Anyone who knows me personally, knows I have quite the collection of goodies from Thinkgeek.com. I've got a dresser full of black t-shirts with all kinds of geeky messages to share with the world at large; With my personal favorite, that the younger crowd likes a lot, 'meh.'. Which has been my stock outlook and response to most things as of late.

This has to be, without a doubt, be my favorite internet retailer of all time. Sure Amazon.com has EVERYTHING, but ThinkGeek is the most unique, as far as I am concerned. Especially when it comes to geeky little gadgets, toys and clothing. There is always something new, and most times it'll leave you laughing...that is, as long as you get the joke.

My personal favorite 'joke' being "There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand binary and those that do not." ;-)

One thing I have really come to appreciate from the fine folks over at ThinkGeek is their appreciation for small, kitschy and VERY useful survival gadgetry. I would probably go bankrupt if I wasn't careful. With so many wonderful things for sale at ThinkGeek, I think I'd be broke by now if I didn't show some constraint.

Now for us CAP, SAR & Emergency Services types, the new euphemism, 'GEARdo' can be a quite fitting term; and the GEARdo in me approves of everything ThinkGeek serves up to the Smart Masses.

A simple search on their website for 'survival', will bring up a whole host of geeky goodies. Anything from the ingenious Swedish FireSteel, to the very sexy Van Hoy Snap Lock 2, to the ever so clever 'Survival Kit in a Sardine Can'; you're sure to find something that piques your inner survival 'gadget-<censored>' attention.

One thing I found quite interesting is what is pictured above and to the right. The SurvivalStraps Survival Bracelet. This bracelet, for all intents and purposes could be the best thing you can have on you in the event of an emergency. Think of the possibilities, yep....limitless, that's what I was going to say too!

I could sit here and go on and on about all the neat stuff at ThinkGeek, but I've got some other geeky things I need to be doing today! ;-)

If you do intend to shop at ThinkGeek, I would kindly ask that you mozy over to my 'Secret Links' page and follow the link to ThinkGeek from there. Doing so supports this website and my bad ThinkGeek habit. Thank you...thank you very much! :-)

Well, I had this blog post cued up to publish two days ago, but the computing gods saw fit to blast it into the ether for some reason; so here I am again, lets hope I have better luck this time.

As I mentioned in my previous posting, I said I was going to be in Ann Arbor this past weekend for Michigan Wing's Guided Training Exercise, or GTE for short. This is where our CAP-USAF overseers come in to work along side of us during a Search and Rescue Exercise and point out areas of improvement for next year when we have our 'evaluated' mission and actually get scored on how we do things; and if we keep doing things the way we are doing them and improve a few little things here and there, an Excellent rating is surely ours to have. Everyone at the mission should be proud of the efforts they put in.

It would have been nice to have seen a larger cadet presence at this SAREX. Not sure if it was vacations or what, but they really missed out, I think. For the cadets who were there, they had a ball, and actually seen two real ELT missions, one on Saturday evening and the other Sunday afternoon.

Our Region Commander, Col Charles Carr flew in for the day on Saturday. It was good to see him again and have a chance to talk him about my new assignment at region. It's nice to have your efforts recognized, and it's even nicer to have a new fan of this blog! Thanks Col Carr! :-) 

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