The superordinate category for thoughts and discussions on daily life topics
In October last year – 2024 – I was browsing through YouTube videos, looking for some documentation of the disaster wreaked by Hurricane Helene in Augusta and Asheville. I came across a video by Mark Hunicutt entitled “
Continue reading Paramotoring – Episode 1 – Awareness and Focus
Last night, as I write this, my wife said, “I think our water heater needs to be relit.” Well, that was not surprising, because we installed this water heater in 2009, about 13 years ago, and over the last few months, it seemed I was having to relight it more and more often.
I’m not quite sure WHY I had to relight it, other than it seemed the pilot light went out (yes, it’s a gas water heater), and when that happens, the consarn thing just doesn’t work.
Continue reading The 2022 Water Heater … Adventure
This page is here to share with the world an IDEA I’ve had that could revolutionize wildreness SAR (Search and Rescue). The genesis of the idea came from a book I’m currently listening to, The Cold Vanish, by Jon Billman, and by a couple of streaming series I am also currently watching.
All of these are about searching for and hopefully rescuing people who go missing in wilderness areas, and right off the bat, it seems to me one of the biggest obstacles to conducting these search and rescue operations is the terrain. It is nearly always far away from civilzation, and extremely difficult to get to.
Continue reading One-Person Wilderness SAR Vehicle