Author Archives: Joel

Went to town this morning for the first time in a couple of weeks. Maybe it’s just the season, but more and more I’ve been making the trip less and less. Call me a hoarder, but I love full buckets, … Continue reading →

It’s like all the trailer park bubbas in the world were rounded up, handed a nuclear weapon and lots of cash and told, “See what you can do.” So somewhere in the New Mexico desert, unknown and unmourned, lies an … Continue reading →

So you remember a few days ago, when I said a Generous Reader had sent me a free tablet – a tablet computer has been on my want list for years, I confess, though I could never bring myself to … Continue reading →

For the record, it seems the wearing of toe rings and/or bangles is now sexist or racist or something. Just so you know. “In pop culture, you have probably seen the likes of Iggy Azalea and Selena Gomez wear them … Continue reading →

Here’s an actual headline that actually appeared on an actual news site: Jeb Bush to unimpressed New Hampshire crowd: ‘Please clap’

It’s Thursday, the fourth in our string of really unpleasantly frigid mornings. Sunlight has been good all week but the temperature has rarely ventured even briefly above freezing which means all that ice we got at the end of the … Continue reading →

I see a picture, and I just can’t figure out… I’m sure there’s some really logical reason for these people to be doing this. I’m convinced of it. For the life of me, though, I can’t guess what it might … Continue reading →

Situation summary: You have shot to death the unruly person you were assigned to subdue, and the innocent bystander behind that person. In less than 100 words, describe how you will proceed to make this situation worse. Chicago (AFP) – … Continue reading →

You probably don’t remember an article I linked year before last, where a bunch of South Korean activists sent balloons bearing 10,000 Choco Pies over the Nork border. I thought that was cooler than shit. Um…Perhaps that was an unfortunate … Continue reading →

The least appealing person I’ve ever seen demonstrates why guns in public places are a bad thing…or something. No straw man arguments there. And as far as I can tell, it’s not supposed to be a parody.

Forgive me, I know I’m going on at unnecessary length but there’s something about this situation that tickles my inner Oliver Wendell Douglas. I went to bed unusually late last night and slept unusually heavily, and woke to find I … Continue reading →

Look at the new shinie I got over the weekend from a Generous Reader! It’s a Trio 7″ tablet. Given the apps that come with it, it appears to be designed more-or-less exclusively for reading Facebook on wi-fi but I … Continue reading →

Snowed like a sonuvagun for an hour, then cleared completely. Maybe an inch accumulation on top of a 1/4″ of ice, so it was another hour before I could clear my solar panels but we’re actually in pretty good shape … Continue reading →

Right on schedule, too. The weatherman promised rain or snow overnight, and we got both. First torrential rain, followed by freezing temps and snow. So the whole world is covered with ice this morning, which I have to wait for … Continue reading →

So Friday I knew that Landlady was coming up for the weekend. Just to be nice, and since when I get a surplus of eggs there’s really almost nothing I can do with them except make the mother of all … Continue reading →

White House: Clinton Will Not Be Indicted Over Emails ‘Based on What We Know’ White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Friday that Hillary Clinton would not be indicted over her private email scandal “based on what we know from the … Continue reading →

So LB hurt a front paw in late December, hurt it worse in the first week of January, and for most of the month has been on soft duty in which I tried to keep him from jumping out of … Continue reading →

Hey, remember last month when Virginia’s Attorney General threw CCW holders under the bus? Well, good news, everyone! Governor Terry McAuliffe and “republican leaders” have concluded a series of backroom agreements that restores reciprocity, sort of, and all the repubs … Continue reading →

…that’s what the weatherman promises. Not sure which part of my soul he’ll come around to demand in return, but so be it. Even after that it’s supposed to be warmer yet, even above freezing at night, but for Saturday … Continue reading →

Mind you, if I had ever spent time at the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, I likely wouldn’t have minded if the plot had been thwarted with nukes or with anthrax or by releasing the frickin’ Kraken if that’s what … Continue reading →