Monthly Archives: June 2016

Well, they didn’t have a pouch that would fit my knife, but they did have three different kinds of 9mm Mak ammo. So it wasn’t a wasted trip. 100 rounds of Serbian ball – seems like only yesterday our elected … Continue reading →

Not really, I’m not quite that much of a snowflake and anyway this has never proven stressful before. But I am doing something a bit unusual this morning, I’m taking a half-day jaunt to the bigger town about 35 miles … Continue reading →

@seanmdav i'm calling semi-automatic machines machine guns. You don't get to pick my terms. Your NRA buzzwords don't apply to me — Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) June 22, 2016 I may have to get myself one of those “Twitter account” … Continue reading →

JUST IN: Democrats staging sit-in on US House floor, reading the names of victims of gun violence – @LukeRussert pic.twitter.com/8bx3o6kjQc — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) June 22, 2016 Great to see our former colleague now in the Senate, @ChrisMurphyCT, on … Continue reading →

I think I’m going to call her Adie. Short for Arrested Development. And when I cull out the other defective/unproductive hens, I think I’m going to let her live. Why not? She doesn’t eat much, she doesn’t have hardly any … Continue reading →

Hey, you know that guy who shot up that gay nightclub in Orlando? And how his wife was maybe an accomplice? The FBI didn’t want to disturb her in her grief, you know, because she’s Muslim and all and they’re … Continue reading →

Semidecennial? The Jeep’s oil change interval isn’t quite that bad. But it’s pretty bad. I need to have the money, need to remember to get oil and filter while I’m in town, need to have the want-to (and you spend … Continue reading →

Ian put a fridge in his cave a few years ago and bid me help myself, but except for a luxury or two and my bulk yeast I never used it much before this year. This is my tenth summer … Continue reading →

And yet I’m blogging about it… You know that time you accidentally spilled a 5-gallon jug of water in your car, transforming it into a sort of iron pond? (a steaming iron pond, given the temperature.) And when you’d found … Continue reading →

I just somehow feel compelled to add my small voice to the chorus. Bear with me a moment if you would. When this guy right here… …takes it into his precious head to tell the world that he’s ‘totally down’ … Continue reading →

Authorities: Man at Las Vegas rally said he wanted to kill Trump My brother sent me this link with the note, If anyone ever decides to assassinate me, I hope that person is as incompetent as Michael Steven Sandford. After … Continue reading →

Also, Vin Scully is older than Abner Doubleday and can say whatever the hell he wants on the air.

Hopefully the Operation Blazing Sword thing is catching on. As of my last reading there are over 600 volunteers in 49 states offering free defense training. Here’s the current Google map, but I don’t know how to see how many … Continue reading →

There’s a period of time, maybe about two hours before the sun goes down completely, when it’s cooler less hot outside and suddenly the cabin is unbearable. Also there’s still enough light to get things done. In that interlude I … Continue reading →

Chickens will, in fact, cuddle up to a jug of ice on a very hot afternoon. Also, so far and unlike our earlier and lesser heat wave, the egg count hasn’t dropped.

I’d say something about how it’s worse for the people in the valley cities. But they’re all enjoying their air conditioning right now…

Okay: As far as I can tell, the only important thing to know about Bill Gates since that thing he did once is that he’s got a lot of money, and he believes that makes him wise and important. Naturally … Continue reading →