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March 3, 2021
Pocket Change: Opinel No. 6
I’m not quite ready for a full-blown midlife crisis. But I am ready for a change. We’ll start small, with the things I carry around each day. Opinel No. 6 I like simple things that are made well. I’m not afraid of progress, but I don’t think that every new thing is necessarily an advancement. […]
February 22, 2021
What I’m Reading: Moving Pictures
My journey through the Discworld series has brought me here to Moving Pictures. The tenth book in the publishing order and the twelfth I’ve read. Since I went back and started at the beginning I can say they just keep getting better and better and I’m already finding this to be one of my favorites. […]
February 21, 2021
Pocket Change: CRKT Piet and Kershaw Leek
Between our natural proclivity to routine and the frugality of trying to make it as a person who sells bear jokes for a living, I’ve fallen into some pretty stale habits and routines over the last ten years. True, much of it may be a matter of “if it ain’t broke” but I think a […]
Pocket Change
Between our natural proclivity to routine and the frugality of trying to make it as a person who sells bear jokes for a living, I’ve fallen into some pretty stale habits and routines over the last ten years. True, much of it may be a matter of “if it ain’t broke” but I think a […]
February 18, 2021
The Road to 5K Begins
At the start of the year, I set two goals for myself. One was to write 5,000 words a day. The other was to walk 5 kilometers. I liked the symmetry. Here we are in February and I’m proud to say that I’ve been killing the walking goal. This surprises me as I hate walking. […]
February 8, 2021
The Read-along Giveaway: Week 2
The Benjamin Wallace Books Read-Along Giveaway This is the story of how you can win! We’ll be giving away 5 audiobook codes for a different book every Friday of February. This week, we’re giving away 5 codes for Junkers. This is the tale of a blue-collar crew whose job is to take down renegade […]
February 1, 2021
The Read-along Giveaway
I loved read-along records growing up. And I give them more credit for my literacy than I do Dick and Jane. Star Wars. Black Hole. Tron. Batman and the Justice League. I was thinking about these the other day and it inspired me. I had a lot of with the sweeps last month, so […]
January 4, 2021
The Shattered Alliance (and other space stuff) Giveaway
Introducing the Shattered Alliance and Other Space Stuff Giveaway! First off, Shattered Alliance is FREE this week on Amazon. Download it. Enjoy it. Share it with a friend. It’s a lot of fun. Do that now. Second, we’ve got prizes. WEEKLY PRIZES Each week we’ll be giving away some Shattered Alliance Hell Drivers stickers and […]
December 26, 2020
Blowing up Boxing Day
I’m not going to belabor it, 2020 sucked. So, let’s end the year with a bang! I’m talking light the fuse, walk away and don’t even turn around when we blow it all the hell up kind of bang. Let’s make sure there’s nothing left of this miserable year. I’m not the only one thinking this […]
November 25, 2020
Stick This
We started a t-shirt and sticker company, my wife and me. There are some other things there as well, but if you asked me what Danger Bear Industries considers its specialty, I’d say t-shirts and stickers. And, me personally, I really like the stickers. Back somewhere around fourth grade, I had two very cool things: […]
