Author Archives: Joel

That’s what it says here… I guess because his ‘renewable energy’ plans went so well over here, now he wants to spread them around? The act commits the US government to supporting President Obama’s Power Africa initiative. Although headlined as … Continue reading →

The sad case of Selma established that unless you’re actually starving, a scrawny 4-year-old Rhode Island Red laying hen is not worth eating in any form or fashion. Now meet #4, a 3-year-old Brahma. Say hello, #4. Okay, she’s not … Continue reading →

I never expected #idiocracy to become a documentary. — Etan Cohen (@etanjc) February 24, 2016 Etan Cohen wrote the screenplay and – alas – lived to see his creation come to life and begin taking over the world.

A friend of the blog sent me boxes of books, including (oh, great gift!) fiction I would actually have purchased myself and wished to drop everything and read immediately. Spider Robinson is a SF writer for whom I have mixed … Continue reading →

…but…well… Oh, hell, this certainly has to be the quote of the day, if nothing else: “Obviously at some point they were conscious because somebody felt threatened,” …said Inglewood’s mayor in a brave attempt to explain why police officers in … Continue reading →

Took my first shot at the season’s first ground squirrel just a few minutes ago. I’m trying to make a new sheath for my folding knife, went into the powershed for a sheet of Kydex (door was chained open) heard … Continue reading →

Funny! Landlady and I were just talking about this very thing yesterday morning over coffee. Because while of course I’ve heard of Kim Kardashian, I truly had no idea who she is or what she’d ever done to be famous. … Continue reading →

Eight large wheelbarrows full of compacted crap later… The level of the chicken yard is so much lower it’s currently possible to walk under all parts of the roof without stooping. Then I opened up a new bale, spread out … Continue reading →

What follows are three headlines I swear I did not make up or embellish in any way. Links are provided purely as proof of premise, there’s no reason to actually click on them because I promise the headlines really do … Continue reading →

Okay, so the Fortress of Attitude is really small. I put it in the only relatively level place available close to the cabin that wasn’t right where you’d never put up a fenced chicken yard. That place was small. Maybe … Continue reading →

Well, you know, neighbors have these little disputes from time to time. It doesn’t make them bad people. This might be the funniest thing to happen in the Donald Trump clown show since he bit off a live chicken’s head … Continue reading →

The true definition of first world problems – wearing the same dress as your dad. pic.twitter.com/Fi2HCxSEib — Gareth Soye (@GarethSoye) February 25, 2016

Several years ago I bought a cheap MP3 player at a dollar store. It was one of those tiny little things you hook to your pocket and listen to through earbuds, and I thought I’d use it while working on … Continue reading →

And our whole hollow is his stuff. It keeps him busy. As far as I can tell, Ghost turns eleven sometime this year. Might possibly be twelve. He’s not a very big dog, he’s not a very purebred dog, so … Continue reading →

The sun got off to a slow start this morning, but finally before noon the temp climbed into laundry-washing territory… …which is good because I was out of gelsocks. Still got a stack of regular stumpsocks, but the gelsocks are … Continue reading →

What becomes of one who’s just watched his audience get mowed down with AKs? Your refusal to demand that these unconstitutional and unconscionable laws be struck from the books — all of them — is why these attacks can and … Continue reading →

And went ahead and did it anyway, even when it killed the last guy who tried. People seem to have been more cavalier about life in the 1940’s. The Demon Core, or Things You Shouldn’t Do with a Big Ball … Continue reading →

I’ve actually been here. There are times when, adrift in an unfamiliar environment and faced with a snap decision, the one you make proceeds to become an office legend that follows you around for a long, long time. Example: An … Continue reading →

Great idea! Questionable follow-through. Business owner requiring all employees to be armed GRIFFIN, Ga. — A local business owner with several offices in Georgia is now requiring all of his employees to get a concealed carry license and be armed. … Continue reading →

I normally avoid tab-clearing posts, not because I object to them but just because if I don’t have anything pointless and narcissistic to say about something I’d rather not bother bringing the subject up at all. Hey, it’s my blog. … Continue reading →