Author Archives: Joel

ISIS Appreciates the NRA’s Work In the United States, you can buy semi-automatic weapon without submitting yourself to a background check, so long as you make your purchase at a gun show. Roughly 90 percent of Americans object to this … Continue reading →

Yesterday I spent only a few hours working myself into a pain-wracked mess. Quit before I had to spend a week recovering. Received my reward for that this morning when I finished the woodshed floor in a single non-painful hour. … Continue reading →

Remember when Bill Nye was an inoffensive childrens’ actor? Now it seems he is the arbiter of what is Sciencetm. ‘Bill Nye’ Episode on Netflix Omits Segment Saying Chromosomes Determine Gender In the original episode [of Bill Nye the Science … Continue reading →

That old saw about how it’s the fuel that warms you twice? Bullshit. It’s making me sweat over and over. I hate each and every little rectangular bastard on that pile. The problem with shale? It’s made of rock. And … Continue reading →

…it’s time to go home. Yeah, he’s looking at you, Hillary. Hey! Remember Gersh Kuntzman? Poor ol’ traumatized Gersh has apparently shaken off his AR15-induced PTSD long enough to notice that there was a presidential election and his girl (woman? … Continue reading →

I got everything done I wanted to, and after three days the new permanent woodshed is complete except for the floor. There’s a good source of shale on a slope not far from the cabin. There’ll be a lot of … Continue reading →

That, basically right there, is the new woodshed. Rats are just naturally attracted to piles of things: There’s no way to keep a pile of firewood rat-free that wouldn’t be more hassle than the rats. But I’m thinking if I … Continue reading →

…and somehow it’s the talking point du jour because even though it’s based on a 30-year-old novel it happens to be so timely! Because it’s exactly like what Trump is doing to America, because Christians. It happens I have a … Continue reading →

Okay, I laid on all the roofing from the front of the shed to the rear, and when I got to the rearmost sheet the problem was plain as day; the SW pole was a couple of inches out of … Continue reading →

I don’t even know why. After four solid hours in the sun (and my first sunburned neck of the season, yay,) this is as far as I’ve gotten. I only need to finish the roof today. That was the – … Continue reading →

That’s the four corners of my new permanent woodshed, which I need to finish so I can move the big pile of firewood that didn’t get burned on schedule this winter, which I need to move so I can begin … Continue reading →

So I overslept this morning, this first glorious summerlike morning when I really seriously have things to do, things I spent yesterday clearing the decks for. I want to – at a minimum – get the poles up for the … Continue reading →

Like, all the available services… That, fair readers, is the meat cooler of the only food market in the little town nearest where I live. I’ve been counting, and in the past ten years this cooler has broken down approximately … Continue reading →

Here’s one of those headlines I laughed at without ever even glancing at the actual article, and I swear I’m not making it up: Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost Hint: Although I’m quite sure the article … Continue reading →

Just this morning I was bitching about how my summer-weight desert boots froze my foot during the cold snap, right? So I went over to S&L’s after morning chicken chores, and damned if L wasn’t planning to send these to … Continue reading →

…and he missed his. He gets enough success from his Sumo toy to keep him interested, and perpetually finds it frustrating enough to keep me entertained. He seems to understand now that if he rolls it around enough, treats come … Continue reading →

Today’s supposed to be substantially warmer than the past two days, and then the coming week is supposed to be quite nice. But right now I’m really wishing I hadn’t put my winter socks in storage. And that new Carhartt … Continue reading →

Yale Grad Students Go on ‘Symbolic’ Hunger Strike Where They’re Allowed to Eat They’re already getting paid to be college students – at a rate roughly fifteen times what I made last year – full health bennies and paid-up tuition. … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning the TUAK pageview counter started smoking its bearings – very briefly. Somebody at Free Republic linked to the latest Mountain House taste test, and half the conservasphere came to look. But I guess new threads pile up fast … Continue reading →

Come get it or I’m going to have it picked up and euthanized. It’s April 29, and this is officially the latest date on which I’ve ever seen it snow here. Not very much snow and it’ll go away, but … Continue reading →