Author Archives: Joel

A weekend filled with good news, and news that was at worst not completely bad. Yesterday morning while cutting juniper in some fairly rough country I moved the Jeep and trailer and heard an unusual *SPRONG* from the front end. … Continue reading →

From yesterday, because I’m not even going to mention, let alone post, what today’s is. Even I have some standards. They are exceedingly low standards, as I hereby proceed to demonstrate…

Daughter sent me this. 🙂

Got the shit-shoveling done. Got the bathtub moved. Got to gimping worse than I have in years. Told Customer I’d be there tomorrow to work on her wood. Just can’t cut it (HAW!) in a woodlot today. Today I’ve got … Continue reading →

Available as a T-Shirt. Just sayin.

Landlady sent me a cartoon that would have been funny, if I’d known what it was talking about… I hung onto it, swearing I’d try to learn what the hell “fourwhere” is. Now I know, and I wish I didn’t.

I didn’t get a lot of woodcutting done yesterday. Spent an hour and a half cutting logs and piling trash, went back to the customer’s, emptied the trailer, and then fate took a hand. She’d gone to town early, I … Continue reading →

Go to woodlot Cut wood Fill trailer Go to customer’s yard Empty trailer Go to woodlot Cut wood Fill trailer Go to customer’s yard Empty trailer Change chain Cut wood into 16″ billets Go home Let dogs out Clean chainsaw … Continue reading →

Okey Dokey. Here’s where Uncle Joel proves his rugged outdoorsman creds. In other words, I’m doomed. I really dunno why I’ve been putting this off. Last summer I spent five days in this same woodlot, or sawing and splitting what … Continue reading →

Little Bear here. Dad’s been busy today, so I thought I’d take a moment for a word. Yeah, I let myself out of Gitmo and booted up his laptop. I’m not half as stupid as he thinks I am. Between … Continue reading →

…and at least has the decency not to insist that’s a good thing. “I appreciate your honesty. Not, you know, a lot, but…” H/T to Claire.

The “right to work” is universal. Don’t let me stop you, go and work. The right to get paid for it is between you and an employer or customer. Not universal, because it involves a contract. But still something that … Continue reading →

That’s what Fat Mike seems to be saying – The true beauty of Obamacare is that it’ll make us all equally squalid. It’s not a bug, it’s a … you know. A very brief search on Michael Moore’s net worth … Continue reading →

This is very, very creepy. It’s beyond creepy – this thing would weird Cthulu out. I gather it’s part of a Prius ad, which makes me want to find the Prius factory and burn it down before it spreads. No, … Continue reading →

I’ve got this stove, that’s allegedly jetted for propane. It’s been squirreled away in the barn for a couple of years, and before I move it to the Lair I need to plumb it for a hose and small propane … Continue reading →

So I guess that big satellite fell already, and they’re pretty sure all the pieces have already hit the g

Uncle Joel’s papers are not in order. Haven’t been for over ten years, but since I got nailed back in ’08 it’s been an issue. Consequently I’ve gotten into the habit of not going into town very much and almost … Continue reading →

Click for Embiggenment From here. It’s turned into a busy day. Got back from shit-shoveling, and now I’ve got to sneak into town and take a long walk to get some chains sharpened. Then I need to get back on … Continue reading →

I come back this afternoon to find lots of comments to this morning’s bleg, none of which told me to go to hell. So I’ve added a tip jar button. Thanks for the responses!

This is very uncomfortable to me. Almost exactly a year ago I announced that TUAK would be going dark, because it had lost its sugar mama and I couldn’t take up the slack. To my shock and delight a good … Continue reading →