This boat I hauled up from PA I finally got running. Wednesday we will take it out for the maiden voyage, if all goes well getting it from my place to the Homer boat dock. The boat still does not have a name. Well right now it is called the “Doesn’t Leak”, which I think […]
If you had a sadistic sense of humor, it would be fun to hide in the landscaping at a boat dealership and listen to the cries of the doomed as they got their boat repair bills. Their wallet would actually be what was doomed, to be specific. This does explain a few things, however. When […]
Hello everyone, sorry it’s been awhile. Things have been busy up here, and my brother had the audacity to get married-in Indiana of all places (Obviously Alaska would be a better place for that). We did go fishing quite a bit, and all these things took a toll on my spare time. So I will […]
Two topics of discussion for this blog post: Electric and mental disorders. First, I get slightly annoyed when I tell people I “live off the grid” and I am met with loud exclamations like I’m a living martyer in a tent somewhere. Not that being a martyer is bad, but living without “the grid” certainly […]
For nearly as long as I can remember, I always wanted a vehicle with a V-10. Granted, I could put up with a supercharged V-8 if I had to, but a V-10 would be the ultimate, or so I thought. Stranger still, I purchased the V-10 by accident. Despite already having a van, two weeks […]
When I decided to raise chickens and turkeys in Alaska, I forgot to take a small variable into the equation. These little critters will commit suicide if given half the chance. Turkeys are especially prone to end their young, tender lives. They can drown in a quarter inch of water, get their heads stuck in […]
I have gotten messages from several people wondering what in the world P.A.D. is, which appeared to be affecting my brother in law Paul as he entered the Anchorage airport on his way back to PA. Of course, being a beacon of mental stability, I have never been affected by P.A.D. However, here is a […]
Sorry for not post a blog entry for several entire months…a lot has been going on. I am almost finished with our next book, “Return to Alaska”. We were in PA for awhile, and finally left for AK somewhere around the week after tax season. We had a fairly uneventful 4,000 mile drive. I managed […]
By Josh Snader. Josh is Matt’s brother and as such has a similar vein of humor (which many people refer to as “strange”). He blogs on FacepalmHero.com and Stupend.us. This may cause some surprise and maybe even alarm to those of you who saw me attempt acrobatics before, but I have performed what may have […]
Sad to say, our pig hunt was a failure. No wild hogs showed up. However, a coyote that looked like a wild hog did. Around midnight I got up, worried that while I was trying to sleep herds of wild pigs were milling around the chicken house. It was a brisk 39 degrees, and wearing […]