Moscow Rules
From Ol’ Remus. These were on his site for a long time, and they’re becoming more and more applicable as we move forward. Moscow Rules(via…
Month: March 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
(Sorry for being late, but it was also Fine Weather Tuesday before Crappy Rainy Wednesday. First things first.) Gloria Victus, also known as Fame, is…
Vocations for a New America: The Fix-It Guy
The other day, I was working on a repair project. At one time, over the years as a homeowner, you’d wind up doing hundreds of…
Withering
But, Orange Man Bad! You decided to go with a doddering old perv because Trump said mean things. And to do so, you tossed everything…
Just when I thought I had nothing to write about
My blogroll comes to my rescue! Seriously, I haven’t really had anything move me. Sure, there’s all sorts of things going on, like mass shootings,…
Fine Art Tuesday
We’re going to try something new. In looking for inspiration for this post, I stumbled across this definition of fine art. According to this definition,…
Monkeywrenching
(Via Gab) Monkeywrenching is the act of nonviolent disobedience and sabotage carried out by environmental activists against those whom they perceive to be ecological exploiters.…
This is the best thing
This is the best thing you will read today. Probably this week. Maybe this month. Possibly in your entire life. I’m going to have to…
Fine Art Tuesday
The lovely young woman has collapsed, exhausted, on her chaise longue after an evening of dancing. The look on her face seems dissatisfied. Perhaps the…
Comment notifications
If I have it right, you can now receive notifications of new comments on a post you have commented on.
Well, isn’t that a coincidence
About a month ago, I wrote a little piece on CMEs-Coronal Mass Ejections. They’re one of those things that don’t make a big difference on…
Ammo!
Bulkammo.com seem to currently be reasonably well stocked on popular calibers. Prices are about what you should expect-painful. I’ve ordered up a batch of 9mm,…
It’s the 1 year anniversary
It’s the 1 year anniversary of “2 weeks to flatten the curve”. No only have we flattened the curve, we’ve flattened our economy, Milwaukee, Portland,…
Going, going…
And it’s gone! It’s outta here! JoeDan Gorman has hit a grand slam home run! Seriously, the man nails it. Watch and see. Sorry that…
This just how fast it can all go sideways
This is why we’re told to game these things out ahead of time-you don’t have time to think when it happens. Sorry about the video…
Fine Art Tuesday
Old Salem was originally know as Salem, and was founded in 1766 by the Moravians, German speaking Protestants (ethnographically they’re Slavs, but at this late…
TN;DW
Too Nice; Didn’t Write. I spent the day working outside. It was too pretty not to. Some spring cleanup and trimming is done but much…
How about a Sunday “You ought to read”
Because you really ought to read Immanentize the Eschaton! Very good stuff.
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 39: Oh, the things you will see
(With apologies to Dr. Seuss, who, interestingly enough, was a liberal, at least for his time. Now, he’s simply memory-holed.) It’s been a couple of…
This guy says it all
My feet don’t fit in clown shoes and neither should yours.
Time is short
(Via Splendid Isolation) I regret that I have to bring this to you, but really, those of us who love the Old America need this…
Look Who’s Back in Amateur Radio Gear
The HeathKit we all knew “back in the day” is long gone. But the new HeathKit is offering a very interesting station accessory. First orders…
Fine Art Tuesday
I’ve always had a thing for Normal Rockwell. It’s not so much that he documented how America was, which he did, but that he documented…
I remember (yet again) why I hate changing computers
Seriously, I had forgotten how much swearing I could do when I have to swap out a computer. And I’ve done two in recent days,…