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Trout in the Summer
As the air and water warm, the fish retreat. You’ll catch larger trout in late June than you did in late March. If you can catch them, that is. Lower…
Jul 2, 2022
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May 2022
Review: Matt Taibbi, Griftopia
If even 10% of the country read about, and understood, the events described in this book, cities would be burning. That’s it, that’s the review.
May 24, 2022
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Hack the Public Library
Best thing ever!
May 21, 2022
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Gear Nerding: Benchmade 555 Mini Griptilian
Exposing my small-mindedness here, but I don’t really understand how anybody can operate in their day-to-day life without a pocketknife. I use mine…
May 20, 2022
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Make!
I think it’s critically important for our physical and mental health and well-being as humans that we make things. Cooking, writing, building, whatever…
May 18, 2022
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For the Record...
I’m 47 years old. There are roughly a dozen-and-a-half photographs in existence of my life through my first thirty years. Don’t take this the wrong way…
May 18, 2022
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Pocket to Pocket
A flash of the underbelly right after the hook set or even during the take reveals the answer - if you see red, it’s a brookie. Silver, it’s a rainbow…
May 17, 2022
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Toys Everywhere
Our youngest leaves her toys everywhere throughout our house. Everywhere. Sometimes I pretend to be annoyed by it - I’m not sure why. Other times I’m…
May 16, 2022
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I'm never voting again.
The Democrat Party Machine, to which Joe Biden is strapped like the grandma in National Lampoon’s Vacation, is trying to sell “Putin’s Price Hike” as a…
May 16, 2022
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I'm never voting again.
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Daniel Milnor
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May 14, 2022
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April 2022
Opening Day
In middle America we celebrate lots of Opening Days. But where I live, two in particular stand out. The opening day of deer (rifle) season and today…
Apr 2, 2022
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What's Next?
Is the Will Smith slap the final act, or just the prologue?
Apr 1, 2022
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