Author Archives: Joel

@SenSanders so…government? — Brandon Whitehill (@bwhitehill27) August 6, 2016

I did spend a lot of time in Trader Joe’s stores when I lived in Socal. Had to be dragged in at first, then it turned out they had really good food at fairly reasonable prices – by Socal standards … Continue reading →

Canned meat and goodies! .22 ammo! (LOTS of .22 ammo!) An Asimov novel I’ve never read! Thanks, guys!

I’ve complained about phantom pain before, it’s an amputee thing. I got torn up 44 years ago, which is a respectably long time but the phantom limb pain never went away like (I’m told) it does for most people. Just … Continue reading →

Starting IV drip of coffee. Batteries low, both literally and metaphorically. Here’s a funny picture. I’m guessing she failed Irony in school. But hey! She’s plugging for a psycho who says complains! that there’s one standard for Hillary and one … Continue reading →

Claire’s gonna be phasing out her Living Freedom blog at BHM in favor of one of her own. And now we know where it is! And she’s threatening features and stuff! But only if the fundraiser meets hopes expectations. So … Continue reading →

…instead of what they usually do, which is try to arrange for men with guns to confiscate my guns. Restaurant Owner Spurns Those Who Are O.K. With AR-15s So she again turned to the universal soapbox of Facebook. This time … Continue reading →

Alternate title: I found another use for a really bright flashlight! Sorry about the picture quality, I just had my crappy Tracfone camera and a flashlight for lighting. So LB and I went to feed the chicks at Landlady’s place … Continue reading →

Seriously? You clicked on that? *sigh* Yeah, I’ve got nothing but clouds and rain this morning, as I had nothing but clouds and rain all day yesterday, and I won’t even pretend to be cheery about it. Too early in … Continue reading →

Let’s start with a 4X4 Lambo and a truckload of canned goods. There are some power tools I’ve been looking at, and I want all the crimes I’ve ever committed retroactively made non-criminal*. And my debts paid. Then we can … Continue reading →

Last year, after hearing my complaints about how my plastic gasoline jugs were going round from expansion and were popping their seams at the rate of about one a month, a friend sent me two of these steel “Jerry” cans … Continue reading →

I plan to deal with it by pretending the organization they want to rule doesn’t exist. In fact, having finished my morning’s free-market coffee I’m off to finish digging that trench for the improvement in Landlady’s homegrown electrical system now. … Continue reading →

The Adaptive Curmudgeon has been afflicted with work-mandated hardware he must now live with. His normal approach is similar to mine, here at the Secret Lair… Usually I live in my fortress of nerditude; safely behind walls of Linux and … Continue reading →

When the cops shot the innocent old man twelve times, in front of several witnesses – whom they proned and cuffed… And now the cops can return to duty from their lengthy vacation. The killers of Council, Idaho rancher Jack … Continue reading →

S broke ground Friday morning, and poured the footings… Then he finished it up yesterday morning. I was supposed to be involved in this – or at least I was available to be involved – but S works alone. So … Continue reading →

Stolen from JDZ: Trump: Republicans ‘have no choice’ but to vote for me. Donald Trump said Thursday that Republicans wary of his campaign have little choice but to vote for him anyway. “If you really like Donald Trump, that’s great, … Continue reading →

…or am I just behind the times again? From Hillary’s big acceptance speech, how she intends to throw gun owners under any convenient bus… I’m not here to take away your guns. I just don’t want you to be shot … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I bought a pair of cheap boots I thought I was really going to like. Unlike (what was supposed to be) this year’s official Boot Buy, which I made online and instantly regretted, these boots were … Continue reading →

Like we love hookworm and flesh eating bacteria… Yup. Lemme just put down my banjo and stop ass-raping this tourist long enough to go ahead and admit it. If I weren’t such a sexist, bigoted ignorant religious fanatic of a … Continue reading →