Author Archives: Joel

I present the following, without [snicker] further [KkKkKkKk] comment! [braaAAHAAAHAAA…] This summer, two of the best-known combatants in this fight signed a surprising truce, with a big tissue maker promising to do better. But the larger battle goes on — … Continue reading →

I recently re-watched an old movie, “The Song of Bernadette,” about a young French girl from Lourdes who sees visions of “a beautiful lady” which bring her nothing but trouble. The story itself doesn’t really grab me, though the film … Continue reading →

I’ve been blogging on this borrowed laptop for a couple of months, after my own hard drive went to electron heaven. For the past few days, Microsoft has been giving me a nastygram on startup, offering an “update” from something … Continue reading →

Okay: Pop quiz. Below are two images. One is graffiti, which is contemptible vandalism. The other is a petroglyph, which is a priceless national treasure. Which is which, and why?If you answered, “the valuable one showcases some artistic talent,” you’d … Continue reading →

…is one that we have to carefully, uh, balance.” She seems to be referring to the San Francisco murders of Democrats Harvey Milk and George Moscone in 1978, murders committed by a, uh, Democratic politician. She failed to mention what … Continue reading →

…isn’t quite as bad – okay, it isn’t anywhere near as bad – as trenching, but it’s still a tedious pain in the ass. Yet it must be done. I’ve got the water line run to the edge of the … Continue reading →

I’m shutting down the power converter for the night, but I just have to say: DAY FOUR of the Camo Clown Collar ordeal, and Fritz still hasn’t gotten it off. In fact he’s mostly given up trying. I do believe … Continue reading →

Just because I haven’t done it in a while. Yes, I got all muddy. So? You never play with me. You’ll have to pay my therapy bills, you know. So I got all muddy. This is what you have to … Continue reading →

It rained pretty good overnight, but since we’ve been a couple of weeks without serious rain it left nothing in the wash. Late this morning we got more, causing M and I to head home after only a short session … Continue reading →

Two guys, five hours, set up, bolted down, completely awesome, only had to drill out one hole.He did a really good job planting the anchors during the floor pour. I was absolutely certain we’d spend more time on alignment problems … Continue reading →

You just look like such a dork.Poor guy has to wear this for Two Weeks. And it looks as though we might be able to keep it on this time. Assuming he hasn’t borrowed a shotgun and blown his own … Continue reading →

…and I was singing a mangled version of it to myself, back when a bunch of us were working on M’s foundation, and the Landlady laughed at me and said, “You singing Slim Whitman songs over there? Trying to keep … Continue reading →

And a third strike against the idea of our local horse doctor ever getting near one of these dogs again. Fritz has had a hemotoma in his ear for quite some time. We took him to the horse doc three … Continue reading →

One theory… H/T to Bill St. Claire.

According to Lew Rockwell’s Blog, one part of that odd Jericho Cop Saga is business-as-usual: No matter how wrong the cops may be, their victim is wronger still in the eyes of The Lawwww if he puts up anything remotely … Continue reading →

Well, the site was ready… The tools were ready, and so were the goodies… Every Evil Overlord’s Lair needs a self-destruct mechanism, of course. So the charges were ready. (I’m told the Big Red Button will be labelled “Kill All … Continue reading →

I’ve had some cats who insisted on drinking from the faucet, but… Well, sheesh. Just to walk away and leave the water running like that? Doesn’t this cat know what generator gasoline costs? Unacceptable.

After approximately 10,536 continuous years of ditch- and rebar-induced trauma, A Concrete Pour Occurred yesterday! Yay! I’ll have pix later, after I’ve scavenged them from M’s camera. A whole crew showed up before 10am, when the first of the trucks … Continue reading →

Courtesy of The Arizona Rifleman.