Author: TGP

Running is and always has been its own challenge.  While your body initially wants you to slow down or stop, after a while it gets the message that you’re going to keep going and before too long, you can start to enjoy the endorphins that your body drops in to counteract the pain: this is […]

Every young boy occasionally dreams of being shipwrecked and living like Robinson Crusoe: hacking survival out of the wilderness, getting by on wits, hard work, and a bit of luck.  Films like Cast Away take a look at the other side: the bitter loneliness of isolation; a reminder that it is not good for man […]

In previous articles we’ve written about some items to help you slim your everyday carry, as well as discussed various options for firearms (Smith & Wesson vs Heckler & Koch and Glock vs Sig).  In this article we want to make the case for a knife as an option for your everyday carry. The History […]

When Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s newest vehicle, the Cybertruck, things didn’t go according to plan.  A demonstration to highlight the “armored glass” went wrong, he got trolled by Lego, and even a few of his own stockholders sold, as Tesla shares dipped 6%.  Yet, as usual, Elon had the last laugh, as over 250,000 people […]

Many people of a certain age consider It’s a Wonderful Life as one of the best Christmas films of all time, and while the cast and crew felt at the time of filming that they were part of something special, the film fell well short of breaking even and didn’t really find its way until […]

The term “annual review” doesn’t usually cause a feeling of excitement for anyone who comes across it. Yes, there might be a pay raise of some sort involved with such a process, but often it might be a discussion about standards that were imposed rather than agreed to, and may often not really have much […]