Author Archives: Joel

You got some s’plainin’ to do. This is deeply disturbing. Little Bear is bugging me to check the miscegenation laws in the state we’re in, lest a certain photo be misinterpreted.

H went off to the city this morning with my two favorite of the horses. Comet’s just off for some sort of training, but Alexandra the foal won’t be coming home. She got swapped for something I’ve never bothered to … Continue reading →

Worth a thousand words. I remember telling Daughter that when I left Socal I was going to tie a traffic light to my front bumper and drive until someone asked me what the funny-looking yellow thing was. There I would … Continue reading →

But then I’ve said for a long time that the NRA is to gun rights what Jesse Jackson is to racial equality. If they ever won what they say they want, they’d be out of business. So I wouldn’t just … Continue reading →

I didn’t follow any news about the debate. Duh. But when I run into this, with Barry’s biggest fans having to dig this deep for excuses… What? Did he burst into tears or something?

There’s this thing called the land speed record. You can build planes that go really fast, jet- and rocket-powered planes that go really, really fast, and spacecraft that go even faster than that. That’s all pretty cool. But you don’t … Continue reading →

I’ve never actually played a drinking game in my life, but this one looks like fun and it’s guaranteed to hospitalize you with alcohol poisoning. Prior to the debate, put a loaded shot glass on each square. When you hear … Continue reading →

…that there’s always something more to be said. Particularly in a matter with a very long, very complex history. And I got an email this morning from an old and very valued friend of the blog, gently taking me to … Continue reading →

Via Claire, it seems that Chick-fil-A guy’s mouth found another way to get him into the news. “We support Biblical families, and they’ve always been a part of that.” Claire wants to know just what he means by “Biblical family.” … Continue reading →

Convicted TSA Agent: Stealing from passenger bags is “very” common Brown says he was never asked about suspicious behavior, including a time when he walked out of a security checkpoint with a Nintendo Wii in his hands. Now he says … Continue reading →

Let’s not forget the very real threat that’s a lot closer to home than Egypt.

Yesterday I posted a piece (gently, I hope) critical of people who spend a lot of time being fearful of efforts to impose Islamic standards on them. I suggested that such efforts are no danger, and that indeed they would … Continue reading →

Off to the east of Landlady’s place, if you follow the wash upstream, you come to a branch that splits into two long canyons. The smaller one that goes to the north can be kind of an eerie place, and … Continue reading →

Via Codrea, here’s a Matt Bracken manifesto for people afraid of Islam. He clearly worked hard on that. Which leads me to speculate that he lays awake nights worrying about somebody imposing Sharia law on him. Can you imagine anything … Continue reading →

There’s a new video out at Forgotten Weapons, and one shot contains a background Jeep you may recognize. Because the cameraman’s a doofus. I’ll disagree with one thing Ian said. He said he found the carbine enjoyable to shoot. I … Continue reading →

When I posted a video a few days ago, featuring an unbearably shrill Obama supporter who touted “free phones” as a reason to vote for the Big O, I assumed she was talking out her ass. Free phones? Never heard … Continue reading →

In the endless fight against evil that is our neighborhood’s life here, I’m one of the good guys. I don’t think anybody here disputes that. When a crowd needs to get together, they know they can count me in. But … Continue reading →

During his weekend visit, Ian brought up a copy of Atlas Shrugged Part I. In telling me about it, he said something like: “I got the impression the people involved were very concerned about making it faithful to the novel.” … Continue reading →

That way the TSA won’t miss finding it. Just another itsy-bitsy oopsie on the part of our beloved but sadly undermanned masters protectors at TSA. Nothing to see here. Move along, citizens. But what always gets me about these stories … Continue reading →

So today a stranger showed up at J&H’s with a dump truck to pick up a load of manure. If only they knew where to find someone with a loader. Of course J had asked earlier if I wanted to … Continue reading →