With GPS but not connected to my phone constantly, I have been pretty happy with battery life.

I went the Heltec V4 route and DIY’ed and it was not difficult. I am happy to share more if you are interested and DM me.

The Heltec V4 is power hungry compared to others but also has the most power for TX(some firmware shenanigans makes this not always the case but it is improving). If you do not care so much about long battery life it is a great option. To give perspective with a 3000 mah battery I am still lasting days.

I am interested about that big ass pot. Was this a drive in camp spot or did you lug that beast with you?

I think you may be looking at the wrong Greg Brown, as there are two popular musicians with that name.

The cake Greg Brown looks to of been born in 1969 or 1970.

I love a good Hamme film. Thanks for putting this together and I will jump in this week.

I broke out my keys and there are a handful that fit the bill based off what I can gather from your photo, so I won’t venture a guess. That white powder though is a common trait called “bloom” for some Russula. Cool stuff I have never seen that in Indiana before. Beautiful picture.

I can see why you gave up on Russula ID’s. I kept coming across a wide range of colors for species. From purple to olive for the same species! Mushrooms are so strange and that is why they are fun.

I am a sucker for kaiju films. I am there.

Hey Magpie, mind sharing the region the mushroom was found and I will do some digging in the books.

I have similar purple Russula in Northern Indiana and I know I hunted down a species once.

I ended up grabbing a Penguin after your review. I am loving the sheep’s foot profile. Thanks for all the effort you put in here.

I watched every Evil Bong movie in October. It was enjoyable but man were some stinkers part way through the run. I will forever think of those terrible songs they slapped across the series “God Smokes weed” being at the top. Favorite part is they must of hit up the local strip club every time shooting started for the naked Girls, they are different every time.

I’ll chalk up Evil Bong 666 as my favorite.

Is Colorado a hotbed of knife manufacturing?

Merry Christmas my friend. Thank you for the write up as always. The allure of a set of three knives probably was enough to still get plenty of these guys sold.

Ole boy Shep checking them out.

EXCELLENT. I love schlock and somehow this was far more tasteful then many b movies out there.

If they could have integrated the belly tattoo from the one and true Pliskin I would “bite”.

I am working on Alan Moore’s run of Swamp thing. I love the art style of the time, nice and simple with bold colors.

With the white spores this is likely an Armillaria sp.

This would be one hell of an amanita! This guy is 12 inch across. It turned more yellow over time, I think this is just a vibrant process of spores being formed in the tissue. It was very interesting to watch.

When I was young and broke, I went on a backpacking trip in Washington State. I did not have checked luggage so I needed to buy a knife once I landed. I rolled into Walmart in the middle of the night as that was the cheapest flight. I asked the 18 year old, likely counter strike obsessed, behind the counter to give me the cheapest knife they had. I was given a karambit, for some reason I rolled with it. Thankfully I never had to defend myself from a mountain lion or bear with that as I do not think I would of gotten far. I did however kinda feel like a ninja so it was not all bad.

The ole soil pit. This brings me back, hope the judging went well.

A fragipan was a rare sight ilaround me, so I love to see it.