Fine Art Tuesday
This week, it’s music’s turn in the spotlight. And what music I have for you: Antonio Vivaldi was born in 1678 in Venice. Most likely…
The International Sign for “Help Me”
(Found on Gab, that notorious den of racists, misogynists and haters) I had never heard about this, but apparently it’s a thing. If it isn’t,…
Fine Art Tuesday
This week, we’re looking at the fine art of painting. Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1836. Raised in the-rural Cambridge, his artistic…
Dress-up
Mrs. Freeholder and I are working in the yard today, and it’s lunch time. As I was eating, I was trolling down the stream at…
Hiccups
I’ve noted that the images associated with a couple of recent posts have magically disappeared. They have been replaced. It appears that WordPress has as…
It’s going to be a beautiful week
Temperatures are forecast to be in the 70s and it’s supposed to be sunny most of the time. Mrs. Freeholder is taking a week off,…
Wired Communication
(Inspired by this post at SurvivalBlog) As preppers, we’re all aware of the need to communicate when things suddenly go sideways. The need is one…
Who do we boycott?
Building on yesterday’s post on the CCRKBA list (and thank you to the flood of folks who have read it), let’s consider the selection of…
CCRKBA Gun Banner List
The most recent version of the CCRKBA‘s “Don’t Feed The Gun Prohibitionists!” is now available. I’ll be honest-while I appreciate their point, it’s not realistic.…
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…
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.