Author Archives: Joel

Stupid cow.

Managed to wear off the bottom part of my stump, which fact began to show up day before yesterday actually but today it’s really trying to get my attention. Had to stop (whoops, had to stop typing to go out … Continue reading →

…but have a plan to kill everyone you meet. Words to live by. Here’s the sad story of two idiots who forgot the first two instructions entirely, and can’t really be said to have had a firm grasp of the … Continue reading →

Fortunately, this one has all those guns and lawyers. DOJ Budget Ramps Up Funding for Eminent Domain ‘Land Acquisition’ in Potential Effort to Clear Way for Border Wall There’s no reason whatever to click that link, the title covers the … Continue reading →

…and they broke a lot of pots. Really, it must have been annoying as hell. Considering that now, 700-odd years later, it’s not really all that unusual to walk along and stumble upon a potsherd that some elk or cow … Continue reading →

…possibly in collusion with DNC and white house staffers. AG Sessions, zealous enough in his prosecution of every other non-republican-donor thing on earth, shows a suspicious reluctance to investigate Paypal’s sudden propensity for crashing my computer every time I try … Continue reading →

If you zoom in you can see the out-of-focus roofs of Landlady’s house and barn shining in the sun. Can’t really see anything else, this camera has its limits. This is taken from most of the way up the ridge … Continue reading →

The road up the ridge hasn’t been maintained in a while. The road guy used to grade it, which was a damned funny sight, but now it’s down to shale all over and he doesn’t waste time on it. There’s … Continue reading →

Seriously. Q589: Are there any legal self defence products that I can buy? The only fully legal self defence product at the moment is a rape alarm. These are not expensive and can be bought from most local police stations … Continue reading →

Went up to and across the plateau yesterday afternoon with Little Bear to feed a couple of horses, carefully noting the mileage up and back. On the far side of that is a mesa on top of which is one … Continue reading →

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Two links I saw right next to each other, with no apparent ironic intent… From the Los Angeles Times: Chelsea Manning, who served 7 years in prison for handing U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks, to be featured in Vogue, sources say … Continue reading →

I have a new paying gig this week. It’s a very simple one, just feeding some animals and watering some plants, but getting to it is not a small matter. And I’m almost out of gasoline, so I have to … Continue reading →

I don’t like him this much. Trump’s Israel Visit: Major Security in Jerusalem, Bethlehem JERUSALEM — You’ve heard of armored vehicles for world leaders and A-list celebrities. Now President Donald Trump is about to get an armored hotel suite. A … Continue reading →

Once you’ve formally announced to the public that their decisions simply do not matter, and that a niche subculture of the country gets to exercise an extra-constitutional veto on any decision they don’t approve of — once you’ve made it … Continue reading →

But not to the Internet. That would be stupid. Hee…I have trouble enough keeping the damn laptop connected. This new tablet a generous reader sent me never would connect at all. Can’t imagine what I’d have to do to connect … Continue reading →

Regular readers know it’s been many years since the Lair saw a loaf of storebought bread. My bread is infinitely cheaper and tastes a great deal better than storebought, and the ingredients are easily available, and it’s not like I’m … Continue reading →

Perfect time for it. The bell curve for “typical” spring weather in the high desert is fairly wide, and we’ve spent the past couple of days ‘way over on the low side marked Lousy. So I’ve just been cocooning in … Continue reading →