Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined in value over a scant few generations. The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.

We can't move quickly. You move quick out here and you die quick.

I'm all for the path of least resistance.

So I'm pampering myself to a homemade stone pumice session, to sand down my feet because I'm worth it.

Where there is water, there are people.

C'mon baby light for me!

Rat is a lot like duck, except with a wonderfully nutty flavor.