Closing the circle for 2022
One of the things about making very non-specific predictions is that you can declare yourself right and get away with it. 🙂 This day in…
Year: 2022
A blast from the past
I’ve mentioned here or there that I’m not quite desperately trying to clean out the basement from years worth of this and that that’s been…
Armageddon Refrigerator Says
Spend it while it’s still worth something, I guess.
The wonder of Christmas Eve
If we take Christmas 2019 as The Last Normal Christmas then I’m nominating Christmas 2022 as The Year We Took Christmas Back. Despite mutterings from…
Who ordered this?
I want to know what idiot in Weather Control ordered this weather–and I’d better get an answer! Actually, I’m not ticked by the cold weather.…
Report from the OP, December 19, 2022
Yep, I’m still here. Sometimes I wonder if I should even keep the doors open, given the number of posts I’ve done lately. I’m guilty…
Report from the OP, December 6, 2022
I started this post off Sunday as a Sunday Reading entry, and then life decided to get in the way again. So here we are…
Report from the OP, December 2, 2022
Where the bloody hell is all my time going? It seems that the older I get, the faster it disappears and the less I have…
Magnetic Poetry
You’ve probably seen magnetic poetry on someone’s refrigerator. Maybe it was done with a kid’s magnetic ABCs, or perhaps someone did it with a kit…
Report from the OP, November 22, 2022
It’s quite likely that there will be no substantive posting until after the holiday, so I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving from…
Vocations for a New America: Appliance Repair Dude/Dudette
I’ve just repaired the second major appliance in a year at the Freehold and feel pretty smug about it. Then it occurred to me–remember just…
Dad’s knife
It’s odd the things you treasure after someone important to you is gone. Like this knife, for example. This knife is a Böker Tree brand;…
Well, look who’s back!
(Via The Racontuer Report) BigCountryExpat has resurfaced. And on Blogspot, no less.
Looking at the mid-term election
I should have written this yesterday, but I was beat. A 16-hour day and several short nights’ sleep plus a looming tropical storm/hurricane combined to…
Intellectual Froglegs: Save America/Save the World Election Special
One of the two best renditions of the Star Spangled Banner contained within. Plus the usual Joe Dan skewering of Democrats. And some good tunes.…
Equity, coming soon to a country near you?
The communist Castro regime in Cuba aired a new set of propaganda pieces through its media apparatus this week claiming Cuban citizens are “content” with…
Report from the OP, November 3, 2022
The busier I get, the less I feel I’ve accomplished. It’s been that kind of week. First of all, Daughter and Grandkids continue to do…
Am I the only one enjoying this story?
I’ve followed the “Elon Buys Twitter” saga since the beginning. But the memes are by far the best part.
Report from the OP, October 25, 2022
We’re going in reverse, from close-in to the big, wide world. For the now obligatory grandkid sub-report, things are going well. Gastric distress issues seem…
This is why people don’t trust scientists as much any longer
It’s because they do stupid stuff like taking a strain of the Wuflu that kills almost no one and turning it into one that could…
Found him
I’ve seen a lot of folks asking where is/what happened to Big Country Expat. I forgot he was on Gab, but ran into a post…
Report from the OP, October 17, 2022
With due respect to the Duke, I have to apologize for the delay in getting this or anything else blog-related out. Some unseasonably cold weather…