Report from the OP, January 15, 2022
Today, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina, all eyes are on the weather. After two winters of no winter precipitation other than cold rain,…
I learned something today
I mentioned last week that Daughter and Son-In-Law both came down with the OMGnicron last week. Not a big deal and both were feeling pretty…
Fine Art Tuesday
As a child of the 70s-80s, I came to jazz music in my 30s, via a coworker, friend and golf partner. Of course, I never…
Powering up
(Note: Astute reader Robert noted that I’d made a mistake in my table. An open circuit can have no amperage, since by definition that’s a…
Happy Anniversary!
It’s been 1 year since the best behaved riot/insurrection/attempted overthrow of the government/selfie opportunity of the century. Remember your fellows still held incommunicado, without rights…
Even peppers get old
First, go read this piece by Wayne Bosak at SurvivalBlog. I’ll wait here. When you’re a young man (or woman) in your 20s or 30s,…
Need a reason?
This is why I have a rule about fuel in vehicles-“3/4 = empty”. It used to be the old “1/2 = empty”, but I changed…
Fine Art Tuesday
Finnish painter Fanny Churburg was born in 1845, the third child of a physician father and a mother who died when she was 12. This…
No escape from the Wuflu
Just when things have made the smallest move back to “normal”, it seems we get a new variant of the Wuflu. As you’ve seen by…
Wee-e-e!
For those of you who may think this post is all gloom and doom, I commend you to James Howard Kunstler’s 2022 predictions. I pray…
Today’s Earworm
I’ve been working outside today. It’s been nice, temperature in the 70s, cloudy and a good breeze as a front tries to blow through. And…
Happy New Year!
Despite all the predictions for a terrible 2022, I’d like to wish you peace, prosperity and blessings for the year to come.
Predictions for 2022
I’m sure your remember this gem. I fully expect it to be recycled for 2022. Except 2022 may just throw the beer in 2021’s face…
Ugh
Sorry the free beer has been turned of the last couple of days. I’m fighting with one whale of a migraine outbreak, driving by a…
Merry Christmas, Part II
We had the kids over for a meal, a lot of conversation and presents! I got a Quadhand, a set of left-hand drill bits, a…
Merry Christmas, Part I
The house is clean, a BBQ shoulder and the fixins is here and we’re waiting on the kids to show up. Brother-In-Law and his wife…
35 of 36 will just have to do
I have finished installing the radial field for my new ham radio antenna (a Hustler 6BTV). Finally. I had planned on 36 radials, each 32′…
Fine Art Tuesday
Today I’m going off the rotating script again, and heading off to the intersection of art and craft (and history). At 230′ long and 20″…
Report from the OP, December 19, 2021
(I’m in the second day of a migraine, so if this gets a little “off”, there’s your explanation. As Mrs. Freeholder put it this morning,…
I have to say that I didn’t think of this problem
I own a fair bit of older, well-seasoned equipment. I’ve even had it break and parts not be available. But for some reason, it never…
Basic Training
If you’ve been in the military, even the Air Force, basic training is indelibly etched into your memory, and with good reason-it’s supposed to work…
Fine Art Tuesday
Today, we’re looking at architecture, and I want to talk about the humble ranch house. The ranch architectural style is like jazz and great cheeseburgers…
OK, that went well
First, thanks to everyone who has commented or emailed their prayers and good wishes for Daughter. It was kind of a rough weekend. Second, she…
Bleeding control when you can’t use a tourniquet
A new device, approved by the TCCC, is available for bleeding control in places where a tourniquet won’t work. The iTClamp works by securing the…
Unhappy news
The unbridled joy of Daughter’s pregnancy has turned into sadness. On a visit for her first ultrasound, everyone was shocked when the sonogram tech couldn’t…
WordPress security issue
If you have a WordPress blog, then you need to check this article on a security issue currently being exploited. WordPress security company Wordfence, which disclosed details…
Report from the OP, December 8, 2021
Well, this can’t mean anything good. This is one of the two cat food aisles at our local big box pet store. The missing brands…
Fine Art Tuesday
In the spirit of stretching the rules, I’m skipping the categories of dance and theater and going straight to cinema. I’ve viewing this cinema post…
Reports from the OP, December 2, 2021
We’ve had another outbreak of unseasonably warm and dry weather, and as a result if I haven’t had to run errands, I’m working. It seems…