Dawn of the Pirate

By John Brown | November 18, 2008 - 9:34 pm |November 19, 2008 Zing

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So reads the headline at Drudge. Here is Abdul Hassan, 39. A Somali pirate nicknamed “the one who never sleeps.” Hassan is part of a pirate group called the Central Regional Coast Guard. It was formed three years ago, has 350 men in its ranks and about 100 speedboats. Zing, zing, zing, zing, zing! There →

Base Jumping & Wingsuits

By John Brown | November 17, 2008 - 3:35 pm |November 18, 2008 Zing

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Dude. What else is there to say? (btw, this is the best clip I’ve seen) One more… ma-ma. I would be so freaking tempted IF I had the skinny body of 20 years ago. As it is those little wings probably wouldn’t do a thing and I’d drop like a stone. Yeeeeehaaaaaaasplat.

Black Chokecherry Syrup

By John Brown | November 12, 2008 - 1:07 pm |November 12, 2008 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever, Zing

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When you live where we do, you cannot hope to landscape likes folks in a warm suburb. First of all, at 6,000 feet with a min temp of -30 Fahrenheit you can’t grow a lot of warmer climate plants. Second, the deer seem to eat everything else you do grow. So we’ve been looking and I think →

Monks in Mormonland (and their honey)

By John Brown | November 12, 2008 - 12:40 pm |November 12, 2008 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever, Zing

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We just visted the Abbey of our Lady of the Holy Trinity this week with my family. It’s nestled on over 1,800 acres of some the most beautiful country in Utah. I think almost every religion demonstrates virtues we can all learn from. The dedication of these good men to their beliefs and vows to God is →