Author Archives: Joel

Jeb’s Suggestion to Put Gun Control at State Level Leaves Wasserman Schultz ‘Speechless’ No, don’t bother with the link. I’m sure you already know she didn’t really stay speechless for any measurable period of time. But I did enjoy the … Continue reading →

…and only breaks your back once. I’ve been pulling pallets apart, converting these… To this… And I do confess, usually I go for the less labor-intensive method of just chopping the damned things to pieces with an electric saw. But … Continue reading →

Okay, there’s this bull in the herd that keeps crossing my territory to get to Landlady’s meadow and the watering station, right? And we’ve had a meeting or two, nothing too dramatic. I keep my eyes open for him when … Continue reading →

Good god. GBI: Officer shot responding to wrong home shot by other officer Yes, a police officer was shot by another police officer. At the wrong house. That’s the whole story, citizens, nothing more to see, move along. Unless you … Continue reading →

It’s the first of the month, which makes it Battery Day at the Gulch. I thought, since I’ve got this good camera now, I’d take a moment and express some of our community battery guy’s pet peeves. If you plan … Continue reading →

…the worst thing that can happen is that you catch it. This little channel is a short cut the wash cut for itself, probably many many years ago. It has the advantage of shaving hundreds of yards off the trip … Continue reading →

Not every day you see a four-engine prop plane anymore… This one overflew the Lair this morning, very slowly. I assume in the absence of any evidence that it’s one of those planes that drops fire retardant, but have no … Continue reading →

The hens and pullets (and Seymour, the wannabe pullet who so far wants no further part of this “interact with the hens” thing) woke to a terrifying new reality: The gate between the coops was down! What are we supposed … Continue reading →

Ghost had a big weekend. Friday evening he vanished, and an hour later I got a call from Weekender Neighbor L. “Ghost is here, guess we’ll have him for the weekend. Okay, so LB and I batched it till Sunday … Continue reading →

First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops, Thanks to a Lobbyist It is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with everything from Tasers to tear gas thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police … Continue reading →

Or worse, in the powershed. This is supposedly 2000 rounds of 7.62 X 39 cooking off.

Here’s somebody else who’s suffered a loss, and decided that somehow it’s my fault. “We need to have a substantive conversation on what is going on in America that is allowing evil to continue to crop up over love? Is … Continue reading →

Out where the wash hits a cliff and turns away from the cabin, there’s a single small cottonwood tree. They’re rare in the desert, always where they can find water, and this one’s mine. It never seems to grow, but … Continue reading →

Its own unmovable bureaucracy. 😉

I knew the guards were going to be all “I don’t write the laws, I just enforce them,” and “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time,” and “just obey all my commands and I won’t have to … Continue reading →

I decided to take his advice and start the day by letting that cock bird out of the small enclosure. Old Control Freak Joel has trouble letting go of controlled situations, usually to the point where they do more harm … Continue reading →

Spent the morning in town with my neighbor, collecting the last of his stolen stuff from the sheriff. Though he lost some expensive stuff, for a wonder he got all the solar gear back. So now he can move ahead … Continue reading →

Pullet: a young hen; specifically : a hen of the domestic chicken less than a year old And yet I’ve suspected from early on that somebody made a little mistake in sexing one of mine. A slightly more conspicuous comb, … Continue reading →