Author Archives: Joel

…to pay attention to anything as distasteful and patently phony as the SOTU until the editorial remixes start showing up on YouTube. And after they do my thinking for me, praise the lord I don’t have to think about it … Continue reading →

When it got cold a couple of months ago, I was changing my sheets when it came to me that it might be more efficient to just get my cold-weather sleeping bag down from the loft. I generally sleep with … Continue reading →

Nice day today. The boys and I had an epic walky around the big ridge not far from home – took about 2 hours. I had a bit of a rest and then put the boys in Gitmo so I … Continue reading →

401(k) mutual funds crashed in 2000? I sure do. I’d just been laid off from my one and only “safe” corporate job, just gotten divorced, just…well, just had my life fall apart. Then everything I had left from 17 years … Continue reading →

Fresh from its victories in balancing the federal budget and reforming the American auto, banking and health industries, the US government’s executive branch has cleared some time in its schedule to deal with the scandalous college football championship system. I … Continue reading →

I’ve just learned that Claire Wolfe, my all-time favorite freedom writer, has a new blog at Backwoods Home. Claire is awesome. I lost a small part of my every day when she shut down her old blog. Glad to see … Continue reading →

Culled from the puzzling files of ilovelocalcommercials.com.

It rained yesterday afternoon, turning to snow sometime overnight. Never got cold enough to freeze the ground, and this last installment has soaked the clay enough that the roads are getting really slick. Probably be impassible in 2-wheel-drive after the … Continue reading →

With the passing of Fritz, our five o’clock Snacky Time tradition came to an end as having no further practical use. (I only started doing it because it made dispensing meds easier.) Also since I’m down to two relatively young … Continue reading →

Never give Mama Goat a happy scratch until you have finished cleaning out her stall. She will decide you are her best friend, follow you into the stall, and refuse to leave. Addendum: Shooting Mama Goat in the head is … Continue reading →

…Can’t shoot them in the head. So it’s Sunday evening and things are settling down in the lair. Ghost can’t settle down with them, a sign I should have interpreted more carefully than I did even if I got it … Continue reading →

“I am a sinner, who does not expect forgiveness. But I am not a government official.”– Mr. Wolcott, serial killer. Deadwood

Seen at Tam’s place, where it did not originate: Cows are more afraid of a barking dog than a booming gun, which explains their position on the food chain. I can testify that this is true. I have fired pistols … Continue reading →

It was six inches at seven this morning, and three hours later it’s still coming down hard. I just got my satellite connection back, and may lose it again before I finish this post. Little Bear loves the snow, and … Continue reading →

Courtesy of The Grey Lady, The Day ObamaCare Died! While I was waiting for my slow connection to load the whole thing I thought, “Wow, this is almost as good as a Paul Shanklin parody.” Turns out it is Paul … Continue reading →

I can’t indulge in a fit of sixties folk-music nostalgia without at least one nod to the high priestess of cool hippy songs. Gad, how this lady made me wish I was ten years older in the mid-sixties.

Huh! Did we just dodge a bullet? Because if we did, I’ve gotta admit it surprises the hell out of me.

Okay; I don’t generally talk about electoral politics here, because … well, damn. I only mention steaming piles of dog poo on the blog because they’re a regular part of my life here. Electoral politics is far more distasteful and … Continue reading →

My new part-time shit-shoveling gig is working out well so far. My neighbors have tried various ways of making money from goats. The original plan was meat and milk. This was reduced to milk only when it turned out they … Continue reading →