I have a daughter that played in the USSSA Fast-Pitch Girls South Florida 12U “B” State Championships this weekend at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach, FL. This was a three day tournament starting Friday morning. Like in many competitive sports, siblings get to tag along, and many times are bored senseless. Several of my daughter’s teammates have brothers that […]
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Kayaking at Halpatiokee
Halpatiokee is Seminole for “Alligator Water”. Here is why:
Canning rabbit
Check out my Free Rabbit Breeding Calendar I’ve had a VERY productive year raising my New Zealand/AlTex cross meat rabbits. Not that I should be surprised, they ARE rabbits. And since I’ve packed my tiny freezer full of rib eye steaks, I’m kind of low on available storage for animal protein. A perfect chance to […]
A Random Tuesday
Spent most of last night working on a Kindle hack/repair, so don’t have much to write about other than what I took up all of my evening (it’s 1am as I write this, having just finished with my project outlined below). I purchased a used, working Kindle off of Craigslist, a Kindle Keyboard, with WiFi, […]
Hurricane Prep, Day 4 – Happy Wife, Happy Life!
Tonight, while making dinner, the wife and I got into a discussion that was heading into argument. I realized it was a no-win, and acquiesced (to the Dallas hillbilly, that means I caved in). Shifting gears to not think about the conversation, I started to try, yet again, to come up with today’s post. And the answer […]
Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink – MY water plan in a post-hurricane scenario
Having gone through several direct hits as well as a lot more brushes with various hurricanes, I’ve had my share of dealing with hurricane aftermath. All systems break down during and after a hurricane, social, political, and physical. Law enforcement gets pushed to the limit, politicians with little or no emergency training flounder, looking for answers, and the […]
Review: Midland SAME All-Hazard Handheld Weather Alert Radio
The more you sweat in practice, the less you’ll bleed in battle. I saw this slogan on a softball tee shirt today, and thought it rather fitting to kick off my 5-days of Hurricane Preparedness posts where I will be going over key components of my family’s hurricane preparedness. Paraphrasing, “preparing today makes tomorrow’s crisis easier to manage”. This […]
Chinese Rope Trick
One of life’s mysteries. Check it out:
Making a threaded paracord lacing needle
I was over at Stormdrane’s blog a couple of day ago, and found an easy how-to for making a needle for paracord knot work. First let me say that Stormdrane is a master at knot typing, and does things with line that makes me jealous. Go check him out. NOW. The come back and read the rest […]
Kindle 3, Part 2 Free (mostly) book sources
In the previous post regarding the Kindle 3, I mentioned that I get a LOT of free reading material. Below I’ve outlined many of the places I find free books. This is in no way complete list…but do read on!