Tiger Balm all around

The recent election, this-that, same same.

More assholes wearing American flag pins on their lapels,

worshiping at the altar of money. Lapdogs of Billionaires.

I voted for Hope and Change once and all I got was dirty

business as usual so that was it for voting. 

Never again. 

Japan, to me, has always been the home of amazingly cool, very strange, stuff.

Below is the perfect example of Japan cool.

A plastic door you punch into the side of a bag of chips or what have you.

Want some? Just open the trap door get the chips you need and 

snap close the door keeping everything fresh.

Amazing!

Many years ago I so wanted a Semmerling pistol.

I could never afford one then.

They were only built for a few years in the early 1980's.

This manual action, single shot, incredibly small, .45 ACP, hide out pistol.

Each one was hand built from the finest materials.

These pistols are now six thousand dollars when auctioned.

It just proves that if you can't afford it when it first appears,

you'll never be able to afford it. 
That's the way our society rolls now.

Pending retirement is creating a few problems.

Through the course of years and years of

working, I have created an everyday carry system

based on work.

What i need to carry with me miles and miles from 

home or resupply due to the Protestant fucking work ethic.

In retirement what do i carry with me when?

Systems that i relied on for many, many years

and that served me well, no longer apply?

I also have a ton of gear that may now be useless?

So now i must re-learn what to carry and how to carry it.

This is probably going to be strange.

On analog tape

"We hang petty thieves, 

and appoint the great ones to public office.

Aesop