Author Archives: Joel

Yesterday got really busy, sorry. Landlady is here for the weekend and so are some other stakeholders. M got our weekender neighbor S to help reality-check some plumbing issues on the Dome. W had arranged to return four of our … Continue reading →

Good (not perfect, but good) day on the roof front, bad day on the dog front. W and I have to take somebody to the vet, so I haven’t got time to play on the computer and expect to get … Continue reading →

Yeah, I was eating breakfast this morning when my cell phone rang, a not very usual occurrence. It was L, my neighbor from maybe a mile and a half away as the crow flies. “We’ve got Little Bear and Beauty … Continue reading →

M came by this morning and said, “I’m hung up on plumbing. You wanna go put up the ceiling box and roof the cabin?” “Why the hell not?” said I. And so that’s what we’ve been doing. Last Saturday, D … Continue reading →

Who knew you could thwart pirates by shooting them? NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship who fired … Continue reading →

Earlier this morning, on a prepping forum where I spend too much leisure time, somebody posted a poll titled “Do you actually want SHTF?” I read through the answers, some of which were quite thoughtful. Then I added my own … Continue reading →

H/T to the LRC Blog

At some point when you’ve lots of time on your hands and want a giggle at someone else’s expense, check this out. I kept looking for the cues that this was a spoof site. But as far as I can … Continue reading →

Who said I could blog it. Just a day in the life of a citizen, citizens. I’m visiting a friend in Tucson, Arizona, this week and this morning we set out toward downtown for an arts event. We hadn’t gone … Continue reading →

…between being hated or being ignored – you can only have one, but you must have one – which would you choose? Once upon a time there was this uber-troll – it’s the only fair designation – who went by … Continue reading →

“To me, hope lies on the path where individuals accept the cost of duplicating what the state’s managers promise but can’t deliver. By traveling this path, we may preserve a remnant of civil society while the rest of the herd … Continue reading →

Joe Biden’s security vehicles have killed more people than my gun. – Anon H/T (and pic) @ War On Guns.

The shotcrete crew actually arrived early, having left the city at something like four in the morning and apparently mounted JATO bottles to their truck. That was pretty weird, but when the first concrete truck arrived dead on time, we … Continue reading →

Today, if the good lord’s willing etc., we (watch someone else) shotcrete M’s Dome. Trucks arriving from far away in the city…all sorts of things await to go wrong with that…we’re on the ragged edge of the time of the … Continue reading →

Two vehicles owned by the federal government and being driven by secret service employees strike and kill a pedestrian at a crosswalk in Washington DC. Both vehicles strike the pedestrian. Blood alcohol and drug tests are administered to:A. The driversB. … Continue reading →

Last winter was a cold one here at the secret lair, Mk I. I was (still am, lazy ass) in rather improvised quarters and got my heat where I could. For part of the winter I heated the barn’s scriptorium … Continue reading →

Pfizer abandons site of infamous Kelo eminent domain taking Well, we all knew that was going to end well, didn’t we?

M got back from his trip to the city, and the landlady sent up Magnus headstone. Not a very good likeness, but I like the epitaph she settled on. It’s very him.

Yes, believe it or not I am working on the secret lair. Though I admit that for some time I just sort of patted it on the head in passing, I’m finally getting back to work on the interior. As … Continue reading →