We had a gathering last night, and by “gathering,” I mean we had a friend over and we practiced social distancing and wore masks because that’s the Way of Things these days. We enjoyed a bottle of Spanish red drinking vermoth gifted by this friend from his visit to Spain. Little did my sheltered American […]
Okay this is fascinating! Evidently there is growing support for the “origin” of the universe actually being an endless series of contracting/expanding universe without a Big Bang. (As opposed to a “Big Crunch/Big Bang” cycle.) I saw cosmologist Paul Steinhardt talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson where he discusses the problems with the Inflation Model and […]
I’ve picked up “urban prepping” as something of a hobby the last year or so. And I specify “urban” because my current goal of my prepping is basically getting back home from, say, an earthquake. Or, to help get myself to another location should home become unsafe. But mostly, just being prepared in general for […]
The other day I took the day off work and went with a dear friend to do some shooting at a nearby public land “range.” We bought some target stands and made our own free-standing targets, and spent 4 hours skills-building and just having a great time. It rained almost the entire time, and it […]
Rum used to be my spirit of choice years back. It was the first spirit that I did research on, read reviews, sought new ones, and tried to have “regular” go-tos, before I moved on to whiskys and craft beers. But recently, and I’m not ashamed to admit my recent re-kindled love of all things […]
I love a good cigar now and then, but I’m still looking out for what it is I like, and ultimately, for my cigar! You know, the one I always go back to, always have on hand, always willing to share. I thought I’d found it in this one that little did I know, was […]
Ardbeg makes some of my favorite scotches, solidly among my top 4 or 5 — let’s see, I suppose now’s a good time to list my favorites: Highland Park 18 year Oban 14 year Lagavulin 16 year Highland Park Magnus Singleton Single Malt Ardbeg 10 year OK, solidly in my top 6, then. Anyway, I […]
A few weeks ago I was watching some “Penn & Teller Fool Us” clips online, and saw one (I can’t find again) of a woman card magic performer who in her little into bio video, said one day she saw someone doing cardistry and thought, “Hey, I could learn to do that!” and so did. […]
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