October 2010

The Reality of Voting

29 October 2010

In an average election there is typically 10-20% of people from both sides that vote the party line.
“My father was a (fill in the blank), my grandfather was a (fill in the blank) and they were good to them and that is good enough for me.” Getting these people out to vote is not hard [...]

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Lenore Skenazy: ‘Stranger Danger’ and the Decline of Halloween – WSJ.com

28 October 2010

That was a wacky idea, but we bought it. We still buy it, even though Joel Best, a sociologist at the University of Delaware, has researched the topic and spends every October telling the press that there has never been a single case of any child being killed by a stranger’s Halloween candy. (Oh, yes, [...]

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Pantry Tomato Sauce

28 October 2010

There is something great about the late fall with the cold coming in. It is a good time for freshly baked bread and pasta with tomato sauce.
1 Large (27 oz) can of whole tomatoes
1 can of tomato paste
1 head of garlic, smashed
1 small onion, diced
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp basil
salt and pepper [...]

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Get Ready To Vote

27 October 2010

I’ve come across several post lately about people saying they aren’t planning on voting, and I have something to say to those people.
WHAT ARE YOU, STUPID!?
Do you like the path we are headed down?
Can you not see where we are headed?
If you want to go there are you too much a wuss to throw your [...]

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The Most Important Preparation

27 October 2010

The most important prep
Having the determination and will to survive.
Making the decision to survive.
The first and most important preparation you need to make is to decide to live.
You can have all the things you need to survive yet still die because you have not decided that you want to live.
I met a guy in the [...]

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Shelf Life of the Staples in Your Pantry

26 October 2010

Dry hot cereal — 6 months
Dry cereals — unopened packages 6 to 12 months, opened and re-sealed 2 to 3 monthsBaking chocolate — 1 1/2 yearsSemi-sweet chocolate — 1 1/2 yearsBaking powder — 1 1/2 years (if you’re in doubt, test by dissolving a small amount of baking powder in hot water… if you [...]

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Easy Refrigerator Pickles

26 October 2010

We might live in an apartment but we have friends and family with gardens, so we got several pickling cucumbers this year. So we made the obvious thing: pickles.
These are a semi-sour, easy, refrigerator-pickle that will last about 3 months in the frig… if you don’t eat them first. I think they are great on [...]

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Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanos, and Cold. Oh, My!

26 October 2010

Natural Disasters
Indonesia is getting hit hard again. Yesterday an earthquake triggered a tsunami and a volcano. There are many dead.
In the American Midwest it is cold and I will agree with them, it is cold. Cold enough for freeze warnings which are worse then frost warnings. A frost warning deals with tender plants and exposed plumbing [...]

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Making Dried Apple Chips Without a Dehydrator

25 October 2010

If you are like the vast majority of people and don’t have a dehydrator do not despair, there are ways to do it that only need an oven.
What kind of apple to dry
You can use any kind of apple you want, but baking apples seem to hold their shape a little better then the out-of-hand [...]

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British Budget Cuts and the Smart Moves

22 October 2010

Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled the biggest UK spending cuts for decades, with welfare, councils and police budgets all hit.
via BBC News – Spending Review 2010: George Osborne wields the axe.
This is what we’ll be looking at in a few years. Plenty of people have been and still are saying we should be more like [...]

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