December 31, 2010admin
New Year’s Eve revelers have no excuse for drinking and driving. If you’ve been drinking, AAA Northern California will take you and your car home for free. AAA will offer its Tipsy Tow service to drinking drivers from 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve until 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day in Northern California, Nevada [...]
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December 31, 2010admin
Really, what else could you call it?Illustration: Matthew Langland Matt Timms, the eccentric mastermind behind the Chili, Bacon, and Cookie Takedowns, today announced his premiere Jerky Takedown, to take place at the Bell House on January 23. Calling the event “The World’s Biggest Jerk Off,” Timms e-mails that he has been mulling over the notion [...]
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December 31, 2010admin
Mike’s Country Meats, LLC is a state-inspected beef jerky manufacturer based in Campbellsport, WI. The company has been making jerky since 2002. It’s actually been in operation since 1984 as Mike’s Wild Game Processing serving local deer hunters. Slowly over the years business expanded and by 1998 they had constructed a larger facility. in 2002 [...]
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December 31, 2010admin
Hunting Missouri waterfowl •FOUNTAIN GROVE: 360 ducks; 150 geese. Hunting has been poor. from Dec. 21-26, 7 hunters shot no ducks. Thick ice on the marshes. •SWAN LAKE: Low waterfowl numbers. Ice on marshes. •SQUAW CREEK: 36 ducks (mostly mallards); 6 geese (mostly Canadas). Refuge wetlands are 99 percent ice-covered. Note to birders: there are [...]
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December 31, 2010admin
The Atlanta Hawks will open a four-game road trip tonight by visiting Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. (Sports Network) – The Atlanta Hawks will open a four-game road trip tonight by visiting Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Hawks are coming off their ninth straight win in Dixie on Wednesday when [...]
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December 31, 2010admin
Editor’s note: We asked readers and staff to share their favorite Christmas memories. Today, “My Biggest Christmas Flop”: Lessons learned, wishes unfulfilled and jerky, vanished. Power to give — and take away Growing up with seven siblings, Christmas was big. Really big. much better than a birthday. Santa would bring all those presents mom and [...]
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December 31, 2010admin
One nice thing about being a gardener is that you have a lot less work in the winter! one nice thing about having friends all over the country is that you get to visit them! Kristin, DeCarol and I organized a road trip that started December 8 and ended the 21st. The objectives: see lots [...]
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December 31, 2010admin
The Texas Quail Hunting Season is Going to be Here Soon
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December 31, 2010admin
As of last night, Spank’s Index of Effluency-winning Citroën DS had covered the 720 miles from San Diego to El Paso but was leaking like a sumbitch from the water pump. Things didn’t look any better this morning. It appears that the Citroën’s water pump shaft seal had gone bad. Supposedly the 1930s-vintage engine design in [...]
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December 30, 2010admin
Jesse James Beef Jerky is a brand of JJS co, LLC based out of Austin, TX. It’s been on the market for about a year. they also sell a line of steak sauces, BBQ sauces, and drink mixes under the same brand at jessejamessauces.com. The company was founded by Steve Gunn, a Hollywood cameraman, art [...]
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