Author Archives: Joel

With neighbors on both sides, whenever I want to go shooting I feel obligated to either travel way back in the boondocks to do it or get buy-in from the neighbors because of the noise. So – not that I … Continue reading →

Wow, couldn’t have picked a more perfect morning to pour a slab. It was even sprinkling a bit at first. I knew I should have bought seven sacks. Meant to, and I always underestimate how much concrete I need. Always. … Continue reading →

Final tally for the ($85 plus shipping) LB Grave Marker Bleg comes to $206.66. More-or-less in your name I have pledged $100 to the travel fund for Laddy the Highly Intolerant (We have too many L’s here already, so if … Continue reading →

Be afraid. Obey. Consume. Depend on the Authorities. Marry and reproduce.

Went to chicken chores early, because I had to put on my Sexton Joel hat. The form I use for pouring pet grave markers is in Landlady’s barn, and so is all my concrete. It might be months before we … Continue reading →

Sometimes I don’t recognize the world I grew up in. I’m pretty sure it’s the same place – the names are mostly the same, the oceans haven’t moved – but it’s not the same at all. It can hit me … Continue reading →

But the problem has been explained to me at last, in terms I can understand. I am appalled that you cannot understand why this plastic gun is a SERIOUS, MAJOR threat to the security of our country and its people. … Continue reading →

All these strangers, wanting to give me money. I must be a helluva guy. But most offers are more convoluted – or maybe just more incoherent – than this one… Dear day Friend, My name is Michael Kent I am … Continue reading →

Sorry, I had a morning post all queued up and then apparently never scheduled it. I was out the door early this morning for my first day on the job. All I have to do is drive up a road … Continue reading →

I got the flu last December for the first time in a decade, and like always it flattened me out. In one way the timing was fortuitous since I’d only moved into the first floor bedroom two months earlier, and … Continue reading →

You guys are awesome. Stop sending money for LB’s grave marker, we’re almost at 200% since the last time I looked. With your consent, I’ll pledge any surplus to another fund raiser currently taking pledges – gas expenses for the … Continue reading →

As you know the pet sematary part of Boot Hill where I buried Little Bear last month … is … how shall I put this … eccentrically elaborate? Landlady gets these from a little company called peternity, which unfortunately got … Continue reading →

I spent yesterday afternoon hiding from the heat – Monsoon has taken a break and it was one of the hottest days of the month. Not crazy over the top hot, and the lull in the humidity is nice, but … Continue reading →

Made the regular Monday morning water run this morning. The local food store/hardware got a pallet of concrete a couple of weeks ago and that was my best chance for acquiring the concrete I need for the rear steps, but … Continue reading →

Won’t anyone think of the children? h/t And anyway, straw bans can fix anything! And remember – the next time you peek through your blinds and are annoyed to see that smiling pair waiting on your porch, magazines in hand… … Continue reading →

I don’t think I ever found a less fruitful location than this particular corner of the wash. A few birds and one mule deer that was apparently lost. This is the whole recorded activity, every single frame, for four days… … Continue reading →

Sunday mornings on weekends when Landlady is here we usually get together for coffee. This morning we agreed to try some of that canned bread Big Brother sent. There’s not a lot to say about it except that it’s really … Continue reading →

D’you know, when I proposed using 30-pound propane bottles for the Secret Lair’s cookstove, some people argued that that would never work? I couldn’t imagine why not, this is one of the poorest counties in the continental U.S., lots of … Continue reading →

Landlady was scheduled to come up this weekend but I wasn’t expecting much in the way of care packages. I had bought some stuff on Amazon, tools and such… A package of yeast, a set of clamping leads for my … Continue reading →