Author Archives: Joel

I baked again this morning, before it got too hot. Revised the recipe only by adding water and plenty of rising time. The dough began as before, grainy and brittle and more like plaster of paris than bread dough. But … Continue reading →

Maybe some readers are too young. But once upon a time most liberals were – well, kinda liberal. And for real star chamber paranoia you needed a right-winger. In the days of HUAC (no relation) hearings and Hollywood black lists … Continue reading →

…a fact this guy might have wanted to keep in mind… It might be the result of too many movies – I can’t stand to be in a room with a china doll, either – or maybe these things have … Continue reading →

Boy, I gotta tell ya I’ve talked about all the disadvantages of D&L’s strawbale-and-earthbag extravaganza, but the one thing it does right it does very right indeed: It is a fantastic place to be during a heat wave. I walked … Continue reading →

Somebody gave me 50 pounds of bread flour. I’ve never worked with anything but all-purpose flour, and long-time readers know it took me a very long time to learn how to bake reliable bread. Now today I tried working with … Continue reading →

Out-racing even Michael Bloomberg to a microphone, Obama instantly analyzes that racist hate crime in Charleston and blames it on … guns.

“…you shouldn’t misrepresent yourself, Dan. Take off that dumb hat.” Firing Brian Williams was too good for him, they sent him to MSNBC. Where he’ll never be seen or heard from again, one imagines.

Because “Parasite” doesn’t look good on a resumé. Like you, I never heard of Katherine Archuleta before this week, when the bureaucracy threw her under the bus for that big OPM hack. I hope to never hear of her again, … Continue reading →

It must be hell in Saguaro country. Guffaw reports 114o yesterday, and I suspect that’s gonna hold for a while. If I didn’t have people down there I like I’d indulge in a moment of schadenfreude, for this is where … Continue reading →

I was done with the Rachel Dolezal thing. I swear I was. This is Claire’s fault. Gad I wish I’d thought of that first. Because of course I have the perfect white Persian cat.

So now that the skin on my stump has regrown and I’m not hobbling around like an old man, it’s time to get back to work on the Lair. This morning I took down that second upper sheet to re-work … Continue reading →

Check out this latest InRange video. Ian and Karl shoot up some repro WWI trench armor. Short version: DO NOT wear this armor while under fire by someone with some of that explody Soviet observation ammo. Just don’t.

Some newsie said something like, “In the past, presidential campaigns involved choosing between qualified statesmen. Some might come closer to matching your own views, but inside you know that none would be a disastrous mistake. Lately it’s more like being … Continue reading →

I had breakfast at S&L’s on Sunday. L has been working on stuccoing this big garden wall they put up around the front yard of the big beautiful house they’ve been working on since before I first met them back … Continue reading →

Holy crap, this is long. And depressing. And I don’t claim to be more than halfway through it myself, and haven’t yet detected content justifying the south end of the title’s hyphen, “How to Not Get Caught.” But so far … Continue reading →

I feel your pain, brother. The Hell of Being Born Trans Class Imagine….well there’s really no point because you can’t bloody imagine. Unlike me – unless of course you are a fellow Trans Class victim – you won’t have sufficient … Continue reading →

I love technology. And also I hate technology. Love/hate. Yeah. And also I’m still working the details on my new financial order. Regular readers will recall I recently lost my shit-shoveling gig, which put thirty or forty bucks into my … Continue reading →

I’d be delighted to spit on its grave. We didn’t abandon you, Colt. You abandoned us, and a helluva long time ago too. They bet on the police state, never dreaming that the ‘civilian’ market was about to explode. And … Continue reading →

I read the following headline… Cannabinoid Oil Helps Young Autistic Boy Say His First Words …and immediately think, ‘what would those words be?’ “Have you heard how quiet an autistic kid can be? I mean, have you ever really heard … Continue reading →

It’s not real fashionable but it is smart: Introducing Ghost’s new very unghostly “I am not a coyote” collar.They didn’t have hunter orange so I settled for hot pink. If dogs had any fashion sense, he’d murder me in my … Continue reading →