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Dinner Log
I get to put whatever I want here. In this case, that means I'm posting my dinner menu from this evening. I made sable fish with a miso and sake glaze; brown short grain rice; and a medley of beet, turnip, and brussel sprouts, saute'd in butter with hazelnuts, shallots, thyme, and garlic. I would…
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Windows vs Ubuntu
What a loaded title, huh? I'm not piling on to the religious war. Being notably agnostic, I have all the major OSes at my house (Mac, Ubuntu, and Win 7). I did notice something interesting, however. I recently picked up a Lenovo x201 with a Core i7 cpu and 4gb of RAM. It dual-boots into…
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Stove Options
I like food. I like being in the backcountry with no civilized amenities. So, those two things in combination mean that I’m frequently thinking about my mess kit, or how I make food in the back country. Generally, I’m kind of a lightweight person, so I’m usually just boiling water for freeze-dried pouch food. Easy,…
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BWCA – May 2010
This year was a totally new crew for the Boundary Waters. I decided to take my father-in-law (Charlie) for his birthday, and my neighbor (Pat) was interested in going. Of last years’ crew, 2 were having babies, and one had a conflict, so I was still short a fourth. In stepped a co-worker (Dan) to…
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BWCA – May 2009
This year, four of us went to BWCA in mid-May. That decision had its pros and cons. Gear-wise, there weren’t too many changes this year. I had the new shell (from a year ago), and that was about it. Instead of bringing a hatchet (which does have some maiming potential), I brought a folding sawvivor bow-saw and…
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BWCA – October 2007
When I moved to Minnesota, I had to come up with something other than mountains to tickle my outdoor itch. When in Minnesota, there’s lakes, and lakes are what people do. So, I started planning what I can do on lakes. Back in 1995, I was able to come along on a trek to the…
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