Cooking on a hearth can be a lot of fun, even while being a lot of work. A couple of weekends ago we had a clean up day at our local historical fort museum, and as a volunteer there, I was tasked with feeding the troops. They had pizza for early in the day, and in the evening I made a decent sized feast. It was well received. Some of the volunteers are new this year (and I should note, so am I; I’m just already experienced with reenacting and organizing volunteers), and they were amazed at how much food I cooked over the course of the three days we were there.

That Friday, I was lucky enough to be presenting for a local wildcrafting school’s instructor, which was a lot of fun. I was dressed all in 18th century kit, using appropriate cooking pots and tools, as well as the right vegetables and meats for the era. I made squirrel stew, fresh bread, and added some beet and leek salad and some pickles to the table. The food was appreciated, and I managed to turn the wife of the instructor into a squirrel lover. She’d had his cooked before, but wasn’t pleased with the flavor, but found mine to be incredibly tasty. High praise indeed!

Friday evening, I caught a lovely image of the fort as the sun went down behind it. The night was clear and mild, and I was happy. I went to bed (for the first time!) on a rope bed topped with a down feather ticking mattress. I slept incredibly well, and I look forward to spending many days and nights there this summer. The moon was ridiculously bright on both Friday and Saturday nights, and you didn’t even need a lantern to make your way to the privy. It was much nicer than when we stayed there in February. The temperature on Friday night was about 45F, considerably more comfortable than February’s 11F. All in all, it was glorious! There was wine, song, camaraderie, and a lot of relaxing in the dim light of the fire. The cabin itself was very dark once we closed the shutters for the night, and there’s no electricity or running water there, so we had candles and the fire for lighting. I did have my solar lantern with me for privy runs, but really didn’t need it.

Read More

New Hampshire Leftists are just as evil and dumb as Leftists everywhere.

I hate the New Hampshire Libertarian Party, but the response from a New Hampshire Democrat is even dumber.

There are many good and legs reasons to shoot someone.

She was given a hypothetical good reason and balked at it.

If someone was trying to murder my children, I would double their body weight with lead. That’s not even remotely in question.

But she can’t stick by her political principles and say she will defend her children, so she says she’ll doing something useless that might get them killed.

I’m hope her kids know how much she loves them.

I was wandering through the depths of the internet when a meme from Brandon Herrera popped. I expected it to be another hit piece by his political opponent. The comments seemed to be leading that way. Then I zoomed int.

The meme is something like:

When you’re taken out with a set of NERF NODS and a guy with a $300 1911.

Is there such a thing as NERF NODS?

It isn’t a real scope, the mount is shite, there are no crosshairs.

What it is, is a $30 camera that is sensitive in IR. This means you could potentially use this with said $300 1911.

What is the world coming to?

From The Tennessean

Tennessee teacher gun law: Where Middle Tennessee districts stand (tennessean.com)

Franklin Special School District Director David Snowden emailed families and staff on Thursday to address the legislation, saying he and his team are awaiting the governor’s final decision.

“In the meantime, the school board and I do not see any scenario where this initiative would enhance our already robust safety and security measures,” part of his email read. “Additionally, we believe the risks associated with this legislation outweigh any perceived benefit for our schools.”

Lebanon Special School District Director Brian Hutto said in an email that the district has school resource officers in every school, along with a “healthy partnership” with local law enforcement.
“We also have an additional SRO and K9-Blaze, a dedicated DARE officer, and multiple layers of security measures,” Hutto said. “We will not be arming teachers as our needs are already covered in our buildings.”

Metro Nashville Public Schools spokesperson Sean Braisted said the district is not planning to change its existing policy on who can carry guns.
“We have a strong relationship with the Metro Nashville Police Department and agree that it is safest for only approved active-duty law enforcement officers to carry weapons on campus,” Braisted said in an email. “This has been our consistent practice at MNPS, and we have no intention of changing it.”

Murfreesboro City Schools Director Trey Duke sent an email to staff on Thursday morning that was later shared with parents. He assured staff and parents that safety is “always in the front of our minds” and explained the pending action on the bill by the governor.

“Our district is proud to have a team of highly skilled school resource officers in every school, a testament to our strong partnership with the Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD),” Duke wrote. “We want to reaffirm that it is not the intention of MCS leadership to permit faculty or staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds. Our focus remains on providing a safe and secure environment for all students and staff through our efforts with the MPD and school safety team.”

Rutherford County Schools spokesperson James Evans said the district is still monitoring the legislation as it awaits transmission to the governor and his actions. He cited the bill’s requirement to create an agreement between the district and local law enforcement to set up a process for teachers and staff to legally carry guns in schools.

“At this time, we do not see the need for this initiative in our schools,” Evans wrote in an email Wednesday. “Rutherford County Schools already has an extensive school resource officer program, which includes at least one trained, armed deputy in all schools. We also have a robust safety program, which includes training for all employees and a number of other safety and security measures.

You may think both Parkland and Uvalde, but I am going a bit farther back when a learning center went in full support of opposing concealed carry on campus and celebrated when the measure failed.

“I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus.”
Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker in January 2006 after a Campus Carry measure was defeated in the Virginia Assembly.

Seng-Hui-Cho proved Mr. Hincker’s statement was deadly wrong on January 16, 2007.

At that same gathering, my brother, his five sons and I were standing around talking.

TSA came up and we all joked about security theater.

The next topic was “Favorite knives we’ve lost to security theater.”

Turns out that all but myself have lost knives to security theater. The closest I’ve come was when I was called over because my 8 or 9 year old daughter was caught with a steak knife in her carry on.

We just tossed it. I had to explain to her that it isn’t ok to take knives through security.

This discussion lead to the “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.” stage. In front of girlfriends and wives and everything.

So 7 guys. I lost count at over 25 knives being displayed. And I know damn well that not a one of us showed all of our knives.

I felt distinctly out classed in the knife realm. Having only a Cold Steel locking folder and a Gerber to show. I don’t think the Sig would have counted.

Nobody else was carrying. Even though bro has a permit to carry.

But as we have said in the past: the difference between a winner and a loser in a knife fight is that one of them dies at the scene, the other on the way to the hospital

…why we have not seen Antifa in the antisemitic demonstrations on campuses all over the country,  the reason is because they traded the black hoodies for keffiyehs.

Native American activist gets savagely assaulted by masked mob of Palestine activists at UCLA for holding a sign saying ‘Hamas supporters are not welcome on Native Land.’

Lani Dawn was surrounded by a group of men who ripped her sign to shreds. pic.twitter.com/cUJP4s9EHp

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 26, 2024

Initially I thought it was a clever photoshop, but nope it does exist.