Cabela's #4 - Camo Revisited.

It's been some time since the last post, but perhaps thinking about posts in terms of quality and not quantity will be best moving forward.

Recently, I stopped in the IL Cabela's and couldn't resist some more pics of camo and oddities. I hope this camo-palooza doesn't disappoint, enjoy.


A hot camo-bikini or your lady huntress?


Are the camo belts in the men's dept. or women's?

Alive or dead?

Alive or dead? (don't be too hasty, it's Cabela's)

Just the item to make a good impression at the office.

Antler pulls for the kitchen anyone?

Dress your little bundle of joy correctly for the big fall hunting trip!

Three sides of fileting possibilities.

No brainer.

Finally!!!

martinpatrick3.

I had seen this "man store" in a few local magazines and only just the other day stumbled upon one in Minneapolis' warehouse district. This is #3, and I presume they have at least two other locations. Check it out with me, won't you...


Well, so far, so good. It looks like man stores I've been in before (Chicago, NYC, etc)...


They have lots of leather goods, manbags, watches, travel kits...


Some choice clothing items, hats, belts, buckles... Well, you get the idea. They had some very unique items too, like a range of stainless steel wallets, made with woven bits of steel - pretty cool. They also had trendy reading glasses, pens, unique cards, and things one would light to make their dwelling smell nice. Overall, I though it was one of the best man stores I'd ever encountered. Good job, Mr. Martin Patrick.


I'm just going to let this one speak for itself. And no, they do not allow you to "read" this book in the store.

License Plate Revival.

I found one more plate to add to the fun... and I still can't seem to get out from behind the Cheese Curtain, even in another state.

Results, Poll #55, Engagement.

These results are long overdue and from the looks of the responses, not many of you will care or even know why I posted it. Let's see though:

> 2 people (18%) chose 'yes, i let them know it's very great' - i should hope you let them know. it's not everyday someone you've known for over ten years (at least for me) gets engaged.
> 1 person (9%) chose 'yes, i sent/said something' - ooohhh, rub it in. you're better than me. i didn't send anything. maybe i can go to the engagement party or the actual wedding and make up for it (with my presence of course, not a lavish, over-the-top gift).
> 0 people chose... why bother.
> 0 people chose... who cares.
> 8 people (72%) chose 'uhhh, george and marissa?' - you're loss, dudes. really. i mean, you're the majority by far (possibly more than any other poll), but still.

FYI - George is a good friend from the University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (my first time down there) and has recently been engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Marissa. They gross me out with niceness and a commensurate amount of bickering whenever I'm around, so I'm sure it's true love.

New Posts

As you may have noticed, I don't have much opportunity to post here
these days. I've found Twitter and Facebook much easier to update from
an iPhone. However, this post is being sent by email. I'll try to keep
updating, but it will probably never be like the height of t.c's
heyday, with 13 readers each week.

As always, thanks for reading.

Did You Know 3.0?

This will probably blow your mind (unless you saw it already).

Maple Syrup.

This is why I like my new company and will continue to like maple syrup. In email from today, I was delighted to read...

"Each year at this time I take orders for maple syrup. The syrup comes from the Stienagel Farm near my hometown of Wausau, Wisconsin and the farmer delivers it directly to QBP. QBP employees have become the farmer's largest customer base since I started doing this 20 years ago.

If you want to know more about the quality of the syrup, ask around. It won't take long to find someone who has ordered syrup.

Details: 1 Quart- $11
1/2 gallon- $18
You can order as many bottles of syrup as you can use, but you have to order in advance. Occassionally the farmer has extra bottles, but not enough to depend on. Send me an email with the number and size of bottles. I'll pull together a total and give it to the farmer."

And before you get ideas about me hauling syrup to you - how will I accomplish this before summertime? You don't want a big jug of syrup in the heat of the summer.