Archive for the ‘Just Slightly Off-Topic’ Category

FF&W is at WP 3.0 — Here’s to Hoping…

Posted on July 5, 2010, 12:21 pm, by JB, under Blog News, Just Slightly Off-Topic, What Did I Just Do?.

Just backed up the FF&W database, as well as the main theme, and then hit “upgrade.” The 3.0 version of WordPress is now running here and hopefully everything will continue without a hitch. I’ll have a look through things, but if something is really messed up for anyone, let me know. No water-time for me [...]

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Of Casting and Pedaling

Posted on July 2, 2010, 11:29 pm, by JB, under Casting, Just Slightly Off-Topic, Lessons Learned.

With the Tour de France starting tomorrow (live report), I thought I’d do a little post relating cycling to fly casting. When I was road racing (i.e. when I was younger and faster), I paid a lot of attention to the more “advanced” aspects of things like pedal/cleat interface, body position, gearing, and of course, [...]

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Thanks to the Ashland Fly Shop (and Kellie)

Posted on March 21, 2010, 2:53 pm, by JB, under Just Slightly Off-Topic, Shows & Clinics.

Just a quick shout out to say “thanks” to Will at the Ashland Fly Shop (as in Ashland, Oregon). When I was in Medford this last week to do a casting clinic and an evening talk, I discovered that I had left my Mini-DVI to VGA video link in Los Angeles somewhere the weekend before. [...]

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Is American Idol Next?

Posted on December 15, 2009, 11:12 pm, by JB, under Humor(?), Just Slightly Off-Topic, What I Put Up With.

There is a problem with having too much fly-tying material. Sooner or later, you will find yourself like this. It is not a flattering place to be. But, the FF&W [blog] is not about flattery, it is about raw, unadorned truth, stripped of the fetters of pride, cleansed of the needs of self, and driven [...]

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Lorem Ipsum Dolor

Posted on November 8, 2009, 9:04 pm, by JB, under Books, Just Slightly Off-Topic.

Those three little words may seem like nonsensical Latin (or at least chunks of Latin), but they have special meaning to the publishing world. They are the start of a project, filler text used to approximate the real thing, until the real thing can be placed. I recently flowed the famed lorem ipsum sequence onto [...]

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A Favorite Fly-Fishing Movie

Posted on November 8, 2009, 5:05 pm, by JB, under 24fps, Edutainment, Humor(?), Just Slightly Off-Topic.

Don’t let the title fool you, this is actually a dramatic portrayal of a fly-fishing life intertwined with the sad realities of modern-day living, all reflected against a backdrop of canine competition. Last night, I watched (for the Nth time) one of my all-time favorite fly-fishing movies, Best in Show (directed by Christopher Guest). It [...]

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