Just Married
Congratulations my lovely daughter. I love you and wish many joyful years ahead for you and Matt.
Good Day for a Wet Wedding
One hundred and fifty F-ING days without rain in the Southland and it’s going to peel off and piddle on the weekned of Matt and Emma’s beachside wedding. Same thing happened 20 years ago when Maureen and I got hitched. Oh well, the French baker said it is a good sign if it rains on…
Writing the Wedding Toast
It’s about time that I grease up my quill and start penning a couple of wedding toasts…or my name is, well, Toast. Rabbi Gellman gives this trenchant advice on toasting: “Being successfully sober is much easier than being successfully funny.”
Get 32 AA Batteries from a Single 6 Volt Battery? Maybe Not So Much…
Before you stock up on 6V lantern batteries to cash in on Lifehacker’s Get 32 AA Batteries from a Single 6 Volt Battery tip, take a gander at the horrifying discovery I made tonight (in a frantic effort to scrounge up enough batteries to power my Pignose amp.) Inside a 6 volt Heavy Duty Eveready…
A Whale of a Weekend
It’s been a busy weekend. As some of you know, my daughter is getting married next Saturday. But you’re never too busy when you’ve got a dead blue whale in your backyard. In between trips to Smart and Final for Ginger Ale and phony champagne glasses I joined the human carnival that was keeping vigil…
Speaking of Web 2.0
Somebody at Tread Lightly knows their event-triggered marketing. I just got a nice little email form letter from Tracey Hackworth thanking me for my participation as a Friend of Tread Lightly. I’m guessing this is an automated response based on a trackback ping because of my post below? Dunno. Because I don’t think Tracey actually…
Best GPS for Hiking
I just got a hit from someone looking for “easiest gps for hiking and highways.” If any of my intrepid reader* knows the answer to this, please post a note in comments. My guess is that we’re talking about something along the lines of the Garmin eTrex Legend CX Handheld GPS Navigator which uses uploadable…
Some Days the Bear Eats You Department: Borealis Expedition Adventure Resource Drowning, Not Waving
There was a great One-Show wining ad for a store going-out-of-business sale that read “Oh Sure, Now You’ll Shop Here.” In an effort to try and avoid winning a similar One-Show Golden Pencil, Borealis Expedition Adventure Resource (BEAR) in Thousand Oaks, CA, just sent out a plea to its mailing list asking for corporate partners,…
Tread Lightly! (but not too lightly)
Tread Lightly! is some kind of mysterious organization designed to make moronic 4WD enthusiasts (such as yours truly) feel better about ripping up nature. But here’s the best part…as an incentive to join you now have the opportunity win all kinds of cheap crap from China.
Stepping on Frogs
 No, we’re not talking about letting her rip. We’re talking about Treehugger’s latest survey: is a frog shaped can-smasher bad design because it teaches kids to stomp toads. Geez, Treehugger. Give kids some credit. This thing is bad design because you can just as easily smash cans with your forehead.
Fetch Me My Slippers and Half Pipe
If I’m going to blow out my ACL I’d sooner do it at Mammoth than in my hallway next to the bathroom. Strap these babies on your shoes and go speed-skating in your rumpus room! Turn your stairs into a black diamond run! FunSlides via GetOutdoors. (Maybe not as much fun as these🙂
Rafting with Scissors
Well, we survived the South Fork of the American River. Five adults, fifteen high school kids, three rubber rafts and a mayonnaise jar full of Ritalin…it just doesn’t get any better than that. On Day One we put in at Henningsen-Lotus park. Our guide was Gordy Ainsleigh, something of a local hero in those parts…
What, Are Ya Yellow?
I really should be working on the kitchen cabinets or doing the 30,000 mile axle service on my Jeep. I need to be packing for our rafting trip on Monday. And a new freelance project just showed up in my inbox. So what do I do? What any red-blooded American man would do. I Simpsonized…
Pardon Me If I’m Prying
Made in the fashion of Damascus swords (the exact technique of pounding, cooling and folding has been lost for over 200 years), this Son of Pry thing will outlast any multi-tool in your gear shed. Of course, $160 will buy you a lot of Swiss Army Knives. Then again, if you had a Son of…
The Book of Duderonomy
Tom, dude, this one’s for you. Â The Church of the Latter-Day Dude Myself, I live and die by Duderonomy 1:3 Always write checks whenever possible, as your cash is limited and you never know when you might have to pay off roving bands of heathen Nihilists.