Author Archives: Joel

I’ve mentioned it before, the sometimes almost eerie way things I need will drop into my lap just at the right time. If I were the sort to see supernatural things behind every bush, that would be my explanation. But … Continue reading →

We sleep better with cats. Cats sleep better with us. I kinda miss having a cat around. But the mortality rate is too high. Absent any real need (since the boys are considerably more efficient at keeping the Lair rodent-free … Continue reading →

The wind has settled down outside the Lair, the boys are sacked and snoring in their places, and I’m thinking about climbing the ladder and crashing for the night. It’s supposed to get cold again tonight, maybe below freezing, but … Continue reading →

…can be frustrating. I finally figured out how to get two images on the same canvas, and it only took half an hour and some swearing. 🙂

You’ve heard that trope many times, no doubt. It’s part of the ‘gun ownership as mental illness’ campaign. I found something funny in my web wandering this morning. It’s the visual from a monthly feature (that doesn’t seem reliably monthly … Continue reading →

We went, “It’s a free country.” and the statists took advantage until, allofasudden, it wasn’t. Some guy at Tam’s place Though the thought is abhorrent to me – and should be terrifying to you – I do sometimes find myself … Continue reading →

My indentured servitude to D&L officially ended yesterday afternoon. Today I am a freedman just hiding in the Lair from the wicked wind and I don’t feel like doin’ nothin’ and there’s nothing worth stealing on the whole wide intertubz. … Continue reading →

TRIGGER WARNING: CISMALE NORMATIVE RACIST AGEIST SEXIST RANT BELOW THE FOLD.

Light posting lately, because Uncle Joel has actually been working to pay off a debt. Since October I’ve possessed all the materials necessary to tile the floor of the Secret Lair. In fact I suspect there’s enough to tile three … Continue reading →

Yeah, nothing like having your heart and mind won first thing in the morning by the exemplars of anti-violence. With gentle souls like this explaining the error of my ways, I find myself wondering if I’m carrying a big enough … Continue reading →

It’s kinda true, you know. Don’t know if I’m revealing some sort of forbidden truth here, but newbies and wannabes in the boonies carry big frickin’ knives. Could be a Freudian thing, can’t say, I don’t have the education. Truth … Continue reading →

You’re chumming shark-infested water in hope of getting some good Great White footage. You’re in an inflatable boat. The question “what could possibly go wrong” can be answered very directly, and is. And you let the boat people worry about … Continue reading →

When I was a little boy, I was told (something to the effect of) the science on governance and punditry was settled. After all, people had been ruling us and telling us what to think for centuries now: Millennia, if … Continue reading →

I totally did not know this. It should come as no surprise that the word whiskey comes from the Gaelic uisge, a shortened version of uisge beatha meaning “water of life,” also known as aqua vitae in Latin. There was … Continue reading →

This sort of thing probably happens to you guys all the time, right? You come home from work to find someone has broken into your home and left you a gun? Yesterday evening I was discussing the impending scopification of … Continue reading →

That settles it. I’m not voting for Hillary. Clinton, who argued it was possible to hold her position and still support the right to gun ownership, warned that unfettered access to guns could have dangerous consequences. She called the country’s … Continue reading →

But it certainly works. Thanks for the link!

Okay, I give up. Technology must come to my rescue. Long-time readers know I”ve had issues with my vision for quite some time. I got really excited after the eye surgery, followed by new glasses, because my long-range vision is … Continue reading →

Over the weekend I got a birthday present from a generous reader: $60, totally unexpected and not already alloted to anything. Oh, yeah. Virtually every dollar of money I know is coming in is already spent before I see it. … Continue reading →

It’s not something I normally even think about. I don’t even care. Really. It’s just… It’s the Frickin’ Office of the Frickin’ President of the Frickin’ United States! What the hell is Justin Bieber Tommy Vietor doing there in any … Continue reading →