Author Archives: Joel

Y’know, I’m all in favor of this, since mass impeachments followed by tar and feathers seem to be out of the question. Hey, incrementalism is good, even if (since this is coming from congress) I don’t really believe a word … Continue reading →

Always remember – The law is the law. Follow it blindly, subjects.

Here’s another Shadow story, if you liked the first one. Nobody dies in this one, and Shadow doesn’t even pull a knife on anybody. It’s what you’d call a story with a moral – and Shadow’s morals, though strict, are … Continue reading →

“We just need a liiiiitle more of your freedom, and then you’ll be safe.” H/T to Radley Balko.

Off and on through this early part of the summer I’ve spotted a fair-size kingsnake in and around the barn. Unlike rattlers, kingsnakes are to be encouraged in barns and even under houses, not only because of their voracious appetite … Continue reading →

Can you tell the exact hour in which Tam linked to something on your sleepy little blog, Joel? I knew you could. And I was actually having a pretty good day, reader-wise, because my friend Claire (I can call her … Continue reading →

A commenter left a note on my TSA post earlier today. To be fair I don’t think she was defending the TSA, but rather the right of government employees to collective bargaining. But since I can’t abide anything that even … Continue reading →

Note for future generations, if you live to reproduce: When you just watched a doe (literally!) kick the living crap out of a dog that weighs as much as she does, clawing said doe’s nose is … not an optimal … Continue reading →

As far as I can tell, getting oil onto the shore is the objective… “The Coast Guard came and shut them down,” Jindal said. “You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the … Continue reading →

W: Joel, why are you carrying that big axe? Me: I wanted to take a kink out of my driveway, but had to negotiate right-of-way with a tree first. W: Oh. Okay.

I’ve got to start a “get a load of this” tag, because lately I’m inundated with laugh-out-loud “WHAT??” stories. To wit: Indianapolis – If you’re flying out of town today you might see protestors at the airport. They started picketing … Continue reading →

I’d hat-tip whoever I first read this from, but TUAK must be the only site on the Interwebs that hasn’t blogged about it yet. This bit right here is just precious: The NRA must preserve its ability to speak. It … Continue reading →

Heh. M sent me this, and got my morning off to a good start. “It’s my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of son of a bitch or another.” – Mal Reynolds

I’ve wondered for some time how people get parts of a long post to appear “below the fold,” and finally got around to researching the code. So partly I’m posting this just so I can play with it. A couple … Continue reading →

Okay, both my regular readers know that I don’t get my panties in a wad over illegal immigration. “The law is the law” and all that…yeah, yeah. But…This isn’t acceptable. The drug cartel violence coupled with increased crime along the … Continue reading →

I shared a pleasant lunch with a friend today. He brought chicken, and I brought rice. I’d just gotten off pulling all the old wire out of the new Secret Lair, and replacing it with the ruinously expensive Romex I … Continue reading →

It’s really more of a guideline. Democrats are vowing this fund will be tightly crafted and used only for oil-spill payments. But only last week Democrats on Capitol Hill wanted to siphon money out of the Oil Spill Liability Trust … Continue reading →

It turns out, after I pulled all the wire in the Lair and began connecting my first set of outlets, that the wire I scavenged is no damned good. I worried about that a little, because we used some of … Continue reading →

This is my first and only blogger.com complaint. To date. W and I have had some issues with our internet provider. We’ve got satellite service, which means our monthly download limit is…well, limited. Hasn’t been a big problem up till … Continue reading →

So you’re losing the “global war,” making it necessary to fight all those enemies you made overseas right here at home? Or do you maybe have a different enemy in mind? H/T to Sipsey Street