Author Archives: canoelover

“What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” I love philosophy in the strictest sense of the word – the love of wisdom. Which is why I love this Nietzsche Family Circus. I like the zen-like quality of Bill Keane’s drawings, … Continue reading →

We finally have enough snow to get out there and kick some drifts, after a few years of snowlessness. It feels good; I’ve missed that slight pull/stretch that runs along my hips when I have to walk just ever so … Continue reading →

Apparently it’s against the law to sit down. People are so terrified of one of the unwashed masses temporarily planting themselves to rest their bones that they’ve created all sorts of gorgeous ways to keep people off any horizontal surface. … Continue reading →

…but the grooming sucked. Does the parks and rec folks think that no one skis classic anymore? Skate skate skate… Still, Stephanie looks good backlit. There were lots of little mouse tracks on top of the snow, and I always … Continue reading →

Looks like Rutabaga is doing something right. We got some seriously nice ink in the Outdoor Business industry rag. http://www.skinnyskis.com/PDF/OB07-Top25.pdf It makes us sound better than we really are, but that’s the nature of PR I suppose. Enough of this, … Continue reading →

I finished my hammer…I reshaped a cross-pein hammer to have a fatter pein for making leaves and other such thick-to-thin items. The bad weather made it a nice day to spend in the smithy. Good old TruValue hardware stocks hammer … Continue reading →

It’s snowing, hard, and there’s an ice storm following it. Wisconsin will soon be covered with a large layer of nature’s ball bearings, so we filled the cars with gas and broke out the candles and we’ll get a fire … Continue reading →

So I found this website that has old bad album covers (as well as a bunch of comic book covers that need to be experienced directly to be believed). It’s hilarious. This one I thought particularly poignant.

We used to tell the kids to “look it up” whenever they asked what a word means. This had the beneficial effect of a) getting them in the habit of looking up words and b) allowing us to look less … Continue reading →

You’ll notice the Terror Alert bar to the right…right now we’re at a Level Ernie. As anyone who has been traveling for the last few years knows, we have been at Level Ernie forever. The talking head reminds us that … Continue reading →