MacGyver

This does seem to be the most I remember in middle Tennessee since that ridiculous one in the late 90’s. I noticed something strange today when I was walking my dog. As opposed to the normal “cicadas chirping” sound - there’s this constant tone that’s consistent that you can hear all the time. It’s interesting.

Remove the wings, head, and lower joint on the legs. If you’re so inclined.

From Montclair State University is you really want to try them whole - fried in batter is probably the way to do it: Tempura Cicadas: Ingredients 15 teneral cicada 1 egg 1.5 cup flour or your favorite gluten-free flour substitute (We use Cassava) 2 tsp salt Cold Seltzer Oil for frying (I like using coconut oil because it pairs really well with cicada and cassava flavors) Instructions Preheat oil for frying in a dutch oven or deep pan. Combine the flour, salt and egg. Slowly pour in the seltzer and mix (but not too much) until it’s the consistency of lumpy pancake batter. Keep it in the fridge on ice or on the top shelf until you use it. Once the oil is hot enough (I always put a drop of batter in to test it), dip the cicada into the batter and fry until golden brown.

If you're so inclined - you can probably substitute cricket or locust flour: https://www.amazon.com/Cricket-powder-made-100-22/ Apparently it's about twice as protein dense as beef.

I've had bread/griddle cakes made with locust meal. They're fine. I wouldn't go out of my way to eat it - but someone could serve it to you and you wouldn't think anything was amiss.

Heck of a setup. I'd love to hear the story sometime about giving up hunting with a traditional bow to moving to a compound with a 70# draw. You're tougher than me my friend.

depends on who your dad is

Neat!

That's a great deal for someone who wants a package that's ready to fish this afternoon.

I’ve often wondered why a concierge model FFL doesn’t exist. Sourcing, transfers, deliveries, etc. Then I penciled it out and figured out it was because the economics just don’t work.

I know a bunch of teachers - most of whom would jump in front of a bullet without a single hesitation to protect their kids. I don’t know a single one who wants to carry in their classroom. Plenty of them are pro-gun and carry elsewhere in their lives. They express a host of reservations - everything from that’s not the job they signed up for - to risks associated breaking up fights - to their name being made public and suddenly being all over social media and PTA text threads. I don’t know of any that have really thought about it and come to the conclusion that it’s worth it. Every last one of them said some version of, “they don’t trust us with books or curriculum - they’re not going to trust us with guns.”

Congrats. That’s a ton of work.

I'd be willing to bet that one year from today there will not be a single teacher in a public school in Tennessee that is carrying as a result of this bill. Even if you're all in on this - this bill seems remarkably poorly designed.

Blue Sky is maybe my favorite Allman Brothers song - and was written by Betts. What a loss. Though I bet he was surprised to make it to 80 - those guys lived hard for a lot of years.

I don't know if you need to send the president a thank you letter or what - but there was a time not too long ago when we wouldn't have even believed such a thing was possible.