Monthly Archives: November 2012

About a year and a half ago I posted something complaining about strike-anywhere wooden matches. I tend to go through a lot of wooden matches, and the issues I feared with those particular matches didn’t come to pass. The matches … Continue reading →

Then I babysat some chickens. Now I’ve seen stupid. So I’m trying to put the ladies to bed for the evening, right? Because it’s four o’clock, and even though it’s uncommonly mild for late November it’s going to get cold … Continue reading →

That’s perfectly rational, and I don’t mind at all as long as she stays still and lets me sleep. Which she often does. When she doesn’t, things can turn weird. Several times I’ve awoken to somebody under my chin, enthusiastically … Continue reading →

Dubious thanks to Tam, who mentioned a development – I don’t know that I should call it “progress” – in the great burning issue of our time… The 11-member [San Francisco] Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on … Continue reading →

And it occasionally teaches you things you can use later. When I was a kid, my circumstances were … not affluent. As I joked this afternoon while someone was complimenting me on my ability to fix horse-cart tires on the … Continue reading →

Guess who could be coming back to a police department near you! The Hero of Canton! No, not that one. This one! Because pulling people over and threatening to murder them is perfectly okay when you’re an only one. H/T … Continue reading →

…some days more than others. Today, I’m just frickin’ ecstatic about it.

Some months ago Ian went off into the wilds of … Tennessee, I think, and shot all the bits and pieces of a video with none other than Oleg Volk*. I saw an early version of the video, and can’t … Continue reading →

I wasn’t even a fan. I always thought he was pretentious, even before he got big as a house and started selling cheap-ass wine at exactly the right time. But then he croaked, and I was sad, and didn’t even … Continue reading →

That the boys and I officially moved into the Secret Lair.

Several years ago, my friend M clinched the deal as to whether I could move to the desert by handing me a job on a platter. “There’s this guy,” he said, “and he’s got a small-engine repair shop and really … Continue reading →

There’s only one thing I can say about this.

Also via Claire, this must-read article on how emails can get you “all in” and really deep. For more than a decade, a persistent myth in Washington DC, fueled by several counterterrorism experts, has been that it is possible to … Continue reading →

The following two paragraphs are presented out of order. Gamez was booked on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the June 17 shooting that killed Armando Casillas. … Continue reading →

I think this would make an interesting study – has Chicago (or all of Illinois, for that matter) ever produced a politician in major office who retired without first doing – or at least richly deserving – jail time? Note … Continue reading →

Sorry about that. The whole domain went away there for a bit. Things got very slow, and then stopped working entirely. I really don’t know why, but it seems to have had to do with Forgotten Weapons (on which TUAK … Continue reading →

I can go with dumbass memes, when I think they’re funny. So I made my ‘pooter some new wallpaper. I’m happy that I’m surrounded by loaded firearms. Aren’t you?

So I heard there was this general, right? And I never really paid any attention to this general, because unless I wake to find them surrounding the Secret Lair with tanks or something generals don’t interest me. They come and … Continue reading →

I actually put in a full day’s work yesterday, and never raised a sweat. I was just finishing up the morning’s edition of my keyboard gig when Geiger Counter Guy called begging (literally begging) for help with arsenic caps, which … Continue reading →

There’s a wonderful, magical place about 35 miles away, with a McDonalds and a Safeway, the coolest alcohol, tobacco and firearms store in the known universe, and a darned good hardware store that sells wood stoves. That last place has … Continue reading →