That time I got kicked out of Ranger School (Part 2)
-Or- How failing Ranger School made me a better cop, and person(eventually) Welcome to another installment of the tough shit series. Inspired by Kevin Smith’s book of the same name,…
Who Are You?
Wait, not these guys I was reading Dave's latest post over at Accidental FIRE, and I wrote back in the comments: "Totally echo the “who are you” (about workplace identity)…
We Ran Out of Money
Or how we're budget poor. Ah, my first venture into clickbait.... Okey dokey! The other day my wife sat me down and told me we ran out of money this…
Fighting Crackheads
Sure, back when I was a cop I've had to tangle with crackheads. Usually after catching one breaking into a house stealing a TV or whatever so they can pawn…
Influencered
Yup. Made up a word. Before we get into that though, today we're going to try something different. I'm going to attempt to keep this post under 500 words. Every…
Knowing When
Unlike some bad cop movie, there wasn't one epic moment when I knew I was done with the job. As much as I longed for it, there wasn't a montage…
2 Reasons why Cops can Kickass at FIRE
So you're a cop. That's great. Maybe you ran across this FIRE thing on the internet. And then you notice a trend. Seems like a bunch of these FIRE peeps…
Relativity of the Suck
Spent the past week backpacking with friends, which was awesome. Yay FIRE life! This meant I didn't get much writing in. Figured I'd hit you with a blast from the…
Superiority Complex
Well this should be fun. Today I'm going to try to describe a phenomena that I think naturally occurs in cops due to factors of the job. The other day…
That time I got kicked out of Ranger School (Part 1)
-Or- How failing Ranger School made me a better cop, and person(eventually) Welcome to another installment of the tough shit series. Inspired by Kevin Smith's book of the same name,…