Author Archives: Joel

I’ve been seeing a lot of complaints by conservatives that the Big O isn’t doing enough to save the world. 3. To ensure that the president does not focus unduly on your war, schedule it while he is preoccupied with … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago, my idea of heaven would have been a mindless regular job located here in the gulch, with no commute and no paperwork. Yesterday morning I was handed that opportunity on a platter, and I blinked. … Continue reading →

I did something yesterday I haven’t done in a long time. I put in a whole day’s work – plus some. Came home and crashed.

Yesterday my friend was delighted and somewhat frantic. By the time I got there this morning he was ready to blow his brains out. We set up an assembly line, and with me doing the scut work we were able … Continue reading →

Woke up around 3:30, did the usual morning stuff. Let Ghost out, rolled a ciggie, picked up a book, wrapped myself in a spare blanket, let Ghost in, etc. Sinuses were on fire, throat was scratchy, and I fear I … Continue reading →

Good news! I found out what was keeping water from going to Landlady’s house, and it didn’t have anything to do with that big broken hydrant! Bad news! Uncle Joel must have been dropped repeatedly on his head as an … Continue reading →

I have a friend who makes geiger counters. Excellent geiger counters – compact, no-nonsense, very reliable things. He sells them on-line, and they sell quite well among the sorts of people who like geiger counters. I always thought of them … Continue reading →

…I’d have some ‘splainin’ to do, and probably some hell to pay. And I’m glad of that, because that’s the way it should be. But then I’m not a cop. Cops don’t live in the world you and I do. … Continue reading →

…is anybody BUT government officials smuggling guns to Mexico? The mayor and police chief of a tiny New Mexico border town best known for a raid by Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa nearly a century ago were among 11 people accused … Continue reading →

Welcome, sports fans! Our score in the great Running Water playoff so far: Uncle Murphy – 5 Uncle Joel – Bupkis, Baby!  Goat Shit!  Nada! (ahem) To recap: The large hydrant which sends water to Landlady’s House, and also incidentally … Continue reading →

Commenter Suek sent the following link, in regard to that Michael more clip the other day: The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin. While … Continue reading →

Back in Viet Nam there was a saying that went, “When you’ve got’em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.” This was in reference to a policy instituted by the U.S. Government, called – oddly enough – the … Continue reading →

Gad, I love to read Tam when she’s on… Despite the .gov wrapping as much of the west coast in Nerf padding as possible in preparation for Gaia’s predicted aquatic love tap, the forces of Natural Selection managed a small … Continue reading →

To my shock, the plumbing guy showed up late this afternoon. This just keeps getting better. The pipe I thought he broke, he didn’t break. When I picked it up this morning it was all shattered underneath, and it was … Continue reading →

I’m carefully avoiding half-witty remarks here, but still glad I’m over a mile high. Have you ever been in a real earthquake? I was in one – ONE, and that was plenty. If it hadn’t had its epicenter ‘way out … Continue reading →

The Porcine One has declared war on … somebody. Whoever “banksters” are. I presume it’s not the same ones who finance his unwatchable movies. He speaks in the name of “the people.” Though he never gets specific about which “people” … Continue reading →

Landlady’s been trying to get the plumbing company out here for weeks, and they wouldn’t return her phone calls. This afternoon I was thinking about maybe sneaking the Jeep into town, on account of I’m almost out of gasoline and … Continue reading →

Beheading your wife because she was about to divorce you ain’t the way to “counter negative… images of Muslims”, sparky… – JayG

Landlady sent me this distressing video this morning:

Found this poem by Colin Ryan at Coordinated Illumination. Dunno who made the video.