Author Archives: Joel

Eating breakfast and planning out my day, I decided I’d better start with laundry. It’s a beautiful, sunny morning, but it’s also Monsoon so who knows how long that’ll last? While hanging the first load, I got to thinking about … Continue reading →

Well, I did predict that this would be a busy weekend. It was also a highly productive one, from the viewpoint of all three participants – Landlady, M, and myself. We got a lot done. For Landlady, the objective was … Continue reading →

J&H’s house has been hit by lightning twice in two years, and they finally decided to take that as a subtle hint that maybe they’re vulnerable to, you know, lightning. So they dipped into the fund they’d been laying by … Continue reading →

So you’re servicing your car, minding your own business, and you happen to encounter a GPS tracker that wasn’t there before. Thanks, fellas! Hey, I’m a guy. I love gadgets. Here are some suggestions for what to do with it: … Continue reading →

I was all kind of excited this morning. I got to bed at a decent time so woke up before light. Sky was clear, temp was cool. Today I’d at least get a start at tearing down that old pantry … Continue reading →

…then nobody would get training, and they’d all, like, die? Well… “Nothing could be further from the truth. We’ve seen an increase in people coming out here,” said Mike Morgan, a shooting instructor and range master with Game and Fish. … Continue reading →

Anywhere, apparently. So. You thought you could avoid those intrusive airport technological strip searches by not flying on a commercial plane? You thought they were just were doing that to “other people”? You thought it was okay to look the … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, there was a television show called the Brady Bunch. A photogenic widower with photogenic sons meets and marries a photogenic widow with photogenic daughters. Hilarity ensues. This was not going to be like that. But yeah, … Continue reading →

Rain in the desert is really very inconvenient. It’s true! Everywhere else, rain is a part of the landscape. Let a farmer go a month without rain and listen to him bitch. Here, rain was clearly an afterthought for whoever … Continue reading →

Ramen Fiend said, I’m moving to the mountains of Montana here soon, and I read this and realized that I need lightning rods (and a dog that isn’t afraid of running water). So how does one go about making lightning … Continue reading →

So Saturday evening Landlady, M and I were sitting around my trailer, and we were hitting M’s mead kinda hard and they started pitching this new project. They want me to write The Great American Novel. They’d apparently given this … Continue reading →

…and a lot of people shouldn’t post videos on how to be tacticool. They just really shouldn’t. H/T to Tam.

And yet we’re up to our kiesters in them. I hauled off Serenity a year ago February, and it almost promptly got replaced with another, even more obnoxious one. We call it “The White Whale.” It’s the biggest, fanciest fifth-wheel … Continue reading →

National Lawmakers Meet in Chicago to discuss Gun Control National lawmakers were in Chicago holding a Congressional hearing on proposed gun control legislation today.…WEIS: It’s just common sense legislation. I don’t see how anyone could say this is restrictive when … Continue reading →

…Not, you know, in a good way, but…

Yeah! Some months after Claire moved into one of the fifth-wheel trailers here, I happened to notice that her toilet didn’t flush. I asked her if she wanted me to have a look at it, and she said no: She … Continue reading →

Guys, “your” people have the absolute right not to keep or carry arms any time they want. Seriously, anybody who wants to be a helpless, harmless victim may do so, at any time. I’m aware of nobody who wants to … Continue reading →

8^( Okay, technically (and not so technically) it’s not my lawn. But damn do I wish the roofers would just install the (redacted) roof and go away. Six in the morning, radio blaring, dogs all upset, I dunno whether I … Continue reading →

One of my brilliant improvisations gave up the ghost, and I’ve had to hardwire the ‘pooter to the modem. This has driven me back to the scriptorium. That was fine a year and a half ago when I really didn’t … Continue reading →