Author Archives: Joel

The only private space project I’ve watched with interest (because it’s the only one I know of that wasn’t just selling services to the feds) has crashed. This is apparently going down right now and there’s not much information except … Continue reading →

I got a chuckle from this pic, seen at Weer’d’s place.Out here we just call them “rifles.” Oddly, for all the rifles contained and carried in the Gulch, until recently there wasn’t a single AR. I came here eight years … Continue reading →

No, that’s got nothing to do with the post, I just always liked the line. And may I say that when you wake up singing a pretentious* Neil Diamond song, especially one from that source, it’s probably going to be … Continue reading →

Thanks to a generous donation from a reader, coupled with a very generous donation from another reader, I think I’ve got the money to replace the Jeep’s rear tires. And I just got back from trying to do exactly that. … Continue reading →

Two of my neighbors have a long-term problem with their water systems. They piped the inlets to their tanks to an upper fitting, which I believe is the way it’s supposed to work, and every winter night the water in … Continue reading →

Here at the Secret Lair we’re trying out a new piece of gear. It’s a UMX hotspot, sent for evaluation by a generous reader – I’ll be taking over and paying for the account. And just at the point where … Continue reading →

Question of the Day: Would You Provide Security for a ‘Disarmenter’ Who’d Mocked You? Lo and behold, when I got inside, some yuppie soccer Mom type wear(ing) a “Moms Demand Action” t-shirt spotted me and the sidearm on my hip … Continue reading →

The Adaptive Curmudgeon buys (or actually attempts to buy, so far) a cord of wood. I stack’em in order, so you don’t have to. Which is more than Mudge is gonna end up with, I do predict.

…because the same old damn argument is raging again. (Or still. Whatever. It never stops, but it only rages once every two years.) “If you don’t vote, you don’t have any right to complain.” Which to me always seems exactly … Continue reading →

Friday afternoon Landlady texted me that she was coming up that evening. Friday night just before my bedtime I let the boys out and Ghost vanished. He usually pulls this Saturday morning, but decided not to wait. So that was … Continue reading →

Remember Amber Vinson? She was one of those two nurses who contracted ebola, and I’m happy to hear that she’s been declared clear. It was widely reported that shortly before her temperature rose she was on a trip that involved … Continue reading →

I don’t spend a lot of time at NRO because all statists taste the same to me. Having uttered the obligatory exculpation, I’ll go ahead and admit that Kevin Williamson is an excellent writer and something of a guilty pleasure. … Continue reading →

But then again maybe this is just workplace violence. Hey, weird things happen. I kinda doubt it, though…Given other things in the recent news, it would be a helluva coincidence if this guy turned out to be a Nordic Baptist … Continue reading →

Almost November, and the sun isn’t its usual lethal self.As the shadows lean toward the east I go to collect my laundry, only to find the thicker stuff still sodden. In two more months’ time it will have frozen there, … Continue reading →

Heh.

From Forgotten Weapons, of course, though the Garand would take a lot of forgetting.

I recall somebody saying not long ago that the ebola scare would definitely not be politicized. I don’t recall who said that, or in what universe that person was standing at the time. Because this is ‘Murca, buddy, and we … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned in the past that I don’t come from an especially rich background. Due to the effort of my father, I was born in Detroit and not on a crappy farm somewhere outside Moscow, Michigan. We weren’t poor white … Continue reading →

I had a really embarrassing brain fart regarding those arsenic caps I was supposed to have finished last weekend. I did work on them Saturday, but due to some supply deficiencies couldn’t finish. Geiger Counter Guy was away at a … Continue reading →

But I’d want one anyway, if I still had a cubicle to decorate. 🙂 If this is satire, it’s damned funny. If not, it’s…funnier. Far too expensive, though. Six bucks for shipping? Ripoff.