Author Archives: Joel

Funny – you can go a year and never see anything more of elk than tracks and scat. And in fact that’s all I ever see of them in person, except that lately there’s lots and lots of both all … Continue reading →

Went for a morning walky and came upon the Jeep just shaking off the morning frost out where I’ve been parking it lately… Don’t dare drive it down the ridge to the Lair until that axle strut is fixed. I … Continue reading →

I keep saying “don’t act like food,” and people keep galloping the opposite way…

…and I know I didn’t mention it on the blog. I used to use a lot of dry milk in my bread. It was literally the most expensive ingredient, and keeping it in stock was a constant hassle. Plus when … Continue reading →

…who sent me that woodstove fan early last winter… Still works! Which was a question I wanted answered, because I’ve put perfectly good used electronic devices into storage before only to have them completely shit the bed when needed. I’m … Continue reading →

Note to self: Need a bigger/better photo manip … app? I don’t know from apps. But either way, I figured out how to crop, copy, paste, save and post a detail from a photo sent from the iPhone, which means … Continue reading →

Three different people sent me gifts of food… I didn’t recognize the name of the person who sent this – long-term storage food including dry milk, which I was just about to buy on-line because for some reason the local … Continue reading →

It’s a well-worn old joke that Landlady always brings bad weather with her when she comes – or at least it’s supposed to be a joke. She sent me an unexpected text yesterday saying her schedule had changed and she … Continue reading →

…keep your arms locked in a safe at home, and bear all the bitchy, punitive things we choose to do to you while we work up the power to confiscate them. Or so it seems. “(T)he First Circuit of the … Continue reading →

When politics get weird, the weird get politicking. Pimp Dennis Hof wins Nevada legislative race after death He was found dead Oct. 16 after a weekend of parties celebrating his 72nd birthday. Officials are still determining his cause of death, … Continue reading →

…as we say goodbye to the last dregs of a dear old friend.

Here’s some TUAK news: We’re getting a new Official TUAK Computer. The existing one is still in excellent physical condition aside from the letters being worn off the homerow keys, but it no longer measures up to the strict requirements … Continue reading →

Nation torn apart by routine election starting to wonder if government may be too powerful “I was starting to wonder why we were all at each other’s throats,” said one Democratic voter in Oregon. “And then it hit me: the … Continue reading →

The camera’s fine. It got knocked around till it faced the fence I’d mounted it to and never took another picture worth seeing in this session, but it’s fine.

I was appalled. Was this some sort of joke? I wasn’t quite getting the punchline. Among all the polished and camera-trained TV Republicanstm to run for prez, here’s this reality show host? Tell me it’s some really clever meta joke … Continue reading →

See him stalking day or night The islands of the bay Like some veteran tiger Come to hunt his chosen prey He’ll never lack a target here For scum will always rise And to the man who guards your walls … Continue reading →

2018 is the 50th anniversary of a great many things, both cool and horrifying. But Reason Magazine (which also turns 50, though I don’t care as much) reminds me that this is the 50th anniversary of something I did care … Continue reading →

Don’t know if this little guy was here yesterday or not, unexpected complications canceled my planned afternoon visit. But he was floating peacefully in there this morning. A better outcome would have been 3 or 4 meeses sharing a watery … Continue reading →

Hardly stress – I’m pretty sure I have food squirreled away for a year or more, certainly enough for several months. So this is no hardship or anything. But a storm of weird coincidences is pushing me on to my … Continue reading →

And that probably puts me in synch with everybody else in the country. Except I live in a wonderful magical place where I don’t normally have to deal with it. The only confusing bits, normally, are relearning when my favorite … Continue reading →