Author Archives: Joel

My left leg gets bragging rights as the “bad” one because it’s right off at the calf. That makes the right leg the “good” one in spite of several knee surgeries that took years to heal even in my immortal … Continue reading →

No, you kids stop laughing. This is before your time, I know, but in the olden days we children sat spellbound around our fires as the elders told us wondrous tales of a fabulous “scientific method” through which wise men … Continue reading →

The boys and I just struggled back from Landlady’s ridge, on our daily visit to her chickens. It’s been unusually windy today, and by that I mean there’s basically no loose dirt left on the ridgetops. My little hollow doesn’t … Continue reading →

There’s a great old-guy joke in here somewhere, and I can’t think of it.

So a couple of weeks ago a neighbor was getting rid of a bunch of perfectly good shelves, right? And it turns out after almost two years of not having enough shelves, now I don’t have enough shed. Guess what … Continue reading →

(Note to future generations: If you type “Zombie Tractor” into a search engine looking for pics to spice up your otherwise lame morning post, you will be distracted by many, many suggestions for using tractors to squash zombies. Proceed with … Continue reading →

Court Rules Off-The-Grid Living Is Illegal Living off the grid is illegal in Cape Coral, Florida, according to a court ruling Thursday. Special Magistrate Harold S. Eskin ruled that the city’s codes allow Robin Speronis to live without utility power … Continue reading →

I ask all shooters to briefly pause in their daily activities and join with me in a delicious moment of Schadenfreude. Piers Morgan’s Decline and Fall Thank you. That is all, you may return to your duties.

It’s almost admirable in its purity. Here’s everything wrong with the human species in its present state, distilled to less than 700 words. If JK Rowling Cares About Writing, She Should Stop Doing It No, I’m not making this up. … Continue reading →

Really, who’d be a gun grabber? Have you read their attempts at satire? Embarrassing. All the smart kids live on our side of the street. Seen at Borepatch.

I hope things are going better where you are, because here the weather has been almost sinfully pleasant. By the last week in February I’m generally so sick of winter I make a game of noting when the sunlight first … Continue reading →

Sometimes I toodle over to The Survival Podcast to listen to Jack Spirko. Mostly he’s into permaculture or investment, or interviews a sponsor, and I move on. But sometimes there’s a ‘cast that sounds interesting, you know, and it usually … Continue reading →

It’s good to be king. Until you’re not anymore. Look What Was Found In Yanukovych’s Compound

I totally missed this before that widely-reported shooting incident in the city of my birth some days ago. Not surprising that it didn’t get a lot of national ink, but it seems that last month an actual police chief in … Continue reading →

Lord, this has been a gorgeous few days, even by the standards of a very mild winter. (Sorry.) It’s definitely not Spring yet, but I’m starting early with my annual attack of “I should pointlessly start a garden for the … Continue reading →

Yesterday I made fun of people frightened by Chihuahuas. And while I don’t retract that, I must give at least half a hand-clap to the fiercely protective territoriality of the mighty Pomeranian. My neighbors and most regular employers J&H have … Continue reading →

Viking apocalypse ‘Ragnarok’ due to arrive on February 22 Let’s see if the Norsemen can be more accurate than the Mayans and the Christians. Before day’s end I may finally find a reason to regret not buying that tomahawk. I … Continue reading →

Statist Republicans Kill ‘Constitutional Carry’ Bill In South Carolina A bill that would allow South Carolinians to carry guns openly or concealed without first receiving the State’s sanction through a permit was killed by Republicans. It failed to advance out … Continue reading →

Because this is an actual, for real, genuine headline I did not make up. Chihuahuas Rampage in Arizona (astonishingly annoying autoplay on this site you can’t turn off, so be sure your boss is hanging around your cube before you … Continue reading →

Razzer unpleasant veys, yah… Just kidding, Citizens! But step over that bloody pool and rejoice as we show you a few highlights from the recent advances brought to you by that great gift to your long-term health, ObamaCare! Advances such … Continue reading →