Author Archives: Joel

So opined my older brother once long ago, explaining his decision to move from Michigan to another state very far south. I thought about that this morning, when directed from Wendy McElroy’s blog to this…interesting item… The stage is now … Continue reading →

I know this isn’t anything new. I’ve grown used to catching up, if that, and constantly marveling at things every teenager has known forever. but… The first hard drive I ever saw was also a Seagate, by coincidence. It stored … Continue reading →

McConnell: No vote on Scalia replacement under Obama But if McConnell declines to put Obama’s nomination on the floor for a vote, it likely would create gridlock for the remainder of the legislative year because angry Democrats would block the … Continue reading →

From Older Brother and another friend of the blog (and long-time TMM correspondent), books I haven’t read before! And a few I have, but not for many years. There’s a huge pile of to-be-read books next to the Lair’s chair, … Continue reading →

…and I need a moment. Later I’m quite certain I’ll have something absolutely fascinating to share. Not so much at the moment.

I gather it has something to do with the movie Office Space, which I’ve never successfully sat all the way through*. I didn’t catch the reference and still think the ad is pretty funny. — *There’s just something about that … Continue reading →

Sigh…it’s always something. Okay, so out with the old and in with the new. I had some issues getting the cementboard cut to size, but it’ll all be covered with tile anyway and the toilet installation seemed to go just … Continue reading →

I guess this didn’t really happen. The women got into some kind of verbal dispute, Fouts said, during which the visitor pulled out a steak knife and violently stabbed the employee several times in the neck, abdomen and back. A … Continue reading →

You went to the big town about 50 miles away to buy $25 worth of glaucoma meds, and came back with $200 worth of building materials including a new toilet? WTF? I did, I truly did. In my defense it … Continue reading →

Honestly, the “Internet of Things” concept has been a growing reality for years and I still don’t understand why anyone thinks a toilet will do its thing any more efficiently if you connect it to the Internet – or in … Continue reading →

Catching flak for anti-Semitism, [Nugent] responded by saying that Aaron Zelman — a prominent Jewish PRO-gunner until his untimely death and the inspiration for The Zelman Partisans — called Nugent a gun rights hero. Nugent also stated (spelling his): “I … Continue reading →

The big town about 50 miles away, that is, to renew my glaucoma meds. Be back sometime in the afternoon. Have a good day. 😉

I may have occasionally said things that might tend to imply that I’m not Ted Nugent’s biggest fan. Throwing stuff out there just for the publicity is certainly Nugent’s thing, and that’s fine if you’re an aging (hell, aged) B-list … Continue reading →

And if you’re going to change things around, you might keep in mind that your customers may not be keeping up. This is just stupid, scary weird… Drivers in Chrysler vehicles can’t figure out how to put car in park … Continue reading →

Okay, at the last minute I chickened (heh) out on the killing cone. I wasn’t born on a farm, haven’t actually offed one of my little feathered friends for a year and a half, and needed to work myself up … Continue reading →

Some of the most loyal and active TUAK readers are women, and so I request most humbly and sincerely that they pardon my french when I opine that the two supercilious broads who appear at the beginning of this brief … Continue reading →

…now I’m a bit nauseous. .@redsteeze If I paid somebody $250k for an appearance, there better be monster trucks, laser light show & a jumbotron wet t shirt contest — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 7, 2016

(And a big gulchy welcome to our heroic protectors at the Department of Homeland Security…) At Joel’s Gulch (poultry division) if you won’t lay eggs, you will eventually be guest of honor at a chicken dinner. But since our chicken … Continue reading →

How unmutual! Full disclosure: Landlady’s little townie dog Dharma loves to kill rats. Ghost and LB ignore them, unless they build nests right smack in the boys’ territory.