Author Archives: Joel

Haven’t visited the game camera in 10 days. I have just shy of 450 frames of a family of elk – 3 cows and 3 … calves? Fawns? Dunno … just hanging around shooting the shit. Kept hoping for a … Continue reading →

Heavy-duty sucker, too. And as somebody pointed out, it may not be working. The bracket isn’t just ripped off the axle, the part still attached to the strut/arm/shock is torn nearly in two. Something pretty stressful went on under there: … Continue reading →

Well, bad-luck gigs happen. Sometimes the trouble is worth the money, sometimes not. At least so far the axle has stayed more or less at right angles to the direction of travel. That’s important – I learned that at mechanicing … Continue reading →

Should have just taken the key off the ring. I’ve had the key to S&L’s place since before I accumulated enough of other people’s keys that I needed to carry a ring around with me. So the last thing I … Continue reading →

A little of the tension from yesterday’s Jeep travails is fading. I got through two trips without any new thing going wrong, so maybe disaster isn’t imminent and I can limp through this after all. I do believe I’ll take … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s misadventures have turned every trip to T&S’s place into a very uncertain expedition – uncertain when or whether I’m making it back home under Jeep power, that is. I was almost to the top of the plateau this morning … Continue reading →

If you zoom in and look close you can see the Jeep WAY down there. And I wasn’t at the top of the mesa when I took the pic. This is like one of those stairways you read about that … Continue reading →

As I suspected it would, the Jeep started right up once it had had a chance to cool off. Man, I really need a trip to the shop. So now it’s safe on the top of Ian’s ridge – I … Continue reading →

Went up to the mesa and did my morning chores. There are two ways to get there: The long and easy way and the short, steep rocky way. I took the long way up but the short way down. I’m … Continue reading →

…probably with the help of some expired pharmaceutical products sent me by [name redacted] the last time my back went sprong. Woke just now feeling very stiff but not as if I’d been sent to Room 101 – and a … Continue reading →

Sweartagod sometimes it feels like we’re the last generation before the decline and failure of the species. 50 years of increasingly fearful and cowardly behavior in the halls of higher education has created a generation of students who are expected … Continue reading →

I thought after yesterday’s water-hauling that I might do well to put my back brace on. Woke up feeling no better and actually planned to put the brace on – but didn’t quite get to it in time. Now I … Continue reading →

At least if you’re in Washington state… h/t

In lieu of an idea for a real post at six ayem… Good morning! h/t

This paradigm has been shifting so quietly and so gradually I’m always surprised when somebody shoots a cop in self-defense and gets released without charge. Early in the morning of October 10th, 2018, a young police officer and an armed … Continue reading →

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So, concerning our exciting new header… I get this email from Ian’s IT guy who I think is not enjoying his opportunity to be a part of my cavalcade of obsolescence… The problem you are now experiencing is due to … Continue reading →

With the door we brought yesterday from the big town about 50 miles away. You wouldn’t think it would take as long as it did – we spent more than 3 hours getting this thing attached to the building and … Continue reading →

Landlady and I have been working at Ian’s, and today’s assignment was to dispose of the junk we recently cleaned out of the powershed and then acquire a new powershed door. The first required a trip to the county dump, … Continue reading →

In hindsight, those Disney cartoons sure are creepy. No? I mean, think about it – most of the male characters aren’t characters at all, just objectified plot devices furthering the creepy sexualized appetites of the female protagonists. Body shaming, classism … Continue reading →