Author Archives: Joel

European Union wants to pass a law against bad news… This week alone has seen a ratings downgrade for Spain as well as a threat by agencies to review France’s AAA status — and the markets have taken notice. Once … Continue reading →

The Secret Lair Has Running Water. The Secret Lair Has Running Water. The Brown Dog Likes to Ride in the Jeep. The Brown Dog Likes to Ride in the Jeep. That is all, message ends.

The Organizers vs. the Organized in Zuccotti Park It began, as it so often does, with a drum circle. The ten-hour groove marathons weren’t sitting well with the neighborhood’s community board, the ironically situated High School of Economics and Finance … Continue reading →

Got the sink in place and all caulked into place. Onward!

I never get tired of that fable. Balko tells the tale of a politician who pissed off an entire police department – because she wouldn’t do the wrong thing. Doorley said she thinks her prosecution of corruption within the Greece … Continue reading →

And then when the end comes, they never have the cojones to use the damned thing. Must be a symbol. Like, “This absurd gold-plated gat symbolizes my power over you, which is actually held by all the thousands of regular … Continue reading →

Zeus the Cat knows what a sliding glass door is for, and when it’s good to be on the right side of it.

I’m either nestbuilding like crazy or just having a materialism backlash. I actually spent several minutes admiring this cute set of bookends… Got the grout cleaned up, and tomorrow after shit-shoveling I’ll try to set the kitchen sink in place … Continue reading →

I’ve passed this tree at least 500 times. Some time in the past it lost its last rooting to erosion, fell down and went boom, and then just quietly lay there curing in the sun and waiting to meet a … Continue reading →

Somehow it all seems so…familiar… “Somebody sees something somewhere and we want them to be responsible citizens, report that and let us work it through our processes to abet the concern that they had when they saw something suspicious,” said … Continue reading →

So Ka … Kha … Ga … Gha … that guy who used to rule Libya is dead. Okay, no tears here at TUAK. So whadaya wanna bet… “We confirm that all the evils, plus Gaddafi, have vanished from this … Continue reading →

The American Nightmare that is Civil Asset Forfeiture, by Wendy McElroy. Tells the sad story of the Caswell family of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, life-long motel owners who made the mistake of cooperating with local police to keep crimes from being committed … Continue reading →

Clearly need to let it set up more before I can finish cleaning it off, but I got most of the overflow off and it looks pretty good. Then I’ll seal it, and put the sink in place. Once the … Continue reading →

I see she’s getting past that generic newborn “I think this whole ‘birth’ thing was a bad idea” look.

And who do you think pays for all those “public-sector” jobs you think we need more of? So the only thing wrong with this country is that there aren’t enough people on government payrolls? Really?

Biden: ‘I Wish’ Jobs Bill Critics Knew What It Feels Like to be Raped, Robbed “I wish these guys who thought it was temporary, I wish they had some notion of what it was like to be on the other … Continue reading →

Top Income in U.S. is…Gasp!…Wash. D.C. Area Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers helped Washington edge out San Jose as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area, government data show. The U.S. capital … Continue reading →

…Actually the bolts don’t seem to matter… Blow-torch toting brothers stole a bridge in western Pennsylvania and scored over $5,000 by hawking the scrap metal, police said. Benjamin Arthur Jones, 24, and Alexander Williams Jones, 25, both of New Castle, … Continue reading →

Or, things that happen when I didn’t bring a camera. Okay. It’s almost eight o’clock in the AM. I’ve got all these fenceposts to move to the Lair, and they’re still capped with concrete. One of them I can barely … Continue reading →

…I don’t know what the hell this is. Damned sad, in any case. Hey! You rich kids do realize they won’t just tax you, right? Yeah…okay, that’s what I thought.