Author Archives: Joel

…goes the game camera. Left it there for two days, and… That’s all that happened. I guess I should be happy there were birds this time. Boy, that place jumped last winter. Now it’s dead as disco. But I know … Continue reading →

Who sent that maple syrup some months ago… Yum. Just saying. I don’t actually make pancakes very often because it’s a large hassle factor for one guy. Hassle factor is the principal reason for my usual breakfast of Spammo Classico. … Continue reading →

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There, I said it. It was sometime back when I was in grammar school, I think. Can’t quite recall. Other people saw it, though. Two people, or maybe four. But I said it, so it must be true. When’s her … Continue reading →

I spent the whole of yesterday morning going to town and schlepping hay with D&L, so never got back to the back door. First thing this morning after chicken chores I gave it a light sanding and a third coat … Continue reading →

…after their first night out of the cage. Actually I suspect they may have overnighted in the cage, since there were two or three in it when I visited this morning. But mostly they’re out and about. Like any flightless … Continue reading →

😀 And it’s fluttering around in there driving Laddie batshit crazy. ETA: I opened the door, it flew out, and Laddie caught it! Wonder if that’s his first vertebrate kill?

Sorry, guys. The Official TUAK IT Department had a major server crash, they’ve got expensive servers lying everywhere, dramatically holding their knees and groaning and wailing about Worker’s Comp. All these trays and broken champagne flutes everywhere…it’s a mess, but … Continue reading →

Exterior urethane, really. Couldn’t decide on a third color for the back door and finally decided I liked it the way it was, except the original varnish was pretty much gone. So first thing this morning I sanded down the … Continue reading →

Hey, it was supposed to be this great invincible thing, but it fizzled at the last minute – and now it just hangs around raining on everybody unbearably and seemingly forever. If it publishes a ghost-written book or three about … Continue reading →

Yeah, it’s tough competition. The Cobray Terminator is still pretty damned bad, and probably remains the worst shotgun. But in Ian’s revised opinion, the overall champion Worst Gun in the World may well be the USFA Zip .22. It’s not … Continue reading →

I can’t wait to see what this noose is made of, and how far it drops. Can I put my neck in it now? Please? From: Col. John R. Oxford, Jr. Hello, this is John R. Oxford, Jr. of the … Continue reading →

And a belt to hold your pants up. And a (much much) better plan for your whole life. “Hey, mister! You dropped your gun!”

When there are chicks I have to go to Landlady’s place at least twice a day to check on them. They go through way more than one feeder’s worth of food per day, and then there’s troubles like this… I … Continue reading →

It’s a month to the day since Laddie moved in… …and we’re still getting used to each other. He’s not a youngster, he’s been through a lot of changes, and he’s not 100% comfortable with me. In fact – ironically, … Continue reading →

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Maybe start with formal exercise, maybe somewhat less bread in the diet… I had come to wonder if the game camera was even working. I’ve moved it around several times but it’s like all the wildlife has just gone away … Continue reading →

Americans born 17 years ago can now enlist to fight in a war that began before they were born. Of course we have loads more to do if we hope to top the worst examples of warlike foolishness in western … Continue reading →

There’s a Breitbart video making the rounds (warning – it’s an hour long) of a Google “all hands” meeting which occurred directly after the – to them, disastrous – 2016 election. All participants either correctly or incorrectly assume that every … Continue reading →

My two battery banks track each other within a few hundreds of a volt all the way up and all the way down.