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Why is it that we are willing to furlough all of the civilian federal employees who, for the most part, do a good job but we are allowing the elected officials to continue to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/QiJKqykVSpc/generic-randomness.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFRXrTkPY6vv62oKGL1anMMs4gQ/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFRXrTkPY6vv62oKGL1anMMs4gQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/QiJKqykVSpc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2011/03/generic-randomness.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-4689333476223750382</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-30T20:58:13.514-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hiking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Camping</category><title>The A.T.</title><atom:summary>One of my favorite things to do is to go hiking.  I like throwing my pack on my back and taking off for a couple days to see what nature is up to.  My favorite place to hike is the A.T., or the Appalachian Trail for those who are uninitiated in its splendor.  I have hiked the Maryland section several times and I always manage to see something new each time I return.  When I get back to the trail,</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/DYx4pzfwK1c/at.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZsFCvvN38EOZjk_1g8dO5ILPIv0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZsFCvvN38EOZjk_1g8dO5ILPIv0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/DYx4pzfwK1c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2011/03/at.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-2506747657633118430</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-24T18:17:27.139-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Books</category><title>Ah, Books...</title><atom:summary>I love books. There is nothing like the feel of the pages between your fingers and the smell of a book takes me back to the elementary school library. I can't get enough of books. I still remember the first book I read solely for my enjoyment. It was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. I was so enthralled with it, I read it in three days. Not so much of a feat for an adult, but as a seventh </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/vMf7L4sE-lU/ah-books.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OLDTxg1t6BmfysS8qvYohb4YVqw/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OLDTxg1t6BmfysS8qvYohb4YVqw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/vMf7L4sE-lU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2011/03/ah-books.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-2987295733131887980</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-23T21:16:52.074-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Winemaking</category><title>Transforming the Mundane into the Sublime – Part Three – Bottling and Enjoyment</title><atom:summary>**Warning** It is illegal for persons under the age of 21 to make/possess alcohol in the United States and laws are different in other countries so: This is being posted for informational purposes only. If it is illegal for you to make or possess alcohol wherever you are, don't do it! I will not be held responsible for your lack of judgment. **Warning**


At the end of my last post on this topic,</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/GpeUHrMLMqE/transforming-mundane-into-sublime-part.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZEV1kJfbLgibSJUm4nhqgvDRUC8/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZEV1kJfbLgibSJUm4nhqgvDRUC8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/GpeUHrMLMqE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2011/03/transforming-mundane-into-sublime-part.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-2572194418910551435</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-30T19:19:23.975-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><title>Every Two Years...New Beginnings...</title><atom:summary>It seems that I get back to posting something just about every two years. I'm not sure why I am away so long between updates. Must just be life getting in the way. I always intend to get back to it the next day, but it just keeps getting stretched out until I forget I was even planning on posting something. Once again I find myself drawn back to posting sometime in late winter/early spring when I</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/NELR_OKAHQ4/every-two-yearsnew-beginnings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h2ab1f9TvFCr__MaLw3fjfUatgI/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h2ab1f9TvFCr__MaLw3fjfUatgI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/NELR_OKAHQ4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2011/03/every-two-yearsnew-beginnings.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-5357985568569142715</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-23T00:35:35.290-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Winemaking</category><title>Transforming the Mundane into the Sublime – Part Two – The Fermentation</title><atom:summary>**Warning** It is illegal for persons under the age of 21 to make/possess alcohol in the United States and laws are different in other countries so: This is being posted for informational purposes only. If it is illegal for you to make or possess alcohol wherever you are, don't do it! I will not be held responsible for your lack of judgment. **Warning** 


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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/54L7ctagTgk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/02/transforming-mundane-into-sublime-part.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-6764861303123475416</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-07T00:37:34.656-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hiking</category><title>Unexpected Change of Plans</title><atom:summary>Well, life threw me a curve last week through this week.  The snow arrived early and I had to take my youngest son to the dentist to have two teeth pulled, so needless to say, no hike on that day.  That was OK, I figured I'd just push the hike off until the weekend.  No joy their either.  My middle son came home last Wednesday with a fever and a cough, he was stuck out of school for two days, </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/YuquDOekEv8/unexpected-change-of-plans.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/If-jeWhwbN4iCZn5pBFJmZLdGFo/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/If-jeWhwbN4iCZn5pBFJmZLdGFo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/YuquDOekEv8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/02/unexpected-change-of-plans.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-8805368043591714314</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-26T00:16:09.934-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hiking</category><title>Stepping Back in Time - A Day-Hike in Morgan Run NEA - Part One</title><atom:summary>I love going outside.  It really doesn't matter the setting as long a nature is all around.  I like hearing the sounds of life all around me...not the hustle and bustle of machinery.  The activity doesn't matter too much either, I like hunting and fishing, hiking and camping, geocaching, most anything that gets me out amongst nature.  I also love taking pictures of whatever I see while I am out.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/3Zt6BIT3KvA/stepping-back-in-time-day-hike-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qwtZ9EvHDD8qpXffHedYKr9ko5Y/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qwtZ9EvHDD8qpXffHedYKr9ko5Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/3Zt6BIT3KvA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/01/stepping-back-in-time-day-hike-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-3122139413987664607</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-22T23:29:15.104-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Winemaking</category><title>Transforming the Mundane into the Sublime – Part One – The Basics</title><atom:summary>**Warning** It is illegal for persons under the age of 21 to make/possess alcohol in the United States and laws are different in other countries so: This is being posted for informational purposes only. If it is illegal for you to make or possess alcohol wherever you are, don't do it! I will not be held responsible for your lack of judgment. **Warning** 


