Author Archives: Joel

I got nothing. It’s a pretty morning and I’m going outside. Here’s a funny picture.

…Don’t set yourself on fire first. Really, it’s almost guaranteed not to enhance the experience. NOTE: NSFW due to language and industry-grade stupidity In my admittedly limited experience with the genre, this is surely the ultimate “hold my Everclear and … Continue reading →

Day before yesterday neighbor L said, “You got your seams caulked, Joel? It’s really gonna rain.” It was supposed to start Monday but Monday was kind of a bust. Yesterday the rain apologetically made up for lost time. Didn’t make … Continue reading →

Instead they always end up being heart-breaking cons. Wendy McElroy: The Fate of Galt’s Gulch Chile I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – If you want to live free, don’t sit back and wait for somebody else … Continue reading →

There’s your problem right there, then. Family upset officers used deadly force against suicidal teen Dig the journalistic neutrality in this one… During the encounter, officers with the Ottawa Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a … Continue reading →

Whenever Massad Ayoob weighs in on a matter, I always just sort of assume he’s wrong*. So now I hate the SAF, even though I didn’t when I woke up this morning. — *Because cops.

And then even after seeing what you’d wrought, you went ahead and made it public anyway. That’s…really amazingly stupid. I don’t make these things up… H/T to Bear.

As Donald Sensing correctly points out, this is the whole reason we ended up with a gun control movement in the first place. A southern white man could have driven around with a Maxim gun in the back of his … Continue reading →

Way back when I was trying to decide where I wanted to live out the rest of my days, the state of Montana was on the short list. It didn’t make the cut because I didn’t actually know anyone there … Continue reading →

Yeah, allow me to retort by introducing you to the cuisine of my people. Landlady sent this to me this morning…

But I’ve only had one cup so far. I couldn’t make Little Bear grin if I had a handful of bacon. I feel like Pointy-Hair Boss this morning – and indeed have for the past few days, which is why … Continue reading →

The two or three of you who haven’t already, go read Claire’s post about what may well be the sad demise of the quirky, occasionally chuckleheaded, frequently dysfunctional but invariably uncompromising JPFO I’ve loved for years. I’ve thought a lot … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon was overcast and rainy and I spent most of it in a chair with a book. Tried to log on once and couldn’t get a connection, and wouldn’t have had anything much constructive to do with it if … Continue reading →

#12, the hen who had a chunk eaten out of her by the Araucanas earlier in the summer, got a Jeep ride last night around nine. Physically she healed up pretty fast, scarring over the awful hole in her side … Continue reading →

…well… “The president walked quietly into the cafeteria of the school, tieless but wearing a blue jacket,” read the latest White House press pool report. “Eric Schultz accompanied him. Obama stepped to a podium and delivered his remarks, then turned … Continue reading →

Annually, there’s a big problem at Hacienda Del J&H as the manure pile gets out of hand. Last summer I hauled it away with Ian’s tractor, but I couldn’t promise to do that this time due to reliability issues. How … Continue reading →

Well played, Mr. Perry.

Yeah. Needs work. From here. I got a kick out of a comment: That’s the new Federal “Saturn” two-stage ammo, which — when the first stage fires — leaves the barrel in time for the second stage to ignite. Terminal … Continue reading →

I’m sitting in my cabin watching it rain. It’s tapering off now, but a few minutes ago it was really raining. What’s odd is that that’s all it was doing. No thunder, no great flashes of lightning striking the ridgelines, … Continue reading →

Not that he needs my sympathy or anything. But Keith was old-school, for all that he was also a great innovator, and one thing about him that always got on my nerves is that he saw absolutely nothing wrong with … Continue reading →