I totally need to do this this winter.
Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt
8 Cocktails to Try in the New Year
There are a few good ones here I need to try. Check them out for yourself.
YouTube – The Sounds of Star Wars Book
After John Tyner: A Five-Step Plan to a Sane Airport Security System | Mother Jones
After reading about these Republican Porn Scanners, it just galls me to think of how stupid our fellow countrymen are. These frightened fools think that technology can trump common sense. I have quite a few links about how to intelligently deal with security and those who think they have a justification to violate our rights to prevent the last (often failed) terrorist attack from happening.
Face it, no one is going to hijack a plane the passengers will passively sit in ever again. No shoe bomb can’t be found by a good dog. Or even a bomb in some women’s underpants on some guy. A pack of underpaid, bored TSA goons isn’t a patch on ACTUAL security screening.
Here is the first effort to promote saner security that works. Too bad no one will listen.
Stand Up Against TSA’s Invasive Security Procedures | Electronic Frontier Foundation
As the title of the article says, you have *some* recourse against the TSA groping you in ways only Republican legislators usually do. It isn’t much, but check out the process.
No one may listen but at least you’ll know you tried to say your peace.
Las Vegas Weekly : – Anatomy of a food truck: Fukuburger
It’s like looking behind the curtain to see how the Wizard runs Oz. Check out the inside of the Fukuburger truck.
I miss it and am glad we got to know it before we left Vegas.
The Daily Meal: Gourmet Olive Oils, Uncovered
Some useful information concerning how your olive oil is made.
Gregory Dal Piaz: The 10 Most Common Wine Questions
Helpful answers to some wine questions. Enjoy.
How the AK-47 Rewrote the Rules of Modern Warfare

Here’s a cool article on the AK-47. It’s basically an ad for “Gun” by C.J. Chivers, which I’m on the waiting list for at the library. Now, by calling it an ad I am not trying to diminish it. Just consider the article a companion piece.
Here is a related NPR story.
Tim Wise » An Open Letter to the White Right, On the Occasion of Your Recent, Successful Temper Tantrum
Some reflections on the recent election that really should be said in more public venues.
You reap what you sow you frightened racist bastards.
