G.D. you Spring, you bellwether of Summer

Getting ready for the heat.  Today I went to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore - south side – to buy window screens. Lesson Learned: Security bars on windows make it hard to put in screens.  With the bars, putting screens on the outside of the window is impossible.  Putting screens on the inside is awkward because [...]

Getting things done during Armaggedon

I had a minor panic attack the other day.  I have not had one of those in a long while.  The Apocalypse has freaked me out.  It is not so much the end of the world that has me nervous but rather it is having multiple projects going (garden, learning construction, figuring out edible desert plants, etc etc) that [...]

How would our moral code change?

Most moral codes today revolve around the moral code or “Do unto others as you would have done onto you.” Would this be replaced with “You do what you got to do to survive?”

Rule 1: Get along with neighbors

Rule 1 should be get along with your neighbors.  At least that is rule one if you live in my neighborhood.  On one side they grow chickens, have a huge garden, a fleet of woman to tend it and cook, another fleet of men who know construction and a solar panel.  On the other side [...]

Thoughts pondered on while watching Zombieland

Like most Zombie Movies, Zombieland does not have a lot of particularly useful tips or insights to survive the apocalypse.  The one thing I did like was a list of rules to help guide one through the end of life’s trials and tribulations. In the movie, the main character creates his rules based on past [...]