• Knives

    Benchmade 917BK

    S30V Steel | Black G10 | Axis Lock | Made in 🇺🇸

    Benchmade 917BK Tactical Triage on a yellow cushion

    The Tactical Triage is one of my all-time favorites. It is a no-nonsense design with the added capability of a retractable rescue hook built into the frame. The weight, grip, everything is dialed in and just feels right.

    Purchased in 2020 | ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
    July 28,2025
  • ChetCast

    Episode 277: Weathercast

    Benedict is at camp and the girls bring you a weather report. Scary if true.

    July 28,2025
  • Catholic Husband

    Doubt - Catholic Husband

    Doubt is curiosity of the intellect, contending with difficult truths, and discovering the beautiful gift waiting for us in plain sight.

    July 28,2025
  • Enjoying the evening with some rum, the new Brad Thor book, and my full titanium bookmark.

    Book, bookmark, and drink on an end table
    July 27,2025
  • As North Koreans Shun State Propaganda, Kim Tries a Flashier TV Show - WSJ

    Now, as North Koreans—particularly urbanites and younger people—gain furtive access to foreign news and entertainment, the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is trying a different tactic: television dramas that expose the regime’s weakness. The goal, analysts say, is to manage people’s expectations and rally them to overcome the country’s many hardships.

    The result is a new television series that honestly depicts the everyday corruption that is rife in North Korea. Local officials embezzle grain, farmers fail to meet quotas and people bribe their superiors. It also portrays family conflict in contrast to official support for family harmony.

    July 27,2025
  • American Sentenced to 8½ Years in Prison for Helping North Koreans Get Jobs at Nike, Other U.S. Firms - WSJ

    In the morning, she would turn on racks of computers covered with Post-its that had information about the companies they belonged to. Then North Koreans would log in remotely through Chapman’s farm and work for the companies.

    Sort of a red flag?

    July 26,2025
  • ChetCast

    Episode 276: Off to Camp

    Benedict is growing up fast! He’s off to his first week-long summer camp. But before he goes, he stopped by the ChetCast studios to give us a coy preview of his plans for the week.

    🏕️

    July 26,2025
  • Knives

    Benchmade 533

    S30V Steel | Orange FRN | Axis Lock | Made in 🇺🇸

    Benchmade 533 on a tray

    The Mini Bugout was released just as I started collecting, and of course, I had to get the orange one. Its smaller than the Bugout, so I usually carry it when I’m wearing gym shorts. The scales have done a good job keeping their color and not holding on to dirt.

    Purchased in 2020 | ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
    July 26,2025
  • When I migrated the Catholic Husband blog, I broke all of the links. There was no way around it.

    I’m slowly going through the posts on this blog to update links. After that, I’m going to finish tagging and building out the archive of my Haiku project.

    Just some nice little summer improvements.

    July 26,2025
  • The Crown Versus the Truckers - WSJ Opinion

    The National Post’s Chris Selley writes that last week an Alberta man who fatally stabbed a 52-year-old stranger while out on bail for three other attacks was handed a sentence of, you guessed it, seven years.

    Canadian prosecutors want the same seven year sentence against two protest leaders who, among their other heinous crimes, counseled fellow truckers to ignore a court order regarding honking.

    Of note, the core use of government power that the protesters opposed was struck down as unconstitutional.

    July 25,2025