Author Archives: Joel

Over the weekend, Landlady asked me to inspect the stovepipe in the Meadow House. “Because, God help us, you’re the local expert.” So we took it apart, and it was…clean. Absolutely clean. Granted that she doesn’t use it that much. … Continue reading →

DC Police Investigating NBC’s Gregory for Brandishing Illegal Magazine In a discussion about gun control, host David Gregory brandished a 30-round magazine purportedly for an AR-15 or similar “assault rifle.” The discussion took place on December 23, during the broadcast … Continue reading →

The weather forecast said partly cloudy yesterday, and partly cloudy today. It was right, too. It just neglected to mention the white-out blizzard in between those two events. I was in town with D&L, buying fuel. Looked to the west … Continue reading →

You guys enjoy your Christmas. I’m just going to enjoy feeling my fingers soon.

Landlady and Ian have gone their ways, and just in time: A very unexpected storm blew in and made life interesting. But they left me with a pile of encouraging – and quite profitable – cards and letters and a … Continue reading →

Ian at Forgotten Weapons takes a look at a gun some would like to forget. He – and we – find that, despite our prejudices, it’s not completely without virtue. Typical Modern Gun Owner #1 and I get some time … Continue reading →

Spent much of the day in Ian’s wash, helping him shoot a video on THE COOLEST RIFLE ALIVE. Some guys in Texas have geared up to produce almost authentic semiauto replicas of the Luftwaffe FG-42, a rifle I’d never given … Continue reading →

SWAT Magazine finally posted one of Claire’s Enemy at the Gates columns on-line. Unfortunately this one dates from before the latest mass shooting, given the ability of a news cycle to turn on a dime. But it’s still relevant as … Continue reading →

The message doesn’t get much more explicit than this. At least, I hope it doesn’t. H/T to Sipsey Street.

Courtesy of Bear, here are a couple of young folks who might have given a bit more thought to prepping ahead of time. Not that it would have helped, probably…

Poor Little Bear. He’s got this thing, which I do believe I should take more seriously. Sometimes he has, er, digestive problems shall we say. On those occasions, there will be times when he really really really needs to go … Continue reading →

No links here, but I’ve been seeing something around the tubez lately that makes me cautious. The kid who did the elementary school shooting: Seems he was crazy as Zoe on military-grade catnip, right? Okay, well, crazy happens. It’s tragic, … Continue reading →

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I say all of this as a gun owner. I say it as a conservative who was appointed to the federal bench by a Republican president. I say it as someone who prefers Fox News to MSNBC, and National Review … Continue reading →

Y’know yesterday’s eagle vid? Fake. Damn good fake, IMHO. Broke my own rule there: If it looks too good to be true, there’s a very good chance it is. Tip o’the thick, warm balaclava to Robb Allen.

Pretty day so far. A little cold. Maybe the world will end later.

Something … not very like this one. Guy’s got a million of them. I like this one much better. Sigh. It’s guys like this that make me wonder where all my bandwidth allotment’s gone. Poopy service provider, anyway. Yes, poopy. … Continue reading →

When you’re splitting firewood, and Zoe the Kitten starts playing attack-the-axe. That doesn’t work.

Stolen from The Feral Irishman.

Okay, so I’ve got three Rhode Island Reds. Two are indistinguishable. The third is bigger, sleeker, far more assertive, and apparently meaner. If I were the chicken-naming sort, I’d name her something really scary. From the beginning, the two smaller … Continue reading →