Author Archives: Joel

I heard about this briefly on the radio yesterday afternoon. STOCKTON (AP) – A judge has refused to release a tuberculosis patient who was jailed and charged after allegedly refusing to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious. … Continue reading →

Never Yet Melted has a post up on the “Ten Most Painful Stings.” Number 9: the Tarantula hawk wasp, Pepsis hemipepsis: “Blinding, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath.” Very common around here. Attracted … Continue reading →

My first thought was “Yowch, that’s gonna be hard on a very expensive chain.” But it turns out he knew where to cut it without trying to saw through the harp. Now the only question is “why?” But of course … Continue reading →

In the gun blogs there is much huffing and kerfuffling on the subject of open carry. One must open carry, or the republic will fall. One must not open carry, or the Bradys will win. Feh on all who … … Continue reading →

…So I decided to name it Profanity Alley I made a deal with Ian sometime late last yearHe traded me a pistol for some workI quite admit it seemed to me a good ideaDidn’t know that I was being such … Continue reading →

When I moved to the desert to live, instead of just to visit, I had surprises to contend with. One was how damned cold it gets in the winter, but praise Gaia I can set that aside for six months … Continue reading →

Senate Dems back increase in air travel fee to close funding shortfall at TSA Money quote: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said the $315 million in funding would otherwise come from taxpayers and argued it is better to stick passengers who … Continue reading →

I like coffee. If I want a cup of milk and sugar, I won’t waste good coffee in it. Cocoa, now – that’s different.

Yes to about 50% of it. Never caught the Glock bug, and if I did I probably wouldn’t own a 30 round mag for one. That’s just silly. I haven’t bought a gun magazine since I figured out (duh) why … Continue reading →

No, I know it isn’t anything new. Still stinks. Campaign Trail Airlift Campaign Trail Airlift: Air Mobility Command recently stood up two squadrons to provide dedicated airlift for President Obama’s re-election bid. Four C-17s temporarily stationed at JB Andrews, Md., … Continue reading →

There are only so many times a person can exclaim LOL or WTF before his or her soul just gives up and disintegrates to ash. I have never wanted a Facebook page. I like — treasure — the fact that … Continue reading →

But I does loves me some Firefly. While hunting around for the Leslie Fish song below, I came on this. I’ve heard the Escape Key song, but not this version. Wish they’d done something more creative with the video, though.

Lucas changes plan for development in Marin.

But they still work if you actually wire them to something. Yesterday I scored some like-new 12 gauge multistrand wire. This morning before it got too hot I tore out all the Dr. Seuss wiring that theoretically but not really … Continue reading →

And they released some really weird songs.  I liked it. Later they got into disco, which I didn’t like so much. But even there they added a little quality to an otherwise execrable genre.

Near where I live is a dried-up shitsplat of a little town that’s been around for a long, long time. Somehow they even get grass and trees and gardens to grow, and I imagine that took generations of careful irrigation … Continue reading →

(NOTE: For the benefit of the people led here by Google, this whole thing is prettied up and available for free download on the sidebar. Just click on the dog with the chainsaw.) Here’s TUAK’s very first (and possibly last) … Continue reading →

I got nothing today, and I’m tired of the inverter (in the very middle of a delightfully sunny day, mind you) making that girly (Oh! The batteries don’t have any power! You’re running on the input from the panels and … Continue reading →

First we need to change that thing in the constitution where he gets to be prez if the current chairwarmer dies, because … well, damn. But after attending to that little detail, I say Joe Biden as Vice President-For-Life. The … Continue reading →