wiring the office this weekend. But I discovered that I miscounted the number of new shelves I needed. I’m one short. Oops!!! I really need all shelves in place before I start running the power and network cables.

My two wayward packages arrived today and it looks like the third and last package will arrive tomorrow.  I ordered three framed prints from Thomas D. Mangelsen. I purchased a framed print of his from a gallery in Jackson Hole about 15 years ago. That print had a simple wooden frame. I assumed that these would be similar. Boy was I wrong!!! These have a more substantial frame and are matted. They’re beautiful, but larger than I had planned. One won’t work where I had planned, but I’ve got a great alternative spot. The others will work with minor adjustments to the furniture.

Here are the photos that I purchased:

Wyoming on my Mind (Grand Tetons)

Valley of the Bison (Yellowstone)

Crystal River Magic (Colorado)

You will have to come visit me to see how the framed prints turned out.

Well I really did not think it had been as long as it had since my last post.  Time sure flies when you’re having fun.

I’m deep into operation Feather The Nest.  I have a bunch of projects in various stages of completion…mostly waiting on one part or another.   Things are starting to take shape:

• I reorganized and rewired the stereo system, running lines to feed HDMI signals to TVs in the bedroom and stereo.  All wiring is neatly routed and bundled.  This project would be complete except the splitter that divides the signal hasn’t arrived…I ordered it a month ago.
• I now have a end table and lamp for the living room.
• My book shelves finally arrived.  So that allowed me to unload a bunch of boxes that had been stacked in the bedroom for the last year.  There is not room for everything.  I’ve got a box and a half that I’m going to donate to the library.  And another half box that I’m going to donate to the prison.
• I’m in the middle of reworking my “office”.  I ordered some 4 foot shelves to replace the 3 foot shelves.  And I removed the shelves under the “desk”.  The longer shelves will give me more room at the “desk” and allow me to better organize things.  Removing the lower shelves lets my legs get under the “desk” so I’m not leaning forward to type.
• I ordered some “art” to hang on the walls.  It shipped from Omaha, NE, last Thursday.  By the  weekend it was in Toledo, OH.  Now it is on route to Denver, CO.  It looks like it will be well traveled.
• I’ve rearranged the computer equipment to get the heat sources as far from the “desk” as possible.  The old design had all the heat concentrated around the “desk”.  Nice in the winter…not so nice in the summer.
• I figured out a way to power the two air conditioners next summer without having a heavy duty extension cord running from the kitchen to the bedroom.

Pictures will follow soon.

In other news, the Warden declared no more jeans.  So my perfect job (get to wear jeans and sneakers and play with computers all day) is now just a good job (play with computers all day).  What sucks is that I’d just recently bought a bunch of new jeans for work.  Now it’s back to Dockers and dress sneakers.  At least I don’t have to wear a tie.  I had to make a trip into Scottsbluff to buy new clothes for work.

I made two house calls after work today to repair computers.  Collected my usual fee in cookies.