Author Archives: Joel

Mid-thirties, which wouldn’t have been bad at all because it’s mostly sunny – but I didn’t anticipate the wind. I figured I’d be okay for at least a couple of hours as long as it wasn’t so cold my fingers … Continue reading →

I’ll be out at this guy’s house for the next couple of days, mostly moving stuff around. He bought a property with an existing house, the yard of which needs quite a lot of cleaning up. The gig mostly involves … Continue reading →

So last night, keeping an anxious eye on my voltage readout, I celebrated bedtime by doing something I haven’t bothered with in years: I went out to the powershed and turned the inverter right off. This left me with lights* … Continue reading →

When I let TB out for a pee this morning it was just starting to snow. Today’s forecast was/is “periods of sun and clouds, some showers.” And I hope it’s no lie about that “sun” thing, because… Do you want … Continue reading →

A little after 6:30, an hour before the sun’s due to creep over the ridgetop at this time of year, but it’s clear there’ll be no sun this morning… It wasn’t raining when Torso Boy went out two hours ago … Continue reading →

Maybe not health care exactly. I wouldn’t go to these folks to treat my corona virus. But I like their attitude about building artificial limbs and getting paid. Only three days out and I got a call from them this … Continue reading →

So in the previous life-related thread somebody asked, “Can you tell us more about the foot options? Obviously you will need the all-terrain version.” And that’s exactly what I’ve spent a good portion of this morning learning more about. Yeah, … Continue reading →

Oh, boy. This is good. God said, “I need somebody with no charm, no charisma, and no compelling reason to ever serve in government to nonetheless buy his way onto the ballot, then buy his way into the mayor’s office, … Continue reading →

…as certain emails I know were sent were not received. So if I don’t reply to one, that’s because I never saw it. Don’t know why. I was, however, greeted on the new day with no less than five messages … Continue reading →

Not exactly my favorite thing to do, of course… I figured this would go one of two ways: There would either be a demand for five or six administrative visits before anything got done, or some guy who’s been doing … Continue reading →

I’ve had a really nice day. The weather is absolutely gorgeous: Low 60’s at 2 peeyem, hardly any clouds so nice bright sun, very light breeze. The latest batch of mud is almost gone now. I took the long way … Continue reading →

…that comes of installing and maintaining your own vital infrastructure! Yes! You too can live off-grid, and wonder with every bump in the night whether your tap will run and your toilet will flush! Let “what’s that noise?” become the … Continue reading →

Socialized healthcare sucks! I mean, don’t get me wrong, there does seem to be a lot of free stuff. But when a conversation about a new prosthesis starts to involve colonoscopy – well. That’s a bit too much on the … Continue reading →

…waiting for a doctor to deign to gift me a moment of his time. Still no guarantee I’m going to get the prescription which is the only reason I came. I got a kick out of this… Has anyone ever … Continue reading →

It rained yesterday morning. After a fairly pleasant afternoon it rained hard last night. Apparently it rained all night. This morning it turned to wet snow. The mud is back. It brought friends. The weekend was so warm and nice … Continue reading →

Yeah, I just made that up. Don’t ask what it means, it’s like a koan or a haiku or something cool like that. You’re supposed to decide what it means. Meanwhile I’m taking all the complicated steps involved in doing … Continue reading →

Quote of the day: “There can be few ironies greater than nominating Bernie Sanders after spending two years of accusing Trump of (sic) being too friendly with the Russians.”

I used the pizza dough recipe in my Joy of Cooking, because I’m old. Just had to cut the ingredient sizes in half for one pie. Canned roast beef this time, with lightly-fried potatoes and fresh onions. A big improvement … Continue reading →

Yeah, I know the Jeeps are still in this pic…