The Kitchen- Solo Car Camping Edition

I like to camp a lot more than my wife does. I don’t mind pit toilets, she would rather not think about them. Thus I need two versions of the car camping kitchen. This is the solo but easily expanded to a duo. The heart of this is a collapsible silicone picnic basket. Accompanying this … Read more

eBike Commuting

My wife and I discussed it, while we have the funding, we’re getting an eBike. Part of the reason is that we want to minimize miles on the new Kia Soul and reduce emissions as much as possible. We’re starting off with one and possibly getting another at a later date. After some research I … Read more

Short Thunderstorms

For the last couple of days in the afternoon we’ve been getting these short intense thunderstorms rolling through my city. They hit us with sudden downpours that dump a lot of rain, with a little bit of wind on us and then the sun pops out and it’s all over. Frankly we need these and … Read more

Travel Drains Me

I had planned to take a deep dive into getting started with my art making yesterday, instead I puttered around the house, did a lot of laundry, cleaned the cars, and took a nap. I took out my bike with the intent of going for a ride but instead, took a nap. Not great for … Read more

Easy Brine for Chicken to be Grilled

I read a recipe for a chicken brine that claimed that the secret to Popeye’s delicious chicken was that they used a brine that was basically a pickle brine. I saved up some pickle brine in the fridge and have been brining chicken. I have a large pickle jar in the fridge and I simply … Read more

Running TO Something

One of the best pieces of career advice I’ve ever gotten is, “Never run away from something, run TO something.” Which is a great idea in theory. It’s great unless you are working for a bigot who says nasty stuff to you. Or a coworker is doing the same. Sometimes you’ve got to cut your losses and run.

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One Week into No Social Media on My Phone

I don’t think there’s a lot to report about deleting every social media app off my phone, yet. I have had some interesting responses. I use instagram to get ideas for things I might want to do in my groups. I was telling a coworker about this artist, and grabbed my phone and said, “Damn. … Read more

Digital Detox-ish

I deleted every social media app off my phone. This might seem extreme but it’s been brewing for a while. I have been noticing that my attention is getting more and more drawn to social media. That the 5 to 10 minutes I used to spend on various social medias has turned to 10 to … Read more

Half Assed work By Nat Grid

The city has a tree on our street. It happens to sit right in front of our house. I like having a tree there, it cools the house in the summer. We used to have 2 but one fell over in a windstorm and the city decided against replacing it. National Grid used to come … Read more