Author Archives: Joel

“I would like to be known as something other than the would-be assassin,” Hinckley said. Too late. Take your Thorazine and stop talking to reporters.

Someone has found your ego.

Remember when one state after another started issuing CCW permits? And the hoplophobes tried to get readers to smear their shorts with breathless predictions of blood in the street? Sure you do. As one (western, anyway) state after another now … Continue reading →

Yeah, I’m a wuss. So? Day before yesterday the thing that has given me such comfort all winter long tried to destroy everything I own. Now I look at it like it’s some threatening menace, crouched in its corner and … Continue reading →

H/T to Mike at Sipsey Street, with best wishes that he feels better soon.

I just look at what people in other countries have to put up with. Police arrested a Kitchener, Ont., father outside his daughter’s school because the four-year-old drew a picture of him holding a gun. Jessie Sansone told the Record … Continue reading →

And no, you’re not allowed to hide it. A hidden compartment in your vehicle, with or without drugs, could mean big trouble as Ohio officials get serious about slowing down drug-smuggling. A proposed state law, advocated by Gov. John Kasich, … Continue reading →

“There are still so many people left, that we must drive to despair!” “So believe me, Barack knows what it means when a family struggles,” Mrs. Obama said. “He knows what it means when someone doesn’t have a chance to … Continue reading →

You know the problem with this place? Not enough tree stumps! Tree stumps make excellent chopping blocks, if they’re big enough. “Big” is kind of an issue around here, when it comes to trees. The best I could do was … Continue reading →

We scraped a LOT of creosote out of the stovepipes. The chimney was, as it had already proven, a fire waiting to happen. Somebody sent me an Amazon link, and I have bookmarked it and will spend money there as … Continue reading →

Had a bit of excitement this morning. No apparent permanent damage, though I’ll know more before I light the woodstove again. My neighbor D is coming this afternoon to help me take the whole thing apart, inspect and clean it. … Continue reading →

I’m not crazy, I’m just being helped. By trained professional voices. A lot. I wish the voices would stop helping me now. Holden Caulfield says it’s time to arm the detonators. I like him: He’s so angsty. Bruce Wayne is … Continue reading →

I confess I never know which posts will bring comments and which will bring silence. Sometimes I do silly things, just to see if anybody will respond. I give you Joel in tiger stripes and a beret,

After the tragic head injury, she was unable to resume her former career as a Denny’s manager. So they made her DNC Chair – uh – person? Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Thursday that GOP White House … Continue reading →

Yes, Abby. It’s outrageous. All Americans think so. Really they do. Now sit down, drink your overpriced coffee and stop embarrassing yourself. H/T to Thirdpower.

Back in the seventies, before the sense of futility set in, I was Militia. This was way the FRACK before anybody ever heard the word “Hutaree,” I’ll have you know, and things were a little different. My shooting instructor was … Continue reading →

For some reason a bunch of comments are ending up in the spam locker. Dunno why, and it’s affecting regular readers whose comments never went there before. Can’t figure out how to make this stop. I promise to check the … Continue reading →

Over at A Trainwreck in Maxwell, KurtP posted a cool video of a guy photographing muzzle flashes. Turns out it’s a series of videos, so (while muzzle flashes are cool and manly and all) I found something more awesome yet: … Continue reading →

I’m in a quandary. My acquisitive self, coupled with that part of my self that likes to eat foods not found in the Four Basic Groups (Flour, Oatmeal, Beans, and Rice) is at war with my natural (IE, lazy) self. … Continue reading →