Laws of Life – Book One – 2nd Edition Now Available

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Laws of Life – Book One – Ditch The System, Design Your Life, is now available to order on Amazon.  As promised we have… The Kindle Edition The Paper Back The Hard Cover  Audio Version – Done with Virtual Voice ` I have been asked a lot why I do the audio book with virtual voice.  Here is the reality a small author like me makes almost nothing on Audible sales because most are with membership credits.  All the money from that goes into a pool.  With my last book I made about 100 dollars total over almost a year … Continue reading →

Otlonpe Rechargeable Portable Fan – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Otlonpe Rechargeable Portable Fan.  Okay on the surface it is a way to stay cool on the go, but what if I told you it was a great tool for your kitchen?  It is and Alton Brown turned me onto it while I was at 32K feet in an airplane.  I’ll explain that in a bit. First the basics of what … Continue reading →

Backyard Aquaculture for Food Production – TSP Rewind – Epi-323

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In this episode from 2018 I talked about how few things on my property give me more enjoyment than my various garden ponds.  There is something peaceful about moving water and fish.  The bonus is if we want fish tacos tonight and didn’t take any out of the freezer, with 4 bread balls and 5 minutes I can have us 4 nice pan fish for cooking. Aquaculture is function stacking in the best way.  You get a beautiful piece of landscaping, wildlife habitat and free food as a bonus. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why bother with aquaculture in the … Continue reading →

What Would a Deflationary Economy Look Like – TSP Rewind – Epi-322

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This was a fantastic question that came in by email back in 2021 for my podcast but I thought it would be exceptional for a Miyagi Mornings. Here it is exactly as it came in from a long time listener named Dan. “How would a deflationary economy work? ` If our entire economy was based on a currency with a fixed supply like bitcoin, ` 1. What’s the velocity of money look like? 2. How is money lent particularly for large long-term lending. Houses, New Factories, etc. 3. How is economic growth effected/measured. 4. Wouldn’t % economic growth roughly translate … Continue reading →

Perennial Vegetables for your Homestead- TSP Rewind – Epi-321

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In this episode from 2017 we turned our focus on food production in our own back yards.  The plants I will describe here are wonderful for growing in just about any environment.  And even though they are perennials most will do find in containers and wicking beds, etc.  Indeed a few are custom made for such applications though normally not grown that way. Perennials are wonderful because they either come back on their own every year or they require very minimal effort to assure their return each year.  Many are even considered weeds or a nuisance by the unknowing.  Yep … Continue reading →

Laws of Life Updates, Hard Covers, Work Books & More

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Jack here checking in from vacation in Estes Park, Colorado.  I know, I know… “But Jack, you should relax on your vacation”. It really is okay, guys. This work I am doing was the plan. This vacation is really, for me, a writer’s retreat. I get up at 5 AM daily just like always, my family doesn’t think about getting out of bed till at least 7:30.  Most mornings I see Dorothy about 8, my son about 9 and the kids and daughter-in-law about 9:30.  And since I am not doing podcast work, that means I get more time to … Continue reading →

Gun and Hunting Wisdom of our Fathers – TSP Rewind – Epi-320

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In this episode from 2015 we talked about guns today, but a bit differently then you might expect from a “survival podcast” to do.  No ARs, no concealed carry and no ninja like accessories. No today I want to tell you about the gun wisdom I learned at the hands of my grandfather and father as a young man.  The stories, lessons and realities that made me love guns as the tools they truly are. You may be shocked to learn I didn’t grow up hearing much about the 2nd amendment or gun rights.  Where I grew up boys hunted … Continue reading →

The Laws of Life Channel Is Live

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I have a new YouTube channel up for the **Laws of Life** books.  You can find it here. Right now we are putting up one to two videos a day as we get closer to the launch of both books. Laws of Life, Book One, Ditch the System, Design Your Life, Second Edition launches on June 15th Laws of Life, Book Two, Now Build the System for Your Life, launches on June 30th ` This channel is not just some boring book promo thing where I sit around saying, “hey buy my book,” over and over again. That would suck. … Continue reading →

Understanding Caliber, Millimeter, Gauges & Ballistics – TSP Rewind – Epi-319

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I did this episode back in 2012 when I stated I wanted to do some more shows on firearms topics I was flooded with emails by new shooters that all basically said some version of this… “Jack can you do a very basics style show that explains what all these calibers and rounds mean.  Sometimes when you are talking about a firearms subject I am fine then you start saying something like the 38 special is 35 caliber and I just don’t get it.  Or that a 40 S&W is equivalent to a 10mm in a carbine.  None of this … Continue reading →

Ben Franklin on Modern Survivalism – TSP Rewind – Epi-318

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When I did this episode back in 22012 ut was because I got a ton of emails on an article called. 8 Personal Finance Lessons from Benjamin Franklin that was published on the very cool blog, The Art of Manliness. Several dozen of you told me that this article sounded like 8 things I say often on TSP. So rather than read the article at all I decided to do the show based just on the 8 tenets of Franklin and see how much in sync we really are or are not. One thing for sure old Ben’s advice seems … Continue reading →