As promised, I'll outline how to make </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/x2PkaVgO4Zw/transforming-mundane-to-sublime-part.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4W344L7VzMYvOrFDVIneSLwupM/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4W344L7VzMYvOrFDVIneSLwupM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/x2PkaVgO4Zw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/01/transforming-mundane-to-sublime-part.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-8958676648709238431</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-25T23:37:14.632-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Plants</category><title>Potential Newcomers to the Garden</title><atom:summary>We have decided on the specific species of the plants we want to add to our yard.  We have been looking at Stark Brothers Nursery as they have most of the varieties we want.  It won't be too expensive, but usually, nothing worth having is cheap.My wife picked out the blueberry plants she likes and I tend to agree with her on this one (don't tell her though) as they are cold hardy to -30 degrees </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/E6QiIpcGYmQ/potential-newcomers-to-garden.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Uw1pvdccpYDiA__X6lbYlpYP3mQ/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Uw1pvdccpYDiA__X6lbYlpYP3mQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/E6QiIpcGYmQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/01/potential-newcomers-to-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-3738334075209186790</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-25T23:39:30.665-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Winemaking</category><title>It's Bubblin' Away!</title><atom:summary>**Warning**  It is illegal for persons under the age of 21 to make/possess alcohol in the United States and laws are different in other countries so:  This is being posted for informational purposes only.  If it is illegal for you to make or possess alcohol wherever you are, don't do it.  I will not be held responsible for your lack of judgment.  **Warning**Well, my first batch of Joe Mattioli's </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/OizKzc2234Q/its-bubblin-away.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XDPfB76Fb25VHaaLYtDT5Syhkp0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XDPfB76Fb25VHaaLYtDT5Syhkp0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/OizKzc2234Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-bubblin-away.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-6719056487651126430</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-25T23:40:04.360-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Plants</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gardening</category><title>New Year - New Garden Plans</title><atom:summary>This year will bring many changes to my garden.  First and foremost, we will be planting more fruit bearing perennials.  We already have an apple and a cherry tree, which should start producing in about 3 years.  To this, we are going to add:A strawberry patch.Two blueberry bushes.Six raspberry plants.Three to six blackberry plants.A Meyer lemon that we will have to move indoors in fall and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/RhXn1ABr_sc/new-year-new-garden-plans.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DRc95drkEAWYnPqFReZJcJcgcrM/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DRc95drkEAWYnPqFReZJcJcgcrM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/RhXn1ABr_sc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-year-new-garden-plans.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-5878259378101421700</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-25T23:41:56.129-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gardening</category><title>New Year...New Beginning...I Hope!</title><atom:summary>2009 Starts a new year with the same challenges.  Finding enough money to take care of the family and enough time to spend with them so they remember who I am.Just recently, I worked over 53 hours of overtime in a two week period.  The money was nice, but I did not see my family for most of that pay period.  This year, I will not be working so heavily.  It has not been good for family morale or </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/uK5XjIeog4A/new-yearnew-beginningi-hope.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rooS6rDWKT5cVduScUgLdtVheuA/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rooS6rDWKT5cVduScUgLdtVheuA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~4/uK5XjIeog4A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://troutangler.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-yearnew-beginningi-hope.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226469516699643326.post-1953959676209878126</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-13T12:37:35.331-05:00</atom:updated><title>Thanks to the Veterans!</title><atom:summary>Happy Veterans Day and THANK YOU to all veterans who are now and who ever have served to defend this great country and it's citizens.Thank you for defending our freedoms and protecting our borders.Thank you for protecting us from tyranny and hate.Thank you for keeping the torch of freedom burning bright all around the world.And for those of you who never served, YOUR WELCOME!May the gods bless </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroutanglersRandomThoughts/~3/Jd5LyBG8QL8/thanks-to-veterans.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (TroutAngler)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0IQoYQgXOntQhxpod9C96OsAdl8/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0IQoYQgXOntQhxpod9C96OsAdl8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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