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Renaming your POD Toad Hall.

I was gifted a stainless steel thermos for my 60th birthday. It quickly became an old beater. I guess we're both old beaters now. The dents and dings don't matter to me now, and I've sanded off the peeling paint because neither of us are here for show. Both are holding up. On vacation, in...

A day last week when I was pondering just what flavours really are I tripped, and fell down that darn rabbit hole of science. When I woke up I remembered reading about the 5 distinct basic tastes, umami being one of them, and how they'd been conceptualized by the Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda...

A son says he and a friend are going on a weekender, can he borrow some gear? I tell him no problem, come get it. In the meantime I rummage thru the disorderly detritus I thought I'd neatly arranged and put away. I wonder how'd it get so messed up like this? Oh yeah, I'd tried multi-tasking one...

It's a dangerous world out there.

Nothing adds colour like a little iron oxide. Fe₂O₃ to you studious types. And a good trusty rusty Mora could go a long way to caramelizing yer onions Mem. I know how ya like to cook.

Silicone tape.

Came across this in the news. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/florida-ancient-canoes

Warning to all those Pic users out there. One pack leads to two, leads to five, leads to...when I was still lighting up I was up to 8 packs a day. I'm on the Pic patch now. The Pic chewing gum doesn't do it for me but I keep some handy just in case.

For a brief spell I worked in the Quebec bush manually loading (and unloading) 40" logs; the hand hook (my boss called a dog) was always within reach. It was invaluable to manipulate and throw the monsters up onto the the chest-high flatbed trailer. (Load the heavier/larger hardwood first...

I gave a thumbs up for the mirepoix reference, or whatever holy trinity you cook with. (https://www.seriouseats.com/all-about-mirepoix) A chicken stock would've been inspired camp cooking, but maybe next trip. No idea what the vid was about. lol

What are the museums all about?

A strange thing. Perhaps owing to the likelihood that the vast majority of people are nice somewhere underneath, that's what I've found anyway, but my social navigating has revealed some curious happenstance. I'm pushing 70 but my hair is still only salt n pepper, even tho my facial hair is all...

I've used my cell phone mostly for it's downloaded maps, but also it's superior camera. It's battery far outlasts my waterproof p&s. I've no idea if it's got any IP rating (Samsung) so it lives in a slim clear waterproof case tethered to the thwart in front of me. It feels nervy and foolish...

Yes, read the room, at all times, rural and urban. But at the same time judging people by their appearance (a book by it's cover) can sometimes be so wrong. The smiling friendly one can be a flaming nutter, the dull one with their shutters down can actually be a sweetheart. Don't live in fear...

Thanks Glenn for keeping us safe.

I've come full circle in life, or at the very least, never ventured far from my favourite direction. Look up escapism and you may get it. Outdoor activities have been a good way to "get away from it all", but I've lost interest in winter stuff and day hikes. Cycling remains my first and...

Skiing, both alpine and especially nordic. Since moving back into mild winter country, skiing became a difficult love to pursue. I still dream about slopes and trails. Just like day hikes, I've lost that kind of fitness and have rationalized my activity drift as having moved on to another life...

Love following along with Caltopo, thanks. Can't believe I'm taking the off-ramp onto the Costco chicken byway but here goes...I used to have a dependency weakness towards KFC. And then came rotisserie chicken. We used to stock up on birds from a family farm but since they opened up a brand new...

I was bound and determined not to be a cat person, until we were "donated" a feline rescue, 3 times. Frig. Hating them was impossible. Being sentient creatures they had distinguishable characters just like all domestic animals. And I learned a great deal about myself and the world through being...