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Yup, it’s that time. I’ve had really bad tinnitus since my mid twenties: I’ve been a shooter since I was a child and an idiot for about that long so that’s no surprise. So everything I hear, I need to … Continue reading →

Winter returned to the Gulch… …just in time for my bedroom heater to pack it in, same as it did this time last year. First it gets undependable, then it stops working entirely. I figured out last year what was … Continue reading →

The local market in the crappy little town nearest where I live just had work done on its roof… Seriously, just recently. Overnight we had snow and sleet followed by a quick thaw, which is enough to prove whether the … Continue reading →

So my first appointment at the prosthetic shop happened, and was surprisingly pleasant. I haven’t been there for five years, and Hanger Clinic is a big corporate operation so the guy I sat with wasn’t the same guy that made … Continue reading →

The unseasonable mild weather continues, in a slightly moderated form. Like, yesterday it only spent most of the daylight hours in the fifties. I’m feeling better, that sore on my stump has almost entirely left and it doesn’t hurt anymore, … Continue reading →

Ian’s Cave is an unintentional but very effective Faraday Cage. It has so much mesh and is so thoroughly grounded that no electronic signal can penetrate in either direction. If you’re working inside or in the front yard, where the … Continue reading →

I went to the biggish town about 35 miles away with Neighbor L this morning. L is delighted to have her truck back and working right for the first time in quite a while, and the new hasn’t worn off. … Continue reading →

Check this out… On February 4. I went around the yard collecting windblown trash, did the laundry, ran the burn barrel, serviced the Jeep (that new inflator won’t top off all four tires on one charge), serviced all the batteries, … Continue reading →

There, I said it. I’ve never been to SHOT Show. Even if I were welcome there, which as a non-press hoi polloi I certainly would not be, you couldn’t drag me screaming to a crowded convention in Las Vegas. It’s … Continue reading →

And the freeze apparently didn’t damage any pipes, which with PVC is never the way to bet. The temperature has gone back to freakishly warm: It’s actually supposed to be in the seventies for the next four days. So there … Continue reading →

My brand new kitchen bypass regulator decided no gas for me. First thing in the frigid morning – which is exactly the same way the one it replaced failed. Before coffee I had to go out in the cold to … Continue reading →

From several years ago and not really topical, but I only saw it for the first time this morning.

Who just got out of the hospital – again – without anything in his condition improved or even justified. He has a bad infection from his hip replacement, which I suppose no doctor – especially the one(s) responsible – wants … Continue reading →

I have about 30 gallons of drinking water hauled in from town and stored in cool darkness at Ian’s place, and when I lose water at the Lair I end up spending some of it on utility measures other than … Continue reading →

I’d rather talk about winter preps, and how after all this time I still find ways to fail at them. So. Yesterday afternoon. This wasn’t all that unexpected, I’ve been living in fear of it since the cold snap started. … Continue reading →

That is officially the coldest recorded temperature outside the Secret Lair since 2019. Naturally on the morning I had to leave early to do something I don’t often do: Drive Neighbor L’s Jeep right through town. For the third time, … Continue reading →

Last time I did that was in 2020, and I did it again today for the same reason. I can’t take this prosthesis any more. I’ve only had it five years but it fits so badly I’m basically confined to … Continue reading →

And why does she seem so worried? For the record Biden left office and didn’t give me a pardon either. But I never gave him any money so my sense of betrayal is limited.

Okay, so my current carry pistol came with a Swampfox red dot… It’s one of the less expensive brands and it worked adequately. It stopped holding zero but that wasn’t the optic’s fault. Slamming back and forth destroyed the adapter … Continue reading →