2013/11/13 Essential Tools for Eating Well On the Road or In the Wilds Cookware – Cast Iron, Stainless Steel, Enamelware and Real Knives Cast Iron If you’ve never cooked with cast iron cookware you have no idea how bamboozled you’ve been by the latest, greatest, non-stick pots and pans. Cast iron is the original non-stick…
2013/11/12 Bear with me here, we’ll get to the Foodie Bits soon. This was originally intended to be the first of a series of articles on Real Food and Wild Food preparation, but when the Muses call you off on a tangent, it is wise to follow them. We’re All Food Anyone familiar with Human history…
2013/11/05 You don’t always get the girl. You cast your line and settle for beans instead of salmon. You feel ten-feet tall and bullet-proof until cascading back spasms turn you into a blubbering mass of pain. When your 21 year old daughter stops by just to make sure you are okay, you know you’re fucked.…
2013/10/28 The Only Guarantee In Life Is Death And There Is No Death Time for some philosophy, but first some background. Philosophia literally means “Love of Sophia,” the ancient Goddess of Wisdom. We monkeys (you and I, whether you accept this fact or not), both nekkid[i] and clothed have been living and dying on this…
2013/10/17* Being a Project Management Geek for over twenty years, I appreciate that reality seldom conforms to plans. As jaded as I’ve become in my old age, I still am surprised when tasks take longer than expected. Why? Because I’ve managed so many projects that I know what is likely to go wrong, or take…
2013/09/11 Exes and Unions and Taxes, Oh My! I probably should have provided this background earlier on, but by the time one decides to leave the nation of their birth there has already been years of introspection and internal debate about why one would leave or should leave. Having grown up in the States and…
2013/09/30 Do you love a great deal? Do you prowl Craigslist, Thrift Stores, Free-cycle, Flea Markets, yard and garage sales? Do you know what antiques and collectibles are worth? Are you willing to make a reasonable offer below listed price to arrive at a fair exchange? I have some confessions to make. I hate paying…
2013/09/26 It’s Just Stuff “It’s just stuff.” This has been a personal mantra of mine for over four decades. There are assets that you own, and things that own you; the only difference between the two is whether you have the wisdom and discernment to realize that the choice between these two situations is entirely…
Boot-Strap Expat – Formal Project Plan 2013/09/24 So what does a formal Project Plan look like? Take a look! Just click on the images for a better view. This is a Gantt chart used in Project Management to plan and provide status for a project. Each line item represents a Task, Activity or Summary of…
2013/09/21 As a Project Management professional and consultant for over two decades, I know firsthand that success is often determined before the first action is taken. I’ve developed project plans for critical systems that include over 1200 distinct activities that need to be managed in order to assure success, and success is not just the…
The Bootstrap Expat 