Thought I’d share: I walked into a small and a bit seedy neighborhood pub in Las Condes (upper class neighborhood in Santiago) ordered a bottle of (red – is there any other color?) wine, and asked the elderly bartender if he remembered a gringo who used to drink there way back in the early 80s. … Continue reading “El Gringo,” he shouted! →

Injured Butterfly

While you were sleeping, I came up with plan to save America.

Now don’t get me wrong this is going to be a close run thing for sure; but since we’ve decided to turn our military into Girl Scout Brownies thereby leaving us defenseless against the ChiComs, Ruskis, and Salafists, just to name a few, I’ve come up with a plan that just might work. Due to … Continue reading While you were sleeping, I came up with plan to save America. →

Joel to the World

“Beat your plowshares into swords , and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.” —Joel 3:10 ……‘Zack’ly!! I’m sicka the converse, ”swords into plowshares”.

Another Big Arsed Tarantula KIA

It's wingspan bigger than my hand!

Bastille Day

I have been fascinated by the 1789 revolution for decades. As you know, it was on July 14, 1789, that a Parisian mob stormed the Bastille, a fortress-like prison in the city. There were only about 6 prisoners incarcerated there at the time, people who had been privately put away by their own relatives who … Continue reading Bastille Day →

Women and Children First?

Children first, obviously. That goes without saying. But I have been thinking a lot lately about the idea some people seem to have that in a crises such as a sinking ship, all women should be saved before all men. I have always been a huge believer in chivalry, and I still am, but I … Continue reading Women and Children First? →