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Year: 2023
Merry Christmas!
I had wanted to put this up earlier, but I had to head outside to take in certain decorations before they got rained on. Lawn…
Christmas Eve
So we find ourselves on Christmas Eve (actually Day as I write this) and Mrs. Freeholder is busily wrapping presents. I’ve been doing the housework–vacuuming…
Merry Christmas Eve…’s Eve?
Is this officially a thing? It’s being treated as if it is. Pretty soon they’ll be starting Christmas in October. Oh, wait… So far today,…
How private is your browsing?
(Found on Gab) For a goodly while I’ve been using the Brave web browser and have been quite pleased with its (and its associated search…
Report from the OP, December 14, 2023
I don’t want to say I live a boring life, but really, I live a boring life. Lately, it’s been more boring than usual. I…
Readywise Freeze-dried Foods
If you’ve been at the prepping thing for any length of time, you’ve heard about freeze-dried foods, even if you haven’t bought any. Freeze-dried foods…
Think of this post as a mental tab clearing
We’ve had another spell of warmer-than-usual weather, so I disappeared awhile. The good news is that 90% of the stuff that I like to have…
Happy Thanksgiving
We here at the Freehold would like to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for our continued mornings on the right…
How convenient
Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress about the terrorist threat to the homeland (I hate that term) among other things. On cue,…
Report from the OP, November 19, 2023
For what you are about to receive, may you be truly thankful. 
The GrandThing subreport: GrandThings are doing well. Thing 1 is crawling when…
Sorry, but warm weather
We’ve had over a week of unseasonably warm weather, along with a couple of migraines, here in Freeholdland, so I’ve been outside working myself into…
What do you do when the drugs run out?
There’s a title you can take at least four ways: There are probably others that don’t occur to me at the moment. I suspect it…
Something has gone wild
Remember the commercials for the “Girls Gone Wild” videos? You were promised all these nubile young things doing all sorts of questionable activities. It turned…
Report from the OP, October 31, 2023
First, in GrandThings news, they’ve both had their 1-year checkup a bit late (Thanks, Wuflu-drive staffing shortages. That crap is the gift that keeps on…
I thought retirement was supposed to be relaxing?
It sure hasn’t been for the last two weeks. I’ve got several things I want to write about, but tomorrow is the last of a…
It’s that time again
It’s time to raise your level of awareness. No, you can’t live in Condition Orange all the time, but if you live in a city,…
Sunday Reading
Published in late 2014, William Forstchen’s novella Dies Irae could easily be read in a short afternoon (the audiobook, which I listened to, is 4…
Report from the OP, Oct. 8, 2023
First a note on the GrandThings. Grandthings celebrated their first birthday last weekend, much to the enjoyment of the assembled family and friends. Much cake…
Buying them while I still can
It occured to me that while people are willing to give me useful items for some of these funny pieces of green paper, I might…
Did anyone consider this case?
The ZeroHedge headline: “Western US Braces For Loss Of Solar-Powered Generation During Solar Eclipse“. The grid operator’s short-term forecasting team detailed the eclipse’s impacts to…
Report from the OP, September 11, 2023
It’s time to get back at it. I’m not 100%, but whatever percent I am will have to do. I’ve said many times that “Collapse…
It’s ba-a-ack
The Wuflu (Election Variant) is in da ho-o-ouse! Daughter got it first, this past Sunday and likely from a coworker who had picked it up…
Sunday Reading
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman is the first book of a two-book series, the other being “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further…
FAFO
In the tradition of the “hot/crazy matrix”, I present the “FAFO spectrum” lesson. YouTube being YouTube, they are going to make you go to their…
Help, medic!
I ran across something that may prove useful even if things don’t go sideways. While you’re building that thing, be careful to vet the kit…
We can has the good stuff
(Via The Merge) We’re all familiar with things like Google Earth. How about something done by synthetic aperture radar, with 16 cm resolution? Availability of…
Armageddon Refrigerator Says
Wow. That one came zinging in from the outfield. What does this appliance know that I need to know?