Author Archives: Joel

It’s foolproof! Problem solved. Confiscated in the public interest from James Zachary.

It seems Tom Kratman has limited patience for book reviews he doesn’t like. Hey, I called it prophetic.

How many does that make now? Y’know, in the waning days of my involvement with Nissan, after it was bought out by Renault, we got notice after notice of corporate bigwigs getting bumped to VP – just before their firing. … Continue reading →

I’ve spent what seems like a decade or more avoiding Kindle. It’s a prejudice I came by early but I believe honestly: Several years ago Amazon got caught in a copyright dispute or something concerning a Kindle title, which they … Continue reading →

Get a load of this. This week, the Internal Revenue Service issued its first “crowdsourcing challenge” to generate ideas from taxpayers on how to improve the process of filing a federal income tax return. The IRS is offering cash prizes, … Continue reading →

I don’t normally pay any attention to what the Lightbringer says, but this often-repeated statement is getting on my nerves. “ISIL is not an existential threat to us” is only true if by “us” you mean “The United States of … Continue reading →

This right here. Pretty sure I haven’t been nibbled on by any passing werewolves. But one thing I’ve never gotten used to about the high altitude desert is how damned intrusive the moon can be. From full to last quarter, … Continue reading →

Did I ever tell you about my all-time favorite car*? 1972 Riv. 455 cubic inches. This car throbbed at idle. Went through a muffler and/or tailpipe annually. Got maybe 5 MPG idling downhill. God, I loved it, it was so … Continue reading →

Off in a corner of my yard, between the back of the chicken yard and the chicken “processing” station, there’s a crappy little metal shed. I hauled it in two years ago. Can you believe somebody wanted to throw it … Continue reading →

Now that I seem to have shaken my chimney fire phobia, maybe I can work on my winter coat hoarding problem. Like the phobia, I came by it honestly. Spent the winter of ’08-’09 as if in training for the … Continue reading →

No, me neither. Funny thing is, I always said the embargo ought to be lifted. It makes no sense if only America is doing it, and it isn’t worth continuing just as a petulant gesture. In the end it did … Continue reading →

Back in the eighties I had an AR and one of these cranky things. Brought it to the range once and decided it was shite. That’s because there was no Youtube. Hell, I’m even the right age, more or less. … Continue reading →

Heh. At some point it seems the coyote decides the human is no threat, and then it’s just screwing around… That’s maybe a bit smaller than the ‘yote that LB and I encountered two weeks ago. It had a different … Continue reading →

Stolen from Peter.

Got an early start this morning, getting the ‘going to town’ thing out of the way. Had to gather more fuel than usual, because two propane bottles emptied over the winter needed to be refilled. Should have waited for another … Continue reading →

The Night the Rolling Stones Fired Donald Trump Yes it did require lethal weapons.

“Maybe I need a better sewing box.” Missing a button on a favorite hoodie and wanting to fix it before it goes away for summer, I had to empty everything out of the box before I could get to my … Continue reading →

Through the miracle of Donald Trump, left-wing Hollywood can no longer insult or debase us enough to actually describe us. Our long battle against Hollywood bias is over! We have defeated them by becoming exactly what they said we were. … Continue reading →

Not because abiding by laws is necessarily a bad thing in itself, but because the laws themselves are out of control and often just stupid. Here’s someone who agrees, which means he must be right. 🙂 “Law abiding” is becoming … Continue reading →

Confirmed: Idaho Permitless Carry to go to Governor Otter These people are forcing me to pay attention to state-level politics. It was two weeks ago today that the West Virginia senate overrode the veto on permitless carry in that state, … Continue reading →