Author Archives: Joel

I am neither a lesbian nor a Buddhist, and I can’t take Catholic communion either. But you know what? That doesn’t hurt my feelings. Like you, I’m not a Catholic. Which means I get to do whatever I like. Except … Continue reading →

WTF, over? I may lie awake at night, wondering.

450,000,000 rounds is a lot of ammo, considering you’re never planning to deploy overseas… I mean, if I read that the Marines were buying up half a billion rounds, I’d just call it good planning – though I don’t know … Continue reading →

Little flashes of sunlight today, then the clouds roll in. One of these days I’m gonna need a laptop that the batteries can actually run for more than ten minutes at a time. Snow/rain/wind/nasty yesterday, temperature steadily dropping all day. … Continue reading →

Is coming from some guy named Breitbart… …whom, I confess, I thought was kind of an asshole on the rare occasions when I gave him any thought. Yeah, sure, everybody enjoys hoisting liberals by their self-righteous petards, but that doesn’t … Continue reading →

This is short, and exactly to the point. Go read. Oh, and then come right back. My blog is WAY better, and not cluttered with all that icky skin, and those expensive guns, and the beautiful photography of same, and, … Continue reading →

Purdy.

…because it will happen to thee. Yesterday a little bit of it happened to me. Could have been worse, but it would have been a little better had I been better prepared. I knew it was going to be a … Continue reading →

William Grigg’s latest: To someone who doesn’t belong to the coercive caste, a total of 6 arrests out of 166 “total incidents” isn’t an impressive ratio. The concept of a “self-initiated significant incident” seems downright ominous. This is the portrait … Continue reading →

One of those days. It’s ticking me off, too, because you’ve never seen a more gorgeous day in your life. I even had some neighbors drop by this morning, S&T from a couple of miles away, actually offering me some … Continue reading →

Carl nails it down.

Encyclopedia Britannica has printed its last set. It’s like the day I heard Orson Wells died. I was never even much of a fan, but still felt like something important had gone away without notice.

But then I wasn’t sure about that double-barrel 1911 at first either, and it turns out to be sort-of real. Whatever: We report, you decide. — *Yes, of course I know. I’m old, ugly and have a small penis but … Continue reading →

I knew it! This confirms it. If you’ve never uploaded naked photographs of yourself, you are an old fart. If you know how to spell, you are an old fart. If you ever waited to hear your favorite song on … Continue reading →

I’ve never liked that phrase. I own an axe, and all my neighbors own axes, but we’re not part of the “Axe culture.” We all own milk crates, too. Are we part of the “Milk crate culture?” How about measuring … Continue reading →

Different Styling, Same Performance. Well, let’s be fair. Same range. Other performance specs probably differ somewhat. Back in the ’90’s, when I still had a career, I worked for a major Japanese auto manufacturer. I was their principal technical training … Continue reading →

Or else. H/T to Balko.

The geeks are out in force. (Sorry – there’s a really lame pun in there, and I swear I didn’t plan it.) Saw this dumb article, and just a few minutes later I ran into this dumb picture. I’m really, … Continue reading →

Sorry about the light posting. I’ve felt really punk the past few days, and can’t seem to get excited about anything. The days have been very pretty, a little wind in the afternoon but temps in the shade well into … Continue reading →

Saw this at Endo’s blog, which has more information. I note that the video is extremely light on performance information, except that the guy with Niska’s accent manages to empty a magazine without a jam. Once. Maybe that’s indicative of … Continue reading →