Former Cubmaster, and Assistant Scoutmaster, current Venturing Crew Advisor. Father of two Scouts, a son who is almost Eagle and a daughter who was in Crew and did Philmont.

As a nurse with 10 years of pediatric critical care experience, it’s not just patients who are dying. I have read a number of research articles about patients who are heavily sedated/medically paralyzed while critically ill or ventilated. The patients I have read about talk about coming up from the medications just…

You should do a series on trading. Start with this car, trade it for something nicer, and keep going until you have Lamborghini.

That’s right, let’s put the youngest and least experienced drivers in the most dangerous vehicles out there. Must have been someone in government that came up with that idea.

My two favorites are from Central Texas. The Hutto Hippos and the Taylor Ducks.

The reason people want to move to Frisco is that’s where Jerry Jones moved the Cowboys. Everyone wants some of his amazing ability to turn a formerly-great-but-not-very successful-lately football team into an obscene amount of money. The good news is that they are building another Ikea in Grand Prairie, removing the…

Great article on what a load of crap ‘Christian Numerology’ is and why those of us who are truly Christians should respond.

I am a nurse with 10 years of ICU experience. We would administer activated charcoal to overdose/poisoning victims. Insert a big tube down their nose into their stomach. Load up whatever the dose was. Hope the tube doesn’t get clogged because that stuff is thick. Pray they don’t puke.

Super Cobra Jet.

My secret for just about any form of cooking is brining. It really helps the white meat hold it’s juices. I have found that when I barbeque chicken it gives me an extra 10 degrees of temperature before it dries out. This assures I get the entire chicken up to safe temperature.

I had a math teacher in High School who was legendary for being able to do complex math in his head. He told us that he was a Air Force navigator during the Korean War and was held prisoner at one point. The only thing he had to do for days on end to keep his sanity was work math in his head.

I remember when this happened in 1998. A USMC Prowler cut a ski lift cable. 20 people died when the car fell:

Terrell:

Ford SVO Mustang. This pushes the ‘early 80's’ reference but the first model came out in 1984, so I am going with it.

You can actually make your own smoked salts, if you have a smoker. Basically you put the salt (I used kosher) in a pan in the smoker with the meats. It helps if you have a very thin layer so it all gets smoked. Otherwise you have to periodically stir it. I made some hickory smoked salt a few weeks back and was pretty…

Yeah, I said similar things when I had kids. No Dad-mobile for me, no way. I am too cool for that.

I learned to drive a standard on a diesel Rabbit of the same vintage. Awesome car. Very well built and handled well. It was also really easy to drive, because you didn’t have to deal with deciding how much throttle to use. You just mashed it to the floor and went up through the gears until you ran out of forward speed.

I actually got to sit in one of them (not ride around, just sit in). One of my daughter’s friend’s older sister was on the team that took it around to parades and displays. There are more than one of them. This was a summer job for her while she was in college.

I always thought VMF-214 were the ‘Black Sheep’, dating back to Greg Boyington and World War II. At least according to Wikipedia, which I always believe completely, VMA-115 never flew Skyhawks.

To faster way to do this shred them into a slaw on a mandolin slicer. Then roast them however you would like.