•Bought a 1953 milk crate for $5.00 at an estate sale today. It's in decent shape with hardwood sides and a very strong metal frame and floor. I brought it home, brushed it off with a wire brush, sanded it a tad, cleaned up the metal, and painted it head-to-toe with boiled Linseed oil. The wood and metal were parched, they just sucked the oil up. Then I wiped the excess off and left it outside to dry overnight. It'll last a long time if I don't leave it outside.
•The Hyampom SAW will henceforth be called the Hyampom BAR, because it is a heavy son-of-a-gun and, well, being semi-auto, its rate of fire will more resemble a BAR than a SAW.
•Bought a new computer and it's so tiny and lightweight that already my old laptop feels like a Cold War relic. Advantages of this new laptop: It has a flash drive instead of a hard drive, which means no moving parts, faster speed, less heat and WAY less energy usage. And, it has 2 processors. It's quick. So what if it has a little screen? It's still letterbox!
•Finally figured out how to create hyperlinks on this damn blog! Took me 3 years and the damn button was right in front of me the entire time.
•I find this war in Libya fascinating. A mercenary army hired by an insane dictator, a rebel army with absolutely no training or leadership, random battles in the flat desert, pickups with machine guns mounted on them, cities being attacked, captured, then abandoned in a single day! It's as if nobody on either side has any tactical expertise. But I do hope the rebels win and kick Kadaffy's ass. In fact, I think it would be cool to go over there and help the good guys. But that ain't gonna happen. I'd probably get caught by Kadaffy's goons and tortured. Ugh.
•The dudes at Survival Cache continue to put out an awesome weekly newsletter. It's one of the highlights of my week. That, and gettin' laid. And getting high.
•Some of the best things in life: Yoga, baking soda, bicycles, laptops, raw milk, grass-fed beef, free-range organic eggs, nettles, Lambs Quarters, potatoes.
•Been researching alternative currencies and local currencies. Some mints are producing barter tokens. These tokens are either 1 oz copper rounds, fractional silver rounds, or fractional gold rounds. No dollar values stamped on any of the rounds, but a 1 oz copper is 2 units, a 1 oz silver is 50 units, and I forget what a 1 oz gold is...but it may be 500 units. The idea is that each round has inherent value because of its metal content. BUT, the value is really up to the people trading with it. And, it would also fluctuate depending on the price of metals on any given day. I like this concept, though it is really difficult for alternative economics to catch on. And the only way they can work is if people believe in them and buy into them, and that almost never happens. So fuck it. No, not really. I think this shit is awesome.
•Ate like a fucking saint today. Feeling good. Starving though! Gotta go get something good for dinner. Maybe In-N-Out? Mmmmmm!
•The Hyampom SAW will henceforth be called the Hyampom BAR, because it is a heavy son-of-a-gun and, well, being semi-auto, its rate of fire will more resemble a BAR than a SAW.
•Bought a new computer and it's so tiny and lightweight that already my old laptop feels like a Cold War relic. Advantages of this new laptop: It has a flash drive instead of a hard drive, which means no moving parts, faster speed, less heat and WAY less energy usage. And, it has 2 processors. It's quick. So what if it has a little screen? It's still letterbox!
•Finally figured out how to create hyperlinks on this damn blog! Took me 3 years and the damn button was right in front of me the entire time.
•I find this war in Libya fascinating. A mercenary army hired by an insane dictator, a rebel army with absolutely no training or leadership, random battles in the flat desert, pickups with machine guns mounted on them, cities being attacked, captured, then abandoned in a single day! It's as if nobody on either side has any tactical expertise. But I do hope the rebels win and kick Kadaffy's ass. In fact, I think it would be cool to go over there and help the good guys. But that ain't gonna happen. I'd probably get caught by Kadaffy's goons and tortured. Ugh.
•The dudes at Survival Cache continue to put out an awesome weekly newsletter. It's one of the highlights of my week. That, and gettin' laid. And getting high.
•Some of the best things in life: Yoga, baking soda, bicycles, laptops, raw milk, grass-fed beef, free-range organic eggs, nettles, Lambs Quarters, potatoes.
•Been researching alternative currencies and local currencies. Some mints are producing barter tokens. These tokens are either 1 oz copper rounds, fractional silver rounds, or fractional gold rounds. No dollar values stamped on any of the rounds, but a 1 oz copper is 2 units, a 1 oz silver is 50 units, and I forget what a 1 oz gold is...but it may be 500 units. The idea is that each round has inherent value because of its metal content. BUT, the value is really up to the people trading with it. And, it would also fluctuate depending on the price of metals on any given day. I like this concept, though it is really difficult for alternative economics to catch on. And the only way they can work is if people believe in them and buy into them, and that almost never happens. So fuck it. No, not really. I think this shit is awesome.
•Ate like a fucking saint today. Feeling good. Starving though! Gotta go get something good for dinner. Maybe In-N-Out? Mmmmmm!
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