Do you want to make the best turkey or chicken that your friends and family have EVER tasted?  This is the episode for you.  Forget that dry, stringy chicken that most of us are used to.  This method will give you the most tender, juicy, sweet, drippy, luscious meat you've ever wrapped your lips around.  

We're putting creatures in the basement tidepool!  Here's your complete breakdown of what we're adding- from the microscopic to the giant kraken.  

Last time we talked about preparations for getting out on the road in the winter and the things you need to know about your vehicle.  This time, we get into specific safety gear for winter driving, treating a road incident as a survival situation, vehicle handling tips, and how to get yourself or someone else out of a snow drift and back onto the road.  

Winter weather can throw some serious hazards and challenging driving conditions at us.  What do we need to do to tackle these challenges?  We discuss some specific situations, planning, vehicle considerations, gear, vehicle handling, and emergency procedures. 

Another crossover episode with the Book Besties, we discuss Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein.  

Special crossover episode with the Book Besties Podcast!  Thanks for the invitation to be a guest on the Book Besties Podcast.  In this episode, we cover the book "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline.  

Here's a quick and easy cooking project that will really impress your friends and family.  We're making empanadas!  Empanadas are a Latin American handheld "meat pie."  In the episode, we cover how to make your own tortillas from scratch, options for filling the empanadas, and how to succeed at frying them.  For a more detailed recipe on empanada fillings and tortillas, check out Hank Shaw's website, honest-food.net.  

With many of us considering resolutions for the new year, let's talk about a unique fitness option.  We're talking sandbags!  The functional fitness advantages and versatility of an exercise sandbag might really surprise you.  In this episode, we'll talk about why sandbags make such great home gym equipment, what they can do for you, what I'm using, and some simple sandbag exercises.  

I hope you enjoy this selection of Christmas readings.  Merry Christmas!

I'm building a tide pool in my basement.  Sound crazy?  Probably.  Listen to learn about the tidepool ecosystem, what actually causes tides in the ocean, and how I'm replicating it in my basement.