Skills I Want to Acquire or Improve in 2022
My 2022 New Year’s resolution is to acquire and improve skills instead of pursuing desired results. Pursue means to ends, not ends to means.
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Congressman’s District Ablaze After Calling Wildland Firefighters Unskilled
Republican Congressman Tom McClintock of California called wildland firefighters unskilled laborers. Here’s all the reasons he’s wrong.
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Strategically Pissing In My Wetsuit: A River Surfing Tale
I’ve found the real tale of river surfing lies in the ragged band of personalities that this sport seems to attract.
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Gonzo Hobo Published in The New York Times
Henry Peterson was published in The New York Times and New York Daily News yesterday. Here’s what each outlet was willing to publish.
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A Gonzo Hobo’s Guide to Cigars
I felt like Jenna Jameson working a limp crank as I struggled to breathe life into this thing, or suck life out of it.
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Wildland Fire, Packrats, and the Dipshits Among Us: The Dipshit Part
It was the easiest wildland fire packout ever, until the dipshit of the crew arrived with gear he couldn’t pack out himself.
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Loving a Heroin Addict: Confessions of a Chronic Enabler
I developed an addiction of my own. Heroin might be the emperor of all drugs. But love is an even stronger narcotic.
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Annals of Depravity: My Ballbusting Fetish
The psychological dynamic of ballbusting is a thrill beyond description: a woman exerting power over a man, rendering him helpless by striking the very seat of his manhood. It’s fantastically erotic. The ultimate turn on.
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Wildland Fire, Packrats, and the Dipshits Among Us: Part Two
After rappelling from a helicopter to fight wildland fire all day and into the night, the last thing you need is a packrat in your hooch.
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Finding My Calling as a Public Address Announcer
The itch I scratched by mimicking Justin Roberts’ introductions of AEW wrestlers made me realize I had a suitable voice to be a public address announcer.
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For a Good Life and Good Art, Appreciate the Little Things
The best art best imitates life, and the best life is lived by those who appreciate the little things as the best things.
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