Life Below Zero

My new favorite show.  A little girl just said:
"We're going to net rabbits and then club them"
with a smile on her face...

Now I'm no PETA member but that seems a bit cruel.  Another thing I don't like is trapping, that the one guy does.  It seems a bit cruel too.  I wouldn't mind if that dude had an accident with a trap, just so he would stop.

Other than those two issues; seeing the people being self reliant and living somewhat off the land is pretty cool.  I would like to visit Alaska one day to experience a taste of that life.

Update:
The kid's mom just said:
"Hit them as many times as you can until their dead.  O.K. princess?"

I'm glad we are here and they are in Alaska...

DIY Projects

The end of July/beginning of August found me doing a few projects.  First I was helping a friend finish his bathroom.  The picture below is studding out from the wall.  Then I hung drywall and applied a tape coat. This was fun as I got to use my powder actuated nail driver and nail gun.

The second project is building a long wall cabinet in my shop area.  It is going to be 15" wide by 20" deep and 74" tall.  I looked for something off-the-shelf, but the narrowest cabinets I found weren't wide or tall enough.  My design was going to be nailed together until I found reference to a Kreg Jig http://www.kregtool.com/pocket-hole-jigs-prodlist.html. They had a video of how to build a wall mount cabinet that was good for reference even without the Kreg jig.  That project video actual sold me and to my surprise my Home Depot had it in stock.  I bought it and a bunch of wood. So off I went cutting the wood and planning the build.  Stay tuned for pictures.        

Evening Beach Stroll

This weekend I went to spend sometime with my parents on their vacation to Ocean City .  Thursday night we went for a walk as the sun was setting and saw this beautiful sky.  This orange glow behind the clouds was odd in that the view was to the east and the sun was setting on the other side of the sky. Either direction it made for a nice scene.

 

A Childhood mystery solved

So when I was young 7 or 8, my grandfather let my family borrow a few fishing rods for use on vacation.  The day we went to get them from their house, he rigged a weight up to a line and showed us how to cast in the backyard.  When he was done he took the two piece rods apart.  Then something happened that stuck with me to this day.  He took his finger and wiped it against his nose and then wiped the oil onto the smaller rod connection.
  

 For years this puzzled me and struck me as odd. The truth is I always followed his example and did it more out of respect for the memory than for the practical utility of the action.  That is until I read this article that talks about the unique properties of Nasal Sebum (my former pop-pop nose oil).  



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_sebum