Author Archives: Joel

So W and I are trying to move his uber-router to the powerhouse, in hopes he can get some use from it. My wi-fi still works okay, but his really sucks and he paid for the thing. We’ve got 500′ … Continue reading →

I object to him because he’s from Chicago. Back on the subject of all those bills flowing from the Arizona legislature lately. Some I love, some I loathe. This one just makes me go “WTF?”

It’s just that I wonder why he spends so much of his life in such high dudgeon. Billy Beck gets a lot of quote time in the freedomista blogoverse, because he’s so damned quotable. I do worry, though, that he’s … Continue reading →

Well, the delivery guy from the lumberyard just left, having unloaded all the framing lumber, fasteners and insulation for Landlady’s house. D came over to help me get things squared away. The fellow who delivered the roof trusses hadn’t had … Continue reading →

…I would have thought nobody would be stupid enough to attempt armed robbery in a gun store. LabRat posted documented proof that this is not the case. HINT: It does not go well. But not for the reason you might … Continue reading →

W: “Little Bear! C’mon! Come with Uncle W!” LB: I don’t trust you. I suddenly want to stay with Daddy. I suspect a trap. (It was, in fact, a blatant and obvious trap.) W: “I’ve got cookies!” LB: (Gallops off … Continue reading →

“But government’s very nature is one that deserves skepticism and mistrust. After all, as an institution with a “monopoly on violence,” there’s no reason to involve government in any aspect of human life unless you’re trying to make people do … Continue reading →

Sorry, couldn’t resist. Okay, first thing:You know how yesterday I thought I’d miscounted how many bond-beam blocks I needed by one? Well, I was wrong not completely right about that. I found one this morning that had gotten wrapped up … Continue reading →

Paying attention to laws, prospective or current, is not something I habitually do on this blog or in my personal life. Lately I’ve been posting a lot about a raft of pro-gunowner laws in Arizona, because they serve my philosophical … Continue reading →

And interesting things are happening. On this date, all sorts of interesting – and usually tragic – things happened. Among which, the following: 1529 – At the Second Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers and independent cities protests the … Continue reading →

So I’m working on the Landlady’s retaining wall, right? And nothing’s going just right, because when I woke up this morning I could barely raise my right arm after taking a header in the yard yesterday afternoon. And then I … Continue reading →

Got an early start on a strenuous day, as I said earlier. My cable-pulling adventure came to nothing, endlessly forcing a fish tape through underground conduit that doesn’t seem to go anywhere. Finally gave up after digging a useless hole … Continue reading →

…about people who keep their oaths! I think that all you have to do is read the paper every day to see how many people there are who are deeply, deeply troubled. We know, now, that there are people involved … Continue reading →

So in anticipation of poor blogging etiquette, here are funny pictures. Seen at GunRights4usall. Dunno where I found this one. Had it for years.

And about time, too. I’ve watched this every day, and was starting to think she was going to let it go without a signature. Three months from yesterday*, Arizona goes to Vermont Carry. This blows me away. I spent most … Continue reading →

Yes, I manipulate the boys from time to time. Precisely how this coffee can got half a mile from home, I really can’t say. It was downwind, and I’m constantly picking up windborne litter that’s snagged in a tree or … Continue reading →

…’Cause there’s bugger all down here on Earth.

…and gone to meet Jesus. Let us hope for his sake the Lord is in a good mood. During his long career with the LAPD, Gates became known as the guiding mind behind many things I hate, including SWAT and … Continue reading →

Don’t look at me. It’s no use getting angry about it, and after all I did warn you. Where do you think you’re living? So some California gunowner-rights activists decided to make a point by openly carrying empty handguns in … Continue reading →

…Or we’ll throw you in prison. From the Atlanta Gun Rights Advisor, a tale of a brave protector who’d rather see you dead than have his sinecure threatened… The Chairman of the subcommittee, Representative Ed Setzler, asked him about a … Continue reading →