Chocolate From Scratch Following along with my theme of homestyle cooking, I was lucky enough to have my wife make a chocolate cake from scratch. I must have done something REALLY good in the past to deserve her! It is pretty nice to live with someone who can whip up a cake out of pantry […]
Archives for April 2012
Busse Combat Nuclear Meltdown Fusion Battle Mistress- Gear Review
With Friday the 13th in mind, I figured I would do a gear review on the biggest and baddest knife I own, the Busse Combat Nuclear Meltdown Fusion Battle Mistress or NMFBM for short. This is clearly the knife Jason should have been using to terrorize the campers at Camp Crystal Lake! Busse Nuclear Meltdown […]
Urban Homesteading Heirloom Skills For Sustainable Living Book Review
Urban Homesteading Heirloom Skills For Sustainable Living Book Review I haven’t gotten around to doing a book review in quite a while, but I’ve just finished reading Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living by Rachel Kaplan with Ruby Blume. I’ve got mixed feelings about this book. What I Liked This is a great idea […]
Assembling a Get Home Bag
Assembling A Get Home Bag I guess it is easy for most people to dismiss the need for a Get Home Bag, but sitting in my hotel room, and looking west into Manhattan, I can’t help remembering that terrible day so many people had to walk out of the city when the Towers fell. A […]
Rest In Peace, Senior Man
I got some bad news yesterday, my friend and mentor Tommy had passed away. Tommy had been retired for 11 years now and even though I hadn’t seen him in a bit over a year it hit me like a sledge hammer. I couldn’t help but think of him as the prototypical lineman he was. […]
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