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The new windows have landed!

3 hours ago

One day–and not even a long day–and the new windows are here, installed and paid…

  • Reports from the OP

Report from the OP, February 2, 2023

3 days ago

This is going to be a little different than usual. It’s all about “What did…

  • Grandkids
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{inserts key into door lock}

5 days ago

Turns key, opens door. Gropes for the light switch. Trips over an unidentified something. Manages…

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Report from the OP, January 24, 2023

2 weeks ago

Whew. It’s been how long since I last reported? Two weeks? And this is the…

  • Armageddon Refrigerator
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Armageddon Refrigerator Says

2 weeks ago

The thing seems to be fixated on bunkers lately. I have to wonder why. A…

  • Crystal Ball Gazing
  • I need some new conspiracy theories because all of my old ones are coming true

Do I have a win this quickly?

3 weeks ago

In my January 1 predictions for the coming year, I had the following Don’t be…

  • Armageddon Refrigerator

Armageddon Refrigerator Says

4 weeks ago

Kinda chatty today.

  • Reports from the OP

Report from the OP, Jan. 7, 2023

4 weeks ago

There are days when I simply look out a window at whatever part of my…

  • Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m

There will be a test–soon

1 month ago

I’m finding the Neo-Ciceronian Times to be a veritable font of clear thinking and good…

  • Grandkids

The only constant is change

1 month ago

Daughter has lifted her embargo on pictures of the kids on the Intertubz. So here…

  • History

In which the actions of one man act to precipitate a war

1 month ago

Yes, one man can start a war. A lesson from history that we need to…

  • Crystal Ball Gazing

Predictions for 2023

1 month ago

If 2022 was a dumpster fire, 2023 is setting up to be a real shit…

  • Crystal Ball Gazing

Closing the circle for 2022

1 month ago

One of the things about making very non-specific predictions is that you can declare yourself…

  • Prepping

A blast from the past

1 month ago

I’ve mentioned here or there that I’m not quite desperately trying to clean out the…

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Armageddon Refrigerator Says

1 month ago

Spend it while it’s still worth something, I guess.

  • It's The Holidays!

Merry Christmas!

1 month ago
  • It's The Holidays!
  • Zen-ish Stuff

The wonder of Christmas Eve

1 month ago

If we take Christmas 2019 as The Last Normal Christmas then I’m nominating Christmas 2022…

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Armageddon Refrigerator Says

1 month ago

Just in time gift advice.

  • How About This Weather
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Who ordered this?

1 month ago

I want to know what idiot in Weather Control ordered this weather–and I’d better get…

  • Reports from the OP

Report from the OP, December 19, 2022

2 months ago

Yep, I’m still here. Sometimes I wonder if I should even keep the doors open,…

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Know your knots

2 months ago

You never know when you’re going to need a good one.

  • Armageddon Refrigerator

Armageddon Refrigerator Says

2 months ago
  • History
  • Public Service Announcements

A date which will live in infamy

2 months ago
  • Reports from the OP

Report from the OP, December 6, 2022

2 months ago

I started this post off Sunday as a Sunday Reading entry, and then life decided…

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Report from the OP, December 2, 2022

2 months ago

Where the bloody hell is all my time going? It seems that the older I…

  • Armageddon Refrigerator
  • Zen-ish Stuff

Magnetic Poetry

2 months ago

You’ve probably seen magnetic poetry on someone’s refrigerator. Maybe it was done with a kid’s…

  • It's The Holidays!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2 months ago

As has become a tradition around here…

  • It's The Holidays!
  • Reports from the OP

Report from the OP, November 22, 2022

3 months ago

It’s quite likely that there will be no substantive posting until after the holiday, so…

  • Vocations for a New America

Vocations for a New America: Appliance Repair Dude/Dudette

3 months ago

I’ve just repaired the second major appliance in a year at the Freehold and feel…

  • Knives
  • Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits

Dad’s knife

3 months ago

It’s odd the things you treasure after someone important to you is gone. Like this…

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