Christmas Gifts For The Adventurous Gent - 2010

Ok, Christmas is coming and the inevitable what should I get my Dad, Uncle, Brother, Nephew, Son, Grandfather, Husband, Boyfriend, etc.  Well don't worry, I have done the work for you. 

Halloween Week Roundup

• I've wanted to experiment with my own burning pumpkins since I discovered these pictures a couple years ago.  Maybe I will get a chance this weekend.  The above picture if from the collection of the best burning pumpkin pics on the Web.

What book to read next?

I'm trying to decide which book to get to read next.

I just finished Pursuit of Honor(Mitch Rapp, No. 10) by Vince Flynn, which I really enjoyed.  Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Daniel Silva, and Andrew Klavan are prolific authors who are writing modern, relevant and very engrossing spy and political thrillers that are far beyond anything in the Bourne series and it amazes me that none of them are movies yet.

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling wrote a very strong and stirring poem that is the basis of a new book The Overton Window. 

Emergency Tools, Books and Gear Part II

This is a follow up to the previous post Near Emergency in Memphis.

To continue my previous story about emergency preparedness and things you should have on hand in case something happens; I thought I would put together a list of things I own (or wish I owned) from my personal Amazon "Wish List".

Near Emergency in Memphis and Tools, Books and Gear for the Apacolypse...

...or our more common emergencies, whichever comes first.

Recently a few things all happened at the same time that reminded me of the importance of thinking about what we should do and the essential things we should all have on hand in the case of a major event or disaster, be it natural or man-made, were to happen in your city.

Ayn Rand and other Notes and Quotes

“The flood of misinformation, misrepresentation, distortion, and outright falsehood about capitalism is such that the young people of today have no idea (and virtually no way of discovering any idea) of its actual nature.” 

                              --Ayn Rand

On Extrapolations

"Runaway extrapolations are the last refuge of hysteria mongers when confronted with facts that demolish their lies. Think about it: The temperature has risen about 10 degrees since this morning. If you extrapolate that, we will all be burned to a crisp before the end of the month. Extrapolations prove nothing."



-Thomas Sowell



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Books: Daniel Silva - Author

Moscow Rules (Gabriel Allon)

Books: "Emergency"

Neil Strauss researched this book from the viewpoint of someone who is doing everything they can to prepare for an end of society disaster. It is not merely an instructional book, Strauss has written it first person as he actually takes part in all the activities.  Topics include; learning to kill and animal, shoot a gun, buy property on an island and preparing a way to get there.  Research shows that people who do as little as think about what they would do in an emergency fare much better than those who don't.  This book goes a long way toward getting you to think about it and even past that to doing something about it.

Check it out: