Author Archives: Joel

Okay, I’ve been using a second-hand iPhone for over a year, courtesy of Landlady. And recently I replaced the Official TUAK Laptop with a refurbished MacBook, courtesy of Big Brother, of course using the iPhone for connection. And I asked … Continue reading →

Damned if I know… 😀 I’d be so tempted to be out there with a basket, playing Mama Bear…

So for the past week or more I’ve been instructed over and over to feign deep concern over the new Mars robot and NASA’s supposed “seven minutes of terror,” or whatever. Don’t hate me if I got that wrong. I … Continue reading →

This is the shortcut channel the water has cut in the horseshoe turn of the wash. The main part of the wash is at least 150 yards wide at this point, just beyond that bank behind the dog. But here … Continue reading →

I didn’t expect it to take half the damned day, but I did get it back at last… In hopes that things would go well I poured my last five gallons of fuel into D&L’s red Jeep, then brought two … Continue reading →

…when you actually run into a bunch of them while out walking. Sure, it happens in the Jeep but they’re not especially afraid of cars and cars cover a lot of ground more quickly than they seem able to process … Continue reading →

It’s a little early in the month for Battery Day, but yesterday afternoon was beautiful and not very cold so I decided to stop putting off fixing what looked like a looming problem with Landlady’s batteries. Even with ALL NEW … Continue reading →

Fans are like bacon: Almost anything can be improved by adding a fan to it. But my early days off grid were in an environment where any appliance whose power draw was measured in amps was immediately suspect unless proven … Continue reading →

Says the State of New York… Democratic lawmakers in New York state are pushing a bill that would require gun purchasers to turn over to the state their social-media profiles and search histories. According to a report by WKBW, the … Continue reading →

The setting moon was magnificent this very clear morning but apparently you need actual camera equipment to do it justice. Can’t see any surface features with the otherwise excellent phone camera. Easier to sleep now that I can close off … Continue reading →

…(sigh) may be more difficult this year. But at least the federal government isn’t actively promoting arguments about socialized medicine, so there’s that. I’m in the happy situation in which only those family members I really like (yes, there are … Continue reading →

Looks like I’ll get it back on Monday with the steering and suspension repaired at least. I’m less confident about the engine – I believe there’s something wrong with the fuel system along the lines of an injector leaking down … Continue reading →

…just before the world goes red and then black… …that maybe this “antifa’ shit was a bad idea and you’re not cut out to be a street fightin’ man after all.

Best pictures of a bull elk I’ve seen so far! Click to achieve full embiggenation.

I’m pretty sure these whackos are being serious. It’s a 30-minute video and I don’t claim to have watched it to the end, so possibly there’s an “April Fool!” stuck in there somewhere. But it’s November, and they really appear … Continue reading →

Hey, remember that ever-so-measured tweet from the congressvermin who thinks gun grabbers have the edge because they control the government that controls the nukes? Well, he’s in trouble now. Correia’s on the job. The confiscators don’t live on base. They … Continue reading →

I may have mentioned from time to time some of the disadvantages of locating outside the smallest, most apparently pointless, most obviously dying little town you ever encountered in the course of a long life. Among these disadvantages is the … Continue reading →

I just can’t find them anywhere… I wonder where they all went?

Thank the gods I never yielded to the temptation to own one of those evil AR15 things… Make mine a nice peaceful peasant’s AK. They never whisper “Kill! Kill!” in their owners’ ears. On the other hand I know several … Continue reading →

In the summer I bake in the morning because it’s too damned hot to bake in the afternoon. In the winter I bake in the morning because it helps heat the damned cabin in the – morning.