Please wait until tomorrow (Tuesday, September 25th)–which is also our planned Book Bomb day– to order your copies of Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse. Thanks! Note to book dealers: For ordering case lots of the new hardback (20 copies per case, 23 lb. shipping weight per case), contact Simon & Schuster’s wholesale order desk.
I try not to bore my readers with the minutiae of our day-to-day life here at the Rawles Ranch. It is largely a fairly mundane annual rhythm of planting, harvesting, calving and lambing, wood cutting, huckleberry picking, hay hauling, and so forth. But I recently had driving mishap that was noteworthy: I was driving our SUV and hit a mountain lion, in broad daylight. I must first mention that deer collisions are all too common here in The Unnamed Western State (TUWS), and that elk or big horn sheep collisions are quite a bit less frequent. Even more rare are …
If many of you are like me, and are from the old Army school, you know all about canteen cup cooking. The old-style canteen cup had a locking “L” handle, that made it perfectly suitable for heating water in your canteen cup, as well as heating meals, or even cooking in that little cup. Today’s canteen cup that the US military issues has dual folding wire handles, that are not conducive to placing it on a fire – the handles are too close to the heat source. Sometimes “newer-er” doesn’t equate to “better” in my book. When you have something …
James Wesley: I read with interest your article on saving nickels. My question to you is why are nickels better than quarters? Is it not easier to store a larger sum of funds in the same physical space with quarters than nickels? If they do devalue the [printed] US Dollar by a factor of 10, then a nickel will [effectively] be worth 50 cents but a quarter will be worth $2.50. Regards, – Richard F. JWR Replies: As a hedge against a zero (or two) being dropped from the paper Dollar, nickels (the U.S. five cent piece) and clad quarters …
Mrs. RLB’s Spicy Jalapeño Venison Breakfast Sausage This recipe for venison sausage has some heat to it! I tried other recipes which seemed too bland and so I doctored this recipe until it was just right. Since it is deer season, I thought this would be the best time to submit it. You can make less if you like by cutting the ingredients by the same proportions. Have a glass of ice water ready to drink the first time you taste it, just in case you find it a little too hot for you. You can always adjust the spices …
Jim W. suggested this: The Next Panic: Europe’s crisis will be followed by a more devastating one, likely beginning in Japan. Andre sent us this: Concerted QE – The Beginning of Hyperinflation G.G. suggested: Fed Wants Inflation Now, Will Clean Up ‘Mess’ Later: El-Erian More Americans Added to Food Stamps Than Find Jobs Readers recommended two interesting essays over at Zero Hedge: Bank Of America to Fire 16,000 by Year End and What Mitt Romney Also Said: A Glimpse Of The Endgame? Items from The Economatrix: Household Worth in US Fell in 2Q as Stocks Dropped Dollar Index Headed …
I heard from Sunflower Ammo (one of the generous sponsors of our writing contest) that they just added a product review section to their web site. They will be giving away freebies for the best reviews every month. They have also added a British Berkefeld LP2 filter system to their product line, for $139.99. This is a great entry-level water filter. o o o There was a pleasant surprise in my latest batch of forwarded mail: a copy of the new Bulgarian edition of my first novel, “Patriots”. There are now nine foreign publishing contracts in place to produce …
"Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it." – John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776