Author Archives: Joel

I’m sure the rest of them are FINE! Daily News columnist Joanna Molloy called the incident yesteday “a disgrace,” writing that it was “ridiculous” to refer to ticket-fixing as a “courtesy” because “the cops who erased parking tickets did so … Continue reading →

…cut his head off and bury him at a crossroads with a stake through his heart. Just to be sure. But still…wouldn’t it be nice if all politicians believed in truth in advertising? H/T to Codrea.

While I was typing the below I got a comment from Tam on this post from yesterday: “It’s legal to carry a gun in a restaurant! Somebody help me! But it’s illegal to carry a gun in the state legislature!” … Continue reading →

Wind all night. Rain before dawn, followed by our first dusting of snow. To my surprise the clouds went away right around sunup, but the wind came back and is now howling around at property-damaging velocities. And I doubt it’s … Continue reading →

This has been “finally getting ready to move” week, all day every day. This morning I went to the cabin first thing, even though I only had little things to do, and got so into it that I completely spaced … Continue reading →

Mayor Michael Coleman of Columbus, Ohio, shows us his gun knowledge and debating chops. If I was this irrationally frightened of something proven to be so harmless, I think I’d just kill myself. By some means other than guns, of … Continue reading →

Well, except for the desk. But I’m afraid of hurting that if I move it myself, so I’ll wait for help. Everything else is done now. A couple of years ago our weekender neighbors were getting rid of these two … Continue reading →

Just wake up in the morning, and there it is. Waiting.

It not only fits… It works! Though clearly I’ve got to do something about the height, that should be no big thing. I can’t begin to tell you what a relief this is. Yes I KNOW I measured it and … Continue reading →

Yeah, went out to hook up the hose to the washing machine right after writing the below, and found it frozen. So much for early laundry. Dragged it out to bask in the sun, loaded the chainsaw and tools into … Continue reading →

I knew I was in trouble sometime in the middle of the night, when Ghost wanted under the covers with me. Ghost doesn’t like being cold. Neither do I, and it was a sure sign that the morning was gonna … Continue reading →

He wants to draw attention from the city he’s actually mayor of, as the NYPD continues to melt down… The case against Detective Arbeeny was rooted in a far larger tale of corruption in Police Department drug units: several narcotics … Continue reading →

Hee.

Here’s a sickeningly cute video.

J. D. Tuccille has announced his new book, High Desert Barbecue, which looks like a lot of interesting fun. In fact I’ve been waiting for it with such anticipation I was ready to violate my “No Kindle” rule when he … Continue reading →

Like the loft ladder, the cat’s ladder moved around a lot and took different forms in my head. The problem was that there’s just not enough wall space anywhere for a conventional pole-and-shelf ladder. Finally I decided to go with … Continue reading →

That’s not exactly what Barry said, but it’s not far off. “The one thing that we absolutely know for sure is that if we don’t work even harder than we did in 2008, then we’re going to have a government … Continue reading →

 The point of the exercise is to move the dirt from here…  To here.  Simple enough, right?  Sure. Except those piles of dirt were excavated from the hillside several years ago, and they’ve pretty much decided they like being piles … Continue reading →

And what a good mentor he was to the puppy I never told him I got to replace him, because the Great One was going downhill pretty fast and only had about six months to live. Early May, 2009 It’s … Continue reading →

There are advantages and disadvantages to testing a gas appliance outdoors. After nearly incinerating myself, my RV and my dogs (the cat would have escaped) earlier this month, I was understandably reluctant to install this old stove in my highly … Continue reading →