My girlfriend and I haven’t dined out in over a month, or ordered takeout in three weeks. This isn’t totally because of COVID-19. It’s mostly because we usually cook at home for financial, health, and lifestyle reasons, and dine out only occasionally anyway. We are very atypical. With restaurants closed across the country, many Americans are probably having a hard time. Today I’m going to offer a few of my favorite “quarantine” recipes. Hopefully they spark your imagination. Continue reading “Eating Through the Quarantine: Favorite Recipes”
Author: Justin
The Myth of “Go As Fast as the Slowest Student”
My recent article, “Lessons Learned as Professional Instructor” was a reasonably popular article However, it also drew some pretty vitriolic criticism. Today I’m going to respond to one particular criticism that popped up several times. Continue reading “The Myth of “Go As Fast as the Slowest Student””
Ammo Rotation with a Heavy Dry Practice Regimen
I have dry practiced every day this year and I dry practiced over 320 days last year. The vast majority of that practice has been with my carry gun. This necessitates a lot of loading and unloading of my carry gun, and some wear and tear on my carry ammo. This is how I manage ammo rotation with a heavy dry practice regimen. Continue reading “Ammo Rotation with a Heavy Dry Practice Regimen”
Common Lock Nomenclature: Key Anatomy
Today I’m going to post on some common key anatomy and nomenclature. I understand that this isn’t incredibly riveting information to most of you. For those of you with an interest in locks and lock defeat, however, this is very important groundwork. This post should serve as a useful reference for some of those future posts, as well as posts on securing your locks from various defeats.
Scattered Thoughts about the COVID-19 Crisis
Today I want to offer just a few scattered thoughts on the current COVID-19 crisis. There really isn’t a common theme to these, they’re just some thoughts I’ve had as I’ve worked my property of the past few days. Continue reading “Scattered Thoughts about the COVID-19 Crisis”
My Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK)
I told you guys a few weeks ago I’d give you a look at my individual first aid kit (IFAK). I was kind of hesitant to do this one. First, don’t do what I do just because I do it. Greg Ellifritz says in his classes that if you have training, you already know what you need. As I recently heard in an episode of Uncensored Tactical Podcast (unrelated to first aid but still applicable), “if you know how, you’ll know when,” or in this case, what. Still, everyone loves a gear article, so here goes. Continue reading “My Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK)”
My Favorite Books, Part I
At the time of writing we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope many of you are using your newfound time to read some books. If you’re looking for something to read, I am going to offer some of my favorite books, and I’ll keep this series going, hopefully well into the future. Continue reading “My Favorite Books, Part I”
Peace is the Exception
May this anomaly never end in my descendants’ lifetimes. Continue reading “Peace is the Exception”
Digital Security Primer Part II: Resist Malware
Malware is THE single biggest digital threat we face today. Continue reading “Digital Security Primer Part II: Resist Malware”
Dry Practice Function Stacking: Lighting
With a lot of Americans working from or otherwise hanging out at home, I hope a lot of my readers are using their time to learn some stuff. One thing I hope everyone stuck at home is doing is dry-practicing. Another thing that might nudge some into dry practice is the current ammo shortage (don’t forget, snap caps are cheap!). Today I’m going to talk about some very simple, low-cost things you can to do increase the value of your dry practice time. Continue reading “Dry Practice Function Stacking: Lighting”