Author Archives: Joel

Going to town early to capture some new brakes for Landlady’s Jeep. Be back later. In the meantime, sing along with our theme song:

You may have a dog that likes to kill rabbits. But have you ever had a dog that could kill rabbits while he was cabled up? Granted that it takes an especially stupid brand of rabbit. But they don’t come … Continue reading →

I’m also not excessively modest when people call me “handsome,” or “dominating,” or even “marginally adequate.” Because people don’t ever call me those things. Keith Olbermann may be all those things, for all I know. But I doubt it. Made … Continue reading →

Ian and friend at Forgotten Weapons has posted a video with a rematch between M1 Garand and FG-42 at their local monthly 2-gun match. As expected, FG-42 – still arguably the best “tactical” rifle ever designed. M1 … not so … Continue reading →

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I’ve dreaded this post. I once said I’m not superstitious about anything but karma, but that’s a lie. Though I’m not entirely sure “speak your dream and kill it” is really a superstition. Live long enough and it starts to … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago Ian gave me some episodes of a TV series I never heard of called Trailer Park Boys. I watched a little of it and started getting hostile. I didn’t know why. It’s just a low-budget mockumentary … Continue reading →

Just because I like it. There’s a bunch here. I confess I don’t get most of them…

The Weinstein Co., Meryl Streep To Take Down NRA In ‘The Senator’s Wife’ The formidable chairman of The Weinstein Co., Harvey Weinstein, confirmed to Deadline today they will be taking on the NRA gun lobby head-on with a film entitled … Continue reading →

MILLER: Movie mogul says new Streep film to make NRA ‘wish they weren’t alive’ Mr. Weinstein then revealed his secret project about the gun rights group. “I shouldn’t say this, but I’ll tell it to you, Howard,” he said. “I’m … Continue reading →

Okay, so I’m back from the big town with my left eye unsculpted. Official explanation for why my right eye still doesn’t work despite $3000+ in improvements is that the cornea is still badly swelled. Giving it another week to … Continue reading →

It took me a while to figure out why this was happening… Why is the chainsaw post getting so damned popular? Every day it seems more and more search terms end up leading people to that dumb post. It isn’t … Continue reading →

I dunno. At the risk of getting called a I’m a gun owner butt, I submit the following harrowing tale for your consideration: Police first dispatched an officer to investigate a “suspicious person” with a holstered firearm. “It does look … Continue reading →

Chris Christie’s Staff Blames Bridge Closing on Anti-Islam Video “The information, the best information and the best assessment we have today is that in fact these were not preplanned, premeditated lane closings. That what happened was a spontaneous reaction to … Continue reading →

I’m really surprised I don’t see more of this sort of thing, but this one landed unsought in my lap. You ever wonder what people with backyard chicken flocks do when their chickens get too old to lay eggs? Suburbanites … Continue reading →

Go read Claire’s latest, Living Boldly. Saints. Heroes. Forest-goers. Outlaws of all kinds. All live boldly. But how can somebody who withdraws from the world be in the same category, or doing as much good, as somebody who picks up … Continue reading →

I shouldn’t complain. Really I shouldn’t. I’m going to anyway, of course, because… …and a day without bitching and moaning is like a day without sunshine. I shouldn’t complain because the one piece of worn out, neglected equipment around here … Continue reading →

“The first blizzard of January shall be called ‘winter’. The next blizzard shall be called ‘winter’. Repeat until the robins come back or the glaciers kill us all.”

Got an email when I fired up the ‘pooter this morning, demanding an update on that expensive and much-anticipated eye surgery. Truth is, the jury’s still out. So far I’m underwhelmed at the “improvement.” I’m still spending most of my … Continue reading →

California’s Dangerous Idea: Give unelected bureaucrats the power to confiscate the private property of Americans The brief article is actually kind of interesting, having to do with something called “Sustainable Communities Investment Authorities,” which would have the power of eminent … Continue reading →