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You shouldn't ask these questions of a paranoid recluse, you know.

Sure, it’s cool. But let me set one to fire down my driveway and watch everybody get their panties in a bunch.

$%^&ing Government gets all the good stuff. I just get the bill.

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“I’m trying to think of a creature less suited to live here…”

“…and it’s just…not…coming…” GC Guy’s mom came for a visit, and brought her slavering beast. As you can tell from the background this isn’t the actual dog – I didn’t have a camera with me. But it looks just like … Continue reading

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And now New Hampshire?

NH Senate Considers Ending Gun Permit Requirement Gad, this is getting fun to watch!

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Another Windy Day.

GC Guy got replacements for the messed-up geiger counter cases he’s been waiting for for weeks. That put us back in business for Friday and much of today. Then we ran out of meters. We’re just about set to run … Continue reading

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Firstfruits

Found some bolts and got the single-station press fastened to the counter. Then I wanted to load something. Anything. My .44 dies haven’t come yet and the only caliber I had a whole bunch of components for, I didn’t have … Continue reading

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Elections should matter more than they do, Nancy. That’s the whole point.

And also one reason* why I refuse to have anything to do with them. Left wing – right wing: Same stinking carrion bird in between. But Nancy seems to think we’d all be better off without those annoying elections. Elections … Continue reading

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Funny you should mention that, guys.

I got a couple of comments saying I should watch what I say about the tractor. You were right, and I wasn’t superstitious enough. No, nothing really bad. Just in checking fluids, I found myself right out of hydraulic fluid. … Continue reading

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The desert contains, among other things…

…a very great deal of dirt. I feel like I’ve dug it all up, and am wearing quite a bit of what I dug. And I’m only half done. I’ve barely begun hauling horse shit. I’ve said it before and … Continue reading

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Awwww, gee. That’s a shame.

Went out early to bleed the tractor’s fuel lines and get him running, so I could spend happy hours digging holes. Almost got it, too, but then the battery started to drag. So I brought the battery home to charge … Continue reading

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But we knew that.

TSA security looks at people who complain about … TSA security Washington (CNN) — Don’t like the way airport screeners are doing their job? You might not want to complain too much while standing in line. Arrogant complaining about airport … Continue reading

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Happy Tax Day!

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Become a hero to the Homeland! Get paid big bux!

All you gotta do is sell out your boss. Yeah, this is the way I want MY government to encourage people to treat each other. Recently, a small town accountant tipped off the IRS that his employer was shorting the … Continue reading

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No work today!

Got a call from GC Guy, who’d been threatening me with more yard work in lieu of making geiger counters. It turned cold and windy, far too much so for discretionary work outdoors. A man after my own heart. Oh, … Continue reading

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Ban Assault Clippers!

Heh.

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The Brady Campaign: Keeping It Classy Since 2001

Where can I get some of those targets? Though I do agree that clips should be forbidden by law from assaulting people.

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Aren’t speeches supposed to have semantic content?

Rather than just words? I now know that Obama thinks it’s very important for me to pay for other people’s health care and for bombing far-away brown people. I also know Obama thinks taxpayers aren’t being raped hard enough. But … Continue reading

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And…more wind.

GC Guy’s component woes have still not come to an end. He asked me to report for duty this morning, and we ended up hauling garbage. Which isn’t exactly what I signed up for, but there it is. Good news … Continue reading

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Dig we must.

So this morning I drove M’s tractor to shit-shoveling, scooped the manure pile into better shape, then filled the bucket with the first load we’ll need for fruit trees. My mission: To dig the first hole of three, for three … Continue reading

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“An Armed Society…”

Here’s an article I wrote in the Libertarian Enterprise about nine years ago, concerning incidents that happened years before that. Maybe you’ll enjoy it. Aware that I was trespassing, that I was shabby and completely out of place, I began … Continue reading

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Scaring the White People in California…

Here and there I’ve had a thing or two to say about the approach California activists have taken toward the open-carry movement, in which they seem to believe that scaring the white people will somehow cause California lawvermin to change … Continue reading

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