Author Archives: Joel

I need to re-adjust that game camera a bit, as I feared. Windage is good but the elevation turns out a bit high. Would have been all right but the two deer the camera saw appeared between the camera and … Continue reading →

Hey, in the boonies you take your entertainment where you find it. The solstice and length of days isn’t the issue that it used to be here at the Secret Lair. Last winter I substituted the Lair’s two Interstate batteries … Continue reading →

Swear it’s starting to look like it might take the traditional month before I shake the aftereffects of that bit of sickness in December. I’m short of energy, my neck’s still stiff, my back’s been singing to me since Tuesday, … Continue reading →

Actually I doubt this is the same rodent we saw a few nights ago, or that dug that tunnel. But this one has paid the price of crime.

There are two things a one-legged person really ought to own, whether he likes it or not… Technically I owned these, but I left them out in the weather when I moved into the Interim Lair eleven years ago. I … Continue reading →

The various holidays have everybody’s schedules all screwed up, even though none of us work regular jobs. Though I was kind of looking for excuses not to go to town, this afternoon was my first chance in a while for … Continue reading →

Seriously. Er…because he’s a frickin’ Marine in a frickin’ war zone? Just a guess. I note that he’s far from the only armed person in that photograph. Just a quick scan shows three M4 buttstocks and another Beretta. So apparently … Continue reading →

So I woke up at quarter to four this morning and immediately knew there was something wrong with the new space heater. It was noticeably cool in the bedroom, and you know, the space heater is supposed to make that … Continue reading →

…is that some retailer, somewhere, will be stuck with huge stocks of fidget spinners as the fad suddenly ends. My only hope is that it’s a retailer I dislike intensely. They even sell them at the store in the little … Continue reading →

I don’t know why I’m surprised that it’s taking so long to shake the last of last week’s illness. I’ve always been susceptible to whatever flu bug was going around – back in the world I caught it more-or-less annually … Continue reading →

One of the things I’ve wanted to do with a game camera is put it outside an active nest that something dug under the new woodshed. I think the something is probably a packrat – packrats usually make big untidy … Continue reading →

…and if you gaze into the game camera, the game camera gazes also into you. Yo, I just totally made that up. Deep, huh? While I was taking this picture yesterday afternoon, the background was taking a picture of me. … Continue reading →

Took a good long while to work through all the menu options, and get the game camera taking pictures when I expected it to rather than at widely- and randomly-spaced moments within a given interval. But I think we have … Continue reading →

Landlady got in last night, and this morning it was Christmas! Check it out…

The 2 millionish (disclosed!) underworked, overpaid federal employees would thank you for all the nice things they can buy, but – well, face it. You don’t thank an ATM machine, and that’s all you are. Open the Books KEY FINDINGS: … Continue reading →

Best wishes to all TUAK readers currently experiencing winter.

…and then the next problem of not enough water, and then the life-threatening illness, what’s next? Anyone? Class? Of course! Very good. Too much water! That float switch has always been problematic. I’d prefer a switch that’s remote from the … Continue reading →

My generous neighbor L, prior to going to the city to celebrate the holiday with family, left me chicken soup and also a Christmas goodie… No, not the bread. I baked the bread and took the picture yesterday. But this … Continue reading →

Ian tries it so we don’t have to. 😀 If they’d been available when I was a kid, I fear I’d have owned three – and spent effort making excuses for each one.

…until the photo was posted on Drudge…