I met my wife nearly to the minute, 23 years ago. What a trip.

Best laugh I’ve had in days. Thanks View quoted note →

Amazing piece. Amazing peace ☮️ View quoted note →

Ever since I watched this movie I started searching for indoor footwear that have no rubber sole or any padding between the two layers of leather in the sole. I even tested whether I was indeed grounding to the earth while wearing them by using a multimeter and a known ground (my main house water pipe) to see if while wearing them (vs runners) and standing on the concrete basement floor slab, I was actually electrically grounded to the earth. Since it’s really cold here, months can go by where you never actually make electrical contact with the earth. Always wearing boots or shoes, especially when indoors most of the time from November 30 till March 30. And while it’s a godsend in the warm months (and summer when it swings to +35C), the basement slab is usually so cold that your feet will go numb in a few minutes if you are barefoot. It’s like a meat locker down in the man cave where I have my office and workspace and heavy bag set up. I wanted to know if I was actually grounding for those long winter months. We are in a 70’s era house, but most modern basement slabs have a layer of poly plastic between the concrete and the sand or drain rock beneath it. It’s used for radon gas and water leak protection. The girls in the house actually use grounding mats in their beds so they are legit grounded to the earth when they are asleep. These mats plug into the ground plug on a nearby electrical outlet and can be similarly tested with a multimeter. Anyway, all this to make the point many Nostriches make when they say “touch grass”. I’m not even going to see the grass in my backyard for another two weeks lol. The snow is still two feet deep out there. I think there may indeed be health benefits to sending excess charges in your body into the ground every day. Watch this movie and see what you think:

This $30 Amazon sewing kit plus some add-in larger needles has already saved $100 worth of socks, $200 worth of hunting gear, and these, my fav ugly but earth-grounding and live-in footwear. I can’t wait to get some traditional buckskin ones from a certain nostrich. Not a beautiful repair, but these mocs cost about $115. #prepstr #depressioneraskills

My uncle just sent me these from a bar near Kennedy. View quoted note →

Nothing like going all in on a hoax View quoted note →

New link https://www.youtube.com/live/oQ6t_wWGZmY View quoted note →

Looks like the launch got pushed by a handful of hours. See if they still make the window. View quoted note →

T minus 2hr 30min to Artemis II launch. The country and the world could really use a W on this one. My uncle is sitting on his tailgate 30mi from Kennedy right now. I hope I can witness a live launch someday. Here’s the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/JIuaCMAqX5w

Have these people ever cracked a history book? 🤦‍♂️ View quoted note →

I said goodbye to my Dad at 5:30am this morning before I started the 12hr drive back home. After celebrating his 80th birthday with him yesterday, it was one of the more memorable goodbyes. When I turned 13 my Dad started treating me like a man. The days of holding his hand as we walked up from the field to the house for dinner ended. The hugs turned to handshakes. The words “I love you” were replaced by approving nods. The expectation of taking care of the chores and not being a slacker when he was away on business were non negotiable. Through the next three decades of my early and middle adulthood, any hint of affection from me or even a simple attempt at a hug when leaving after a visit was met with a stiffness and a seeming disdain for anything resembling emotion. This morning I shook my Dad’s hand before I left. He thanked me for the visit and even told me how much it meant that I took the time to come over from a province away for his birthday. As we parted I gave him a hug and said “I love you Dad.” as I turned away. And for the first time in 40 years that hard ass said “Love you too.” Blew me away lol. I’m going to miss him when he’s gone. I’ll be forever thankful for his quiet, Spartan reserve, that he instilled a work ethic in his kids, and that he taught me to “mean it” when I do or say something. #dadstr

Happy to say I just got back from the return 12hr drive. 24 hours of driving in the past 4 days for a golden 24 waking hours hanging out with family. And did the whole trip on gas retailer gift cards purchased with Bitcoin. They worked!