{"id":183,"date":"2005-06-07T22:42:50","date_gmt":"2005-06-07T22:42:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-06-07T22:42:50","modified_gmt":"2005-06-07T22:42:50","slug":"firestarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/06\/07\/firestarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Firestarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a good thing I\u2019m not a pyromaniac, or I would lead one unfulfilling life.  From my camping exploits, to overnight stays at the Resident Inn and Suites, to trying to build a fire in our new backyard \u201cfire pit,\u201d I just can\u2019t seem to get anything to burn!  After watching me work with this thing for a couple of hours, one might conclude that it should be called a \u201csmoldering pit.\u201d  I even used lighter fluid!  I guess I can kiss moonlighting as an arsonist goodbye\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Grizzly Adams I am not.  I don\u2019t like \u201cthe outdoors,\u201d and my survival skills are seriously lacking.  It\u2019s a good thing I was born in the era of city utilities, or I don\u2019t think my family would survive!  <\/p>\n<p>Does anyone have some tips for starting up a good old campfire?  What type of kindling do you use?  Short of rubbing two sticks together, I\u2019m open to any suggestions\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a good thing I\u2019m not a pyromaniac, or I would lead one unfulfilling life. From my camping exploits, to overnight stays at the Resident Inn and Suites, to trying to build a fire in our new backyard \u201cfire pit,\u201d I just can\u2019t seem to get anything to burn! After watching me work with this &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/06\/07\/firestarter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Firestarter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}