Author Archives: Joel

Ridiculously pleasant day, warmer than yesterday though maybe a little breezier than I’d choose. Sometimes, even in January, you get a shirtsleeves afternoon. Not that you want to hear about my underwear, but for the first time since November I’m … Continue reading →

Check this out… Previous best day ever was almost two years ago, when Milo Something Greek and Obtrusively Gay tweeted a link to a TUAK post and for about two hours the stats counter smoked its bearings trying to keep … Continue reading →

I got in Uncle’s gun porn. I’m very briefly famous!

First I want to apologize if anybody got any wrong ideas from the last post, which was admittedly a bit vague. Big Brother’s wife died last weekend after a long illness. BB spared me the drama of what was probably … Continue reading →

I received some terrible news yesterday, of a death in the family that affects one of the few people I really care about. I try to keep things light here at TUAK and I’m just not in a joking mood. … Continue reading →

Somebody else is buying themselves nice things with your money. $24 million for to replace the custom refrigerators – on planes that are being replaced anyway. Remember when Obama criticized corporate fatcats for their fancy jets? While spending $4 billion … Continue reading →

…is twofold: a) It’s an AK. There’s a simple way to do it. b) 10,000 geeks on youtube are panting to bend your ear about it. Approx 90% are full of shit. Therefore, when looking for an AK procedure on … Continue reading →

Actually I purchased some of this stuff myself. But since my income these days comes almost exclusively from the blog in one way or another, maybe that qualifies as care packages too. Some of these are large and/or expensive and … Continue reading →

Landlady came up last night, and she really truly had a carful of care packages… We enjoy going through them together, but after that there was no time to play. We were due to replace the temporary kitchen counter in … Continue reading →

…without one of these… Elon Musk’s $600 Boring Company flamethrower is now up for pre-order – sort of As my eyesight and marksmanship continues to deteriorate, I foresee possibilities here. Actually since everything we know about this proposed, er, thing … Continue reading →

No, really. What the researchers found was that not all sandwiches are created equal and that some varieties have larger carbon footprints than others. The highest footprint was found in premade, prepackaged, all-day-breakfast sandwiches. These contain eggs, bacon, and sausage … Continue reading →

Sorry about no post yesterday, nothing’s wrong, the weather just turned nice again and I went out and played. Now and then I go a day without giving the Internet a thought. Today’s baking day so I have to spend … Continue reading →

😀 I can go whole winters and never put some of this stuff on. But when it gets cold, I finally – this is only my 12th winter in the Gulch – have a full set of cold weather kit. … Continue reading →

For several years I’ve been using a WASR-10 that belongs to Ian instead of my own World’s Ugliest Gun (WUG.) Thanks to the lens implants in my eyes my long vision is better than it’s ever been but my short … Continue reading →

😉 Yeah, that look. That’s the look I probably had on my own face yesterday afternoon when it finally sank in that there would be no more Internet for me until whatever capricious and enigmatic thing that had happened, unhappened. … Continue reading →

Storm passed sometime late yesterday. It wasn’t much of a storm but there was lots of wind and the outdoor temp never got above freezing. Not even Rhode Island Reds wanted out in it. Then of course the clouds cleared … Continue reading →

A regular reader says he keeps getting a “Invalid request signature or no blog id supplied” error message. I know we’re still having the issue with the page failing to update automatically sometimes, but I’m unaware of any other issues … Continue reading →

The outdoor pickup on my cool digital indoor/outdoor thermometer still says it’s a mere 27o – in fact it hasn’t changed in several hours – but I’m telling you the US Congress has turned down the thermostat to punish us … Continue reading →

…and the California speech police immediately try to turn it into a buzz kill. Figures. Marijuana Industry to Customers: Stop using the word ‘pot’ The [pothead] image deeply bothers the marijuana industry, which is telling the public — sometimes gently, … Continue reading →

Not a lot, maybe an inch or two but it’s hard to tell because there was so much wind. The thermometer says it’s only 27o outside but the inside temperature says I’d better bundle up for chores ’cause it’s windy. … Continue reading →