Author Archives: quilly

Winter Survival Shelter

This video is very close to how I made the shelter I lived in for three days when trapped by an ice storm. My variation is to find a big pine, cut the bottom limb off completely and use the … Continue reading

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Thunder from your Junk

Contributor BLT posted this elsewhere, and it’s worth the laugh. PSA from BLT about the dangers of dry, cold weather and static electricity: “So it’s been damned cold here for weeks. The furnace is running more often than not. I’m … Continue reading

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Most awesomest Short Ribs EVAH!

If you don’t have a dutch oven, stop reading here and go read the latest Day by Day cartoon. At least you’ll get something worth while from this post. Cooking the entire dish in a single dutch oven adds layers … Continue reading

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A Deck of Cards

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Why Americans Are Uneducated via Piers Morgan

If you haven’t seen this you should. Piers Morgan is an absolute ass. Again. I, frankly couldn’t watch the whole thing, he is that big of an obnoxious jackass.

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Of Prophecy and Avatars.

Over 12 years ago, when I was supervising a cabinet install, I rested the ball of my right thumb, unknowingly, on a drop of contact cement for Formica. I pulled away and left a pea sized chunk of my thumb … Continue reading

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Another kind of hero.

Today Tripp and I went to a model railroad display. He wore his favorite camo outfit. It was awesome. On the way back home we stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few things. On our way up … Continue reading

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Service Academy Gangnam Style

Emperor Misha I has discovered that some of the service academies have been doing Oppan Gangnam parodies. He’s selected the Merchant Marine Academy. I don’t know why he choose them but the Management here at JBM would have picked this … Continue reading

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From Sarah Hoyt

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The Grown Up campaign of Obama

Binders, Big Bird, Big Balls and Bayonets. Today’s Obama campaign brought to you by the letter “B” and the number $16T.

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Off. The. Rails

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Romney closing the deal.

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Horses and Bayonets.

“we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed.”We may have fewer horses, but we still use bayonets, Mr. President. Soldiers still need them because war is stil up close and persopnal you ignorant bastard.  … Continue reading

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The most important quote of the debate

The quote “Governor Romney, I’m glad that you recognize that Al Qaida is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what’s the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not Al Qaida; you said Russia, … Continue reading

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A phone call from Benghazi

 The phone rang with a call from Benghazi and the answer was a stammer. HRC was right.Real time video of the attack was being fed to the embassy in Tripoli. It is unimaginable that this wasn’t called right to the … Continue reading

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USS Cole

Twelve years ago Radical Islamic Fundamentalists started their war against civilization.

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This is the Problem With Obama

Shortly before the Election of 2008 this piece came out about Barack Obama. “Dismiss it all you like, but I’ve heard from far too many enormously smart, wise, spiritually attuned people who’ve been intuitively blown away by Obama’s presence – … Continue reading

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Wondered When This Would Happen

GM’s bankruptcy might be undone. Essentially the government presented a case that violated US law. People that have a finacial interest int he BK should come before thsoe who do not (unions). That didn’t happen. The DC  Free Beacon Reports:A … Continue reading

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A picture is worth a thousand words

Brilliant and completely true.

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The Debates

Exactly

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