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Month: June 2021

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Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic!

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I’m off to have a nuclear stress test. Watch this while I get put through the wringer. Report follows if I survive. 🙂 Edit, 6/30/2021:…

June 30, 2021July 6, 2021
Make way! Busy guy here!
Housekeeping

Make way! Busy guy here!

There may or may not be much posting the rest of the week. I’ve got several things that have jumped up and want attention, plus…

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

I’m in trouble again. It’s dance’s turn in the spotlight. I was born in the 60s, grew up in the 70s and matured in the…

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021
Happy Father’s Day, Pop.
Ancient Wisdom

Happy Father’s Day, Pop.

Your grandson, several years later. We carry on. It’s what men do.

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021
Report from the OP, June 19, 2021
Reports from the OP

Report from the OP, June 19, 2021

We’re battening down the hatches prior to the coming of Tropical Storm Claudette, which will be a tropical depression by the time it fights its…

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021
New sites
Housekeeping

New sites

There is a small group of sites, on the right, wa-a-y down, known as “Other Important Sites”. In a way, it’s really the “Miscellaneous” list,…

June 16, 2021June 15, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

We are back to take a swing at literature. I have to admit that, as much as I have read in my life, most of…

June 15, 2021June 13, 2021
LAPG Twist Angle Flashlight
Product Reviews

LAPG Twist Angle Flashlight

Yes, another flashlight review. It’s an illness, but at least it’s a useful illness. And sorry about the image size. Anyone know how to make…

June 14, 2021June 13, 2021
Sunday Reading
Sunday Reading

Sunday Reading

So, are audiobooks reading? I’m going to say “Yes”. My blog, I get to do things like that. 🙂 I discovered that YouTube has rather…

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021
Damn, but I loved the 80s
Teh Awesome Things That Put A Smile On Your Face

Damn, but I loved the 80s

Seriously, I loved the 80s. As far as I’m concerned, they were the greatest decade in history. Sure, I grew up in the 60s and…

June 9, 2021June 8, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday

(I’ve got to start doing these ahead of time again. Time, time, time.) American composer Aaron Copeland was the son of Russian immigrants. Born in…

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021
Something fun
Laughter Is the Best Medicine Things That Put A Smile On Your Face

Something fun

It’s been very serious around here lately. Time for something fun to read.

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021
D-Day
History

D-Day

Today is the 77th anniversary of the day of days. Read some of their stories.

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021
Anxiously awaiting the Kickstarter
I do these things so you don't have to Yee ha!

Anxiously awaiting the Kickstarter

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021
Killdozer Day
History

Killdozer Day

Today is the day to remember a man who decided that government had went too far and chose to exact a price for that, even…

June 4, 2021June 3, 2021
How long can we play nice?
CWII Uncomfortable Thoughts

How long can we play nice?

Most of us were taught as kids to “play nice with others”. As a kindergarten rule, it makes sense. In the modern world, it makes…

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021
Fine Art Tuesday (on Wednesday)
Fine Art Tuesday

Fine Art Tuesday (on Wednesday)

(I’m still learning the fine art of scheduling a post on WordPress by trial and error. This should have appeared yesterday.) (Apologies for the poor…

June 2, 2021June 3, 2021
Dried beef
Prepping

Dried beef

Another prepping item from Frugal Squirrels is this method for drying beef. This could be really handy in an emergency, as long as one has…

June 1, 2021June 2, 2021

Blogroll

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Prepping

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Economics

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Guns

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Training

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Ham Radio

  • Alinco
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  • Eham
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The Law

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Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
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  • Michael Yon
  • poweroutage.us
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  • ZeroHedge

YouTube Channels

  • blancolirio
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  • Essential Craftsman
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • jehugarcia
  • John Daniel
  • Kyle Noseworthy
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  • Triggered!

Other Viewpoints

  • 99% Invisible
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Absent Friends

  • Bad Eagle (Link to Wayback Machine)
  • Chaos Manor (Dr. Jerry Pournelle) (RIP)
  • Freedomsight (On hiatus)
  • Our Rhodesian Heritage (Status Unknown)
  • Says Uncle (On hiatus)
  • SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE and other things (RIP)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars (Off The Air)
  • Standing Outside Looking In (Status Unknown)
  • Thunder Tales (RIP)
  • Weaponsman (RIP)
  • The Whited Sepulchre (RIP)
  • The Woodpile Report (RIP)

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