Author Archives: Joel

Why are so many people clicking on my blog to look at a picture of the Nissan Cube? Why would anyone ever want to do that? Look at the car, that is – not visit the blog, which is a … Continue reading →

I am convinced that the greatest creation of western culture is the flush toilet. I stand – and occasionally sit – in awe at its simple elegance, its ability to make one of life’s most noisome byproducts simply go away, … Continue reading →

Replaced the missing fuel system part, and he started up as if he hadn’t just spent a whole winter’s hiatus. Just before M left, we used the bucket to load a big cell tower battery into his pickup. We’ve been … Continue reading →

The wind blew hard all night, then harder and colder this morning. Along around 10 it started to snow. It’s still snowing, and the temperature gets lower by the hour. It’s around freezing now, and overnight I suspect it’s gonna … Continue reading →

My friend M’s hoping to win a video contest on something called getrichslowly.org. Y’all might recognize the house project. I think he’s got a pretty good shot! What do you think?

If it weren’t so deadly serious I would find it quite amusing that anti-gun activists get all bent out of shape and claim they feel threatened when millions of people peaceably carry concealed firearms in public every day. Yet they … Continue reading →

Is this the hope, or the change? The Obama Justice Department produced a 14-page document Thursday justifying President Obama’s war in Libya. The document claims: “The President had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force in Libya … Continue reading →

Oh, I should have closed the lid on my laptop before I left this morning. A good high desert windstorm really sucks the moisture out of you. And deposits tons of grit and sand and ick that may have been … Continue reading →

“I’m sorry – that’s just frickin’ hilarious.” Last week I told you how GC guy’s delight at being able to order components by the pallet load turned to anger and disillusionment when the pallet went awry. And further awry. And … Continue reading →

Haven’t had much in the way of chances to visit the Secret Lair, even though the weather’s moderated and it’s been on my mind. Went there this afternoon for the first time in a couple of days to fill some … Continue reading →

Whatever shall we do? Here in my hole in the ground I’ve recently learned what everybody else probably already knows all about – THE GOVERNMNENT’S GONNA SHUT DOWN!!11ZOMG!!If only. Of course, remembering last time when “Mr. Newt” thought he could … Continue reading →

I was a dealership technician for several years, into the middle ‘eighties. In my first dealership, being low guy on the stick, I got sent to school to learn how to service Oldsmobile diesels. Little did I imagine the horrors … Continue reading →

When two guys sit around in a stuffy barn wiring stuff together all day, they get to talking about weird stuff. GC Guy wanted to know why, since I’m pathologically and passionately negative on the whole subject of government, I … Continue reading →

Okay! Here’s a guy who’s been mayor – for just the longest time – of a city with some of the strictest handgun regs in the country, a city which also vies annually for Murder Capitol of America. The State … Continue reading →

I got a question in the comments about how one would go about acquiring one of the geiger counters I’ve been talking about so much for the past month. Well…the company I’ve been working for is here, and they do … Continue reading →

If George Washington knew you were Tweeting about the British royal wedding, he’d snatch the iPhone from your hand and kick your ass. – Tam

Woke up and it was 24 degrees outside. Ate some breakfast stew and popped a cap off a tooth. Went to GC Guy’s, suffered through his Monday-morning meltdown, and spent seven hours straight wiring together the guts of geiger counters. … Continue reading →

It’s impossible in two separate and very important ways, so I’m not suggesting it, okay? But she’s acting like a cat with a new litter of kittens. Seriously, I think my interpretation of her disappearance a few nights ago was … Continue reading →

The place is still running, T.

Just this morning I was wondering whether I should send forth a bleg for the IP funds to keep TUAK going a few more months. Then I logged on and got an email from Landlady, saying such funds had just … Continue reading →