Author Archives: Joel

Somebody asked for more details about the camera shutter remote control that came with that lens kit my brother sent me a couple of weeks ago. When you turn it on, it activates something you have to go into the … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON STATE TOUGHENS GUN LAWS, BANS ‘GHOST GUNS’ “Piece by piece, they’re chopping away,” Or so they choose to believe.

…looking for my keys. They weren’t in any of the places they should have been. They weren’t in any of the places they shouldn’t have been. This time of year I leave the pistol, knife and key ring on the … Continue reading →

…until you’ve driven it wet and dry. I’d have testified that I was quite familiar with the roads on the other side of the plateau before this morning, but since I’d never driven them during/after a good soaky rain I … Continue reading →

It rained all night. The road’s going to be a mess. I have to go all the way up the mesa to take care of cats this morning, and water the greenhouse plants. But unless there’s a real weather anomaly … Continue reading →

The Chassepot to FAMAS kickstarter has settled down to a merely extraordinary first week.

I rolled out of bed at 5:30 this morning, about the regular time. A few minutes later I got a text from Landlady. Now, Landlady and Ian were due to come up together this weekend, and we were all going … Continue reading →

Aren’t the Dems supposed to be fielding people who would be an improvement? STOP MAKING TRUMP LOOK GOOD.

Not one little bit. The sun came out! Very briefly. I jumped up from where I’d spent most of the morning sitting and hooked up Torso Boy for a walkie. Then I started laying out metallic targets to determine how … Continue reading →

Yesterday it did just what was promised: Unseasonably cool with wandering storm cells in the afternoon. Hardly like the town-stomping downpours I’ve heard the Midwest got, hardly worth mentioning. I rushed my trip up the plateau yesterday afternoon when things … Continue reading →

They sure blend into the background once the paint fades. Didn’t come out half bad, though… That’s the hard part, because I had to do it on the ladder. Dulled two of Mark’s nice 3/8″ drill bits getting that much … Continue reading →

Bread came out nice this morning. 🙂 I have a few days’ lag time between now and Friday, when we’re working on the porch of Ian’s cave. I have all the tools and materials I need to do something I’ve … Continue reading →

…and so rather busy. The bread is in the oven and the moment it comes out I have to jump in the Jeep and go do chores at Landlady’s and up the plateau. I’m cogitating a longer blog post concerning … Continue reading →

I’ve got that gig going up and down the plateau this week, so I had to fill my gas cans. Plus two water bottles and one from Ian’s place, a sack of hen pellets, four of D&L’s water bottles… Having … Continue reading →

That’s the good news. The bad news is the article was written three days ago. The evil rightwing MSM, tools of the fascist Trump regime, have kept this truth from you until it’s almost too late. Earlier this year, Rep. … Continue reading →

And I was trying to get some photos of him when there was one of those fluttering thuds that says somebody picked a fight. And when I looked up, the resident black chin was back. This guy, or one just … Continue reading →

It’s turning into a lovely May. I wanted to work on the metallic target rack but need some fasteners I can’t get till tomorrow. So I’ve mostly sat around getting over the dehydration and sunburn of the past couple of … Continue reading →

…and so I’ll be going up there twice a day for the next week. They’ve been doing that twice a year for a couple of years now, and never before that. I like to think I’m making life easier for … Continue reading →

And now I have a lot of cleaning up and putting of things away to do before I can collapse in a chair. ETA: The plywood having been replaced with 2X6s, Laddie wishes it to be known that he does … Continue reading →

Less than half finished with the porch floor… But I’m out of steam and my back hurts. Shouldn’t feel too bad about it, I guess. I’ve been working since around 6:30. Hope I can hitch a ride to town tomorrow … Continue reading →