Category Archives: Pyro

Remember, Remember the 5th of November

By brian | Published: November 4, 2011

As much as I like turtles, I like history even more. So, in honor of tomorrow’s celebration of Guy Fawkes’ Night, where apparently a large demonstration is being planned on the steps of Parliament, I thought I’d post a little historical note on the beloved terrorist. In 1604 Fawkes became involved with a small group [...]

Also posted in Event, Instructional | Tagged Alan Moore, Guy Fawkes, NOvember, Occupy Wall Street, Parliament, V for Vendetta, Wikipedia | 3 Comments

Veal Tongue Tacos

By brian | Published: September 1, 2011

It’s been a while, I know. I’ve been living a life. Or burning one down. Or stumbling on the head of those two opposing excuses, really. This is the 4th year I won’t be going to Burning Man. It’s crazy, I’ve been not going almost half as many years as I attended. And what’s crazier, [...]

Also posted in Event, Grilling, Instructional, Recipes | Tagged Burning Man, Gepperth's Meat Market, Mr. Worthington, Veal Tongue | Leave a comment

Drink Like a Pirate

By brian | Published: November 1, 2010

Here’s an interesting article from the Atlantic Monthly on the history of gunpowder and liquor, both as a proofing agent and an adjunct. The proof test may actually be part of a larger maritime tradition of mixing gunpowder and liquor. Robert Lee, a biographer of Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, reported that the notorious pirate once got [...]

Also posted in Cocktails, Instructional | Tagged Atlantic Monthly, Blackbeard, Gunpowder, Man O'War Rum, Wayne Curtis | Leave a comment

Animals, Whores & Dialogue Now Available!

By brian | Published: July 7, 2010

This is a little off-topic for us here, but who cares, it’s an exciting release and I designed the packaging for the project so I can talk about it here all I want. Wayne Ewing has released a wonderful sequel to his 2003 work “Breakfast with Hunter”. “Animals, Whores & Dialogue: Breakfast with Hunter Volume [...]

Also posted in Event, Motorcycling, Review, Shooting | Tagged Animals Whores & Dialogue, Breakfast with Hunter, Harley Davidson, Hunter S. Thompson, Roaring Fork Valley, Wayne Ewing | 1 Comment

DIY Backyard Fire Pit

By brian | Published: May 13, 2010

It’s 70* and sunny right now in Chicago which means, among other wonderful things, it is officially time to melt your face on some fires. Too bad some fucking scrapper hopped our fence and stole the copper bowl from our fire pit last summer. Thanks dick. Fortunately though, Instructables has published a nice piece on [...]

Also posted in Beer, Instructional, Smoking | Tagged DIY, Fire, Instructables | Leave a comment

Hipster Moonshine

By matt | Published: April 1, 2010

That fella’s damn entertaining but he’s not the face of modern moonshine. It seems that making your own liquor, while illegal and quite dangerous, is gathering steam in some hipster circles. A new book called Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine by a gentleman named Max Watman chronicles the recent rise [...]

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Sweet Jumps

By brian | Published: March 18, 2010

This is how we did it before they had a name for it.

Also posted in Beer, Event | Tagged Burning Man, Radio Free Valhalla, Sweet Jumps | Leave a comment

Hunter S. Thompson & the Vengeance for Screwjack

By brian | Published: February 3, 2010

Wayne Ewing was friend, Road Manager, and biographer to the late Hunter S. Thompson and is, in my opinion, the only documentarian to ever successfully pierce the thick, well-considered wall that Thompson kept between himself and the rest of the world. If you haven’t yet seen it, stop what you are doing right now and [...]

Also posted in Shooting | Tagged Deborah Fuller, Don Johnson, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, P.J. O'Rourke, Screwjack, The Rum Diary, Wayne Ewing | 2 Comments

Full Outsider’s Almanac Website Still Coming

By brian | Published: January 12, 2010

Don’t lose hope dear internetting ones, we still have every intention of launching the full Outsider’s Almanac website in the near future, it just won’t be quite as soon as we had hoped. We’re pretty insanely busy these days, between writing projects, client needs, body/mind/spirit rehabbing and the pursuit of winter in it’s many splendered [...]

Also posted in Beer, Biking, Event, Fishing, Gear, Golf, Grilling, Hiking, Instructional, Motorcycling, Recipes, Rentals, Review, Skateboarding, Smoking, Snowboarding, XC Skiing | Tagged Outsider's Almanac | 1 Comment

SantaKong – Saturday December 12th

By brian | Published: December 3, 2009

For low these past 8 years now a group of degenerates near and dear to my heart have been hosting Chicago’s version of the SantaCon, the inimitable (and superbly intoxicated) SANTA KONG. Yes, it’s as intimidating as a 3 story gorilla and almost as virile, too. Yes, you will get drunk, very drunk. And, yes, [...]

Also posted in Beer, Event | Tagged Burning Man, Cacaphony Society, Chicago, Egg Nog, Quencher's Saloon, SantaCon, SantaKong, Santarchy, SynchroniCity | Leave a comment

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Remember, Remember the 5th of November

Veal Tongue Tacos

Drink Like a Pirate

Animals, Whores & Dialogue Now Available!

DIY Backyard Fire Pit

Hipster Moonshine

Sweet Jumps

Hunter S. Thompson & the Vengeance for Screwjack

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