The other day I had a conversation with some friends about lines people had used as an excuse to stop seeing us. It was a pretty funny conversation, but I couldn’t remember all of mine. So, as I was driving back from the Bay Area tonight I had time to mentally review all of the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Cop Off
One night a policewoman pulls over a drunk driver. “Anything you say can and will be held against you,” she barks. So he looks at her and says, “Breasts.” Continue reading
Paying My Dues
Diagnostic Testing: $2200 Durable Medical Equipment: $770 Medications: $900 Hospital Stay: $3800 Destroying your face, dislocating your shoulder and bruising your ribs while saving the life of your dumbass friend that chose the wrong route to climb up a rock face: Priceless Continue reading
How To Get Inspired To Write
My friend Ian (of ifitfeelsgooddoit.com fame) recently dedicated a post seeking to inspire those out there that complain of not knowing what to write about… Ian simply walked into a Dollar Tree store and wrote a review of it. Now, I have the opposite problem – too much to write about rather than too little. … Continue reading
Shooting Two Guns At Once – Experiment # 4
On a visit earlier this year from my good friend Ian Bowman, we had a number of adventures. One adventure was a shooting expedition during which we conducted a double-fisted shooting experiment. This was inspired by Hollywood movies such as “Bad Boys” or “Rosewood” where the heroes utilize two handguns and defeat the bad guys … Continue reading
MRE Review
We all likely have heard of MREs or “Meals Ready to Eat” before. These are issued by the military for use in situations that do not allow for full cooking facilities to be set up (due to time constraints, weight restraints, whatever…). Not surprisingly, they have also become popular with backpackers, survivalists, campers, paramilitary enthusiasts, … Continue reading
The Bouvet Island Nuclear Test (The Vela Incident )
Midway between the bottom of Africa and the Princess Astrid Coast of Antarctica, it’s arguably the most solitary piece of real estate on Earth, a lonely pimple jutting out of the gray, heaving seas of the South Atlantic. You could journey to the most remote inhabited spot on Earth, Tristan da Cunha, and you’d still … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 