Monthly Archives: May 2018

So this morning D&L and I got together early for a flying trip to the big town about 50 miles away. There were at first literally only two stops: Drop L off at Wally World while D and I ran … Continue reading →

Okay, so I confess I’ve developed something of a reluctance to begin the porch project because it seemed to me that once committed I had to ride the thing to completion in a single session. The very first step was … Continue reading →

But in my world a target that’s both loathsome and easy to hit is going to draw a lot of fire. Hogg tweeted: Remeber a time when there wasn’t a school shooting every week? I don’t because I wasn’t alive. … Continue reading →

I saw that pic yesterday and instantly wanted a copy blown up to poster size. Been thinking of decorating the Lair bedroom, and a poster of adults stepping over the “die-in” kids seemed kind of perfect somehow. I wonder if … Continue reading →

Took two working days longer than I wanted, but I pretty much knew I was hosed when I had to go to town for bolts and bits and blades. Because that wasn’t going to happen before Monday. But LB and … Continue reading →

Should have, could have finished. But it was already three in the PM by the time I had steel and plywood ready to go out to the wash, I was tired and cranky, the sun was in my eyes, this … Continue reading →

I love the crappy market in the little town nearest where I live… …in the way one might love the cranky old uncle who lives in the spare bedroom at the end of the hall, and still want to put … Continue reading →

…but ran out of bux. So I’m going to have to go the cheap route for now. For years, ever since that dehydration/kidney stone incident in 2013, I’ve been hauling drinking water home from town. That – I’m a little … Continue reading →

Regular readers know that Uncle Joel loves him some Spam, and in fact I do go through quite a lot of it. So the recent Hormel announcement of a Spam recall literally hit home. And numerous concerned friends have emailed … Continue reading →

Don’t know how you guys put up with it, I truly don’t.

One thing I didn’t do at the end of last year’s busy building season was sort out all my scrounged fasteners. In fact until last week’s scramble to find enough bolts to assemble the new metallic target stand, I hadn’t … Continue reading →

Slow day. I hoped to go to the hardware store in the little town nearest where I live, because then I could get the bolts and drillbit(s) needed to finish the stand for paper targets at the shooting range. But … Continue reading →

Is that what this idiot was trying to say? I guess because without Dear Leader’s own-people-murdering skills the Norks would just dissolve into chaos and anarchy, so he’s duty-bound to keep doing it even though he’d rather be watching basketball? … Continue reading →

…even when you’re Gun Jesus. 😀

1: What is the proper term for the big gasket that’s supposed to run across the bottom edge of the rear glass? (Conspicuously not present in the photo above) 2: Where can I order a new one? It’s been slowly … Continue reading →

Okay, I knew I had a problem before I even knocked off yesterday evening… …because I was gonna need a bunch of bolts. And I didn’t have a bunch of bolts. Screws I got. Nails I got. Don’t really stock … Continue reading →

ETA: Some relevant reading for the good Congressman, whom I’m sure is prepared to do his research before writing his so-useful laws: The Mathematics of Countering Tyranny It’s James Wesley Rawles, so a little salt may be required to taste. … Continue reading →

And the end is nigh for my burn barrel… It’s basically in two pieces now, it just has too much inertia to act on the fact. Gets great airflow, though. I have often thought that if I knew where to … Continue reading →