Honey Whiskey Bacon Walnut Brownies, insanely inspirational

So, back when I first started blogging, I posted about some whiskey brownies.  Now, these were pretty darn spectacular.  However, this last weekend That Guy and family were in town and Mrs. 45er and I brought over some bacon brownies from a local restaurant.  They were inspiring and I wondered how I could make it even better.  Then I remembered these brownies.  Thoughts started hatching and now we have this to deal with at the house:

The final product and...

the final result

So, from the original link you have the recipe.  A little twist was added by using Bushmill's Irish Honey Whiskey.  Now, the big addition is properly cooked bacon.  Slowly cooked until it is nice and crispy so you can crumble it up.  As far as the amount of bacon to use for the recipe, I would say as much as you can get away with.  It is also best to keep the cooked bacon separate until ready to serve.  If you top the whole thing, the moisture from the brownies may make the bacon soggy and/or chewy.  Mrs. 45er and I just had to try a test piece and I can tell you that you have to try and make this.

Even if you don't go this crazy with the brownies, you should try the brownie recipe.  These are a really simple, scratch-made brownie that I was pretty happy with.  However, the whiskey sure does soak in and soften up those harder edges of the brownie.

Enjoy.

Doughnut Shop Robbery - Being Prepared

It can happen in a flash.  Sometimes, all of that situational awareness that is preached just isn't what is going to save you.  At times, you will be in a reactionary mode.  A lot of things happen in this video.

You can see there are plenty of customers in the store and the older gentleman just reacted and was pretty severely punished for it.  If you have the time to react by grabbing someone, you have the time to react by stepping off of center, drawing and firing.  The stomp on the neck was bad enough.  The kick to the head as the jerk left is a perfect example of why you use lethal force to defend yourself.  Let's talk about "unarmed" aggressors.  In the video we can see a handgun being used, but that doesn't really matter does it?  I once heard someone say that until they stopped hearing "blunt force trauma" as a cause of death in homicides, then they would continue to consider an unarmed aggressor as extremely dangerous.

Something else to keep in mind:  train to scan on the range when you are practicing.  At the end of the video at the top, I want you to watch that set of feet follow the jerk out of the door.  I'm guessing that is an accomplice by the timing and not just a customer running away.  Move off of center, draw, fire, assess.  Keep your threat covered, but keep your eyes open.

Kitchen Madness

in progress

stay tuned.

Gunsafe Light

When I first got my safe, I played around with options for lighting and then pretty much gave up.  I just used little touch lights that never would stay stuck to the right place inside and I always carry a light in my pocket so it wasn't a big deal.  Well, today we were shopping and I saw some lights that caught my attention.  One of them was a "puck-light."  Just a round light that was activated by touch or could be switched to a photo-sensor.  Oh, very cool, so I thought.  Then I saw another light that interested me, but it was motion activated.  Hmmm, which one to get?  Mrs. 45er pointed out that it might actually be, I don't know, DARK when I really need to access my safe and grab something, so maybe a motion detector would be better.  Right there, that's the kind of thing I'm supposed to think of.  I call it a tactical brain-fart.  Thank goodness Mrs. 45er has spent entirely too much time (don't click here) hearing me go on and on about such things.

So, this is the one I decided on:

It was tough to find without the part number, so here is a link:

http://www.amazon.com/Rite-Lite-LPL905M-Wireless-Multi-Directional/dp/B003VPXCJM

and this is what it looks like inside:

Of course, as I left the store with the light, I wondered how the (don't click) motion sensor would actually work.  I've had bad luck with such things in the past.  It turns out, this works really well.  You can set the light to stay on for 30 or 60 seconds after the last motion is sensed.  The part I really like is the swivel on the light, which lets me direct the light down through the rifle (don't click here) slots.  This is important, since my AR is usually kept in the lower part and isn't long enough to fit up through the slots.

Viewed from the lower part of the safe through a gun rest

I can see them perfectly when it is set up this way.  I think I will go get another one to mount on the other side of the safe.  I'm pretty pleased for less than $10.  And, to be clear for the FTC, I bought this.

More stupid Blogger

I'm not usually one to complain about things like Blogger.  I usually roll with the punches and adapt to changes in technology pretty well.  However, the last move I consider pretty bone-headed on their part.  I noticed in the last post I did that randomly linked words began showing up which were for advertisements.  Now, all of those links in your post that you want there have to be filtered through by the reader.  I've already sent feedback to blogger and looked everywhere for a way to turn this kind of thing off, which I doubt exists.  I've seen many fleeing to Wordpress lately.  I guess if this keeps up much longer, I may be in that crowd.

Shoot the Moon

So, tomorrow is the day of the "Supermoon" as they are calling it in the news.  I don't know if I'm going to go out tomorrow night and see a big "S" on it or not.

Anyways, I've always wanted to take a cool picture of the moon, but honestly never taken the time to figure it out.  Tonight I did a test run to get my settings ready for tomorrow and really play with the camera.  I live in the "green zone" on the camera for the most part.  All auto.  I know I could be good if I just dedicated the time, but who has any of that?  So, here is my first attempt to get off of auto-pilot.

There was quite a bit of haze in the sky and I had to adjust for that.  The haze caused a bit of a halo, but I didn't like the lack of clarity at the slower shutter speed.  I hope it's clear tomorrow night.  We shall see.

Do yourself a favor

If you haven't watched Firefly, click there and check it out.  Word of warning, it sorts the episodes by Air Date, so you'll have to pay attention to the episode numbers.  For those of you for whom the pain is still fresh, sorry about that but if you go there note the order.  For those of you who are unaware, that out-of-order air date killed this incredible show.  It is almost humorous in its stupidity.

I aim to misbehave