Author Archives: Joel

Cat armor!That’d improve her chances of living to get old. If I could find a way to get her into it. Of course I should maybe be careful what I wish for, because at the risk of completely outraging Zelda … Continue reading →

From The Freedom Outlaw……which immediately reminded me of this story from sometime in the Late Cretaceous… D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday that he will rehire a former top aide who resigned last month because some city employees were … Continue reading →

Seriously, I need a keeper. I should not be allowed near fire or machinery, and especially not machinery that uses fire. I should be tied into my chair with a soft belt while someone comes by from time to time … Continue reading →

Well, I don’t giggle. I chuckle. In a hearty, manly fashion. Claire would get all angsty and guilty over materialism. But I think greed is good. This is my ready-ammo drawer for pistols and shotgun (and some odd rounds for … Continue reading →

…you might be a gun-grabber. Let’s be clear, Mayor Rahm Emanuel deserves credit for his anti-gun violence efforts over the years as a congressman, White House chief of staff and mayor. At Friday’s board meeting, he pointed out that he … Continue reading →

You’re driving along, minding your own business, when suddenly that dashcam your wife ragged you about buying pays for itself a hundred times over. News articles are saying some people actually survived that. Not a majority of them, alas, but … Continue reading →

Yesterday a very nice couple on a traveling vacation came all the way out here just to say hi. This is a very unusual occurrence. It’s not something I encourage, this is not Desert World and the gulch is not … Continue reading →

Some guy at Ammoman sent me this link, and I thought it was cute. 9mm Ammo for Sale with Free Shipping – AmmoMan.com No, I didn’t get paid for the gratuitous advert but what the hell. Speaking of free ammo, … Continue reading →

Y’all know my buddy Ian, who produces the InRange series of videos and the Forgotten Weapons blog, right?1 Well, with the InRange project Ian and Karl have had to do actual production, with actual camera angles and shot lists followed … Continue reading →

Busy, busy morning. And the last thing I had to do is haul water. I’ve been collecting more and better receptacles for that, especially since at some point soon I need to do laundry, which takes lots of water, and … Continue reading →

We’re getting sun today, in fact right now it looks as if the afternoon will be completely clear. The past three days have been heavily overcast so I cut my electricity use back to necessary minimum and that gave me … Continue reading →

I went on jihad against the local packrats because they had begun working with such determination to destroy the Jeep’s engine – and possibly me in the bargain. I quite concede that my earlier laissez faire attitude let the population … Continue reading →

“Could be worse,” same wag said. “Could be raining.” So it’s raining, and I’m having some problems right now and don’t want to compound them with dead batteries so I’m going off line until this clears up. As to the … Continue reading →

Ah, the wonders of off-grid living. So placid. So serene and trouble-free. So…#$%^!!! If I’d checked the level in the water tank more often, I’d have known trouble was coming. Then maybe I could have done something about it before … Continue reading →

I keep running into discussions in which I end up denounced as a traitor and a Very Bad Person because I don’t consider Islam to be much of a threat. If I condoned or made excuses for terrorism (I certainly … Continue reading →

Beautiful day. Gorgeous day! And I finished a big project yesterday, and today all I had was shit-shoveling which I wrapped up relatively early, and then I could go out and play. Wanted to take that little ATV down the … Continue reading →

In an unexpected and devastating turn of events, the non-arrival of epochal snowstorms has caused the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to revoke their earlier travel bans, unleashing a wave of noxious and deadly fumes from mass … Continue reading →

In reference to those poor trusting chumps who saved for their kids’ colleges with ‘tax-free’ plans… If you’ve worked to avoid needing the government’s aid, you are essentially unpatriotic and an enemy of the state. By making yourself independent of … Continue reading →

Almost hit sixty today. You think I’m gonna hang around indoors and play with the ‘pooter? You nuts? Tomorrow may be as bad. which is to say, as good. I had three different off-site tasks for today, but tomorrow’s a … Continue reading →

Note to self…When cleaning chimney pipe, either take the damned thing outdoors or pay more attention to what the other end of the cleaning rod is doing. That is all.