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,…
*explitive* WordPress *explitive*
I know this is nothing other than getting used to a new platform, but good grief this can be frustrating. I want the picture that…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
In the dark, of course. If you find yourself in the dark or you want to know why the lights are out, PowerOutage.US is a…
Life in the Time of Wuflu, Part 38: A Comedy of Errors
It has been a week and hopefully it’s almost over. The theme of the week has been what I call the “Reverse Midas Touch”-when everything…
Fine Art Tuesday
Mary Cassett was born in Pittsburg, PA to wealthy parents. They viewed travel as a necessary part of education, and so mary travelled Europe for…
Still working on it
Still at it; still figuring things out. I changed the tags to categories and got all the Uncategorized posts to be uncategorized, rather than all…
Incrementally Better
As I noted on the final post at the old Blogger site: B was right, there is more learning curve than I anticipated. It would…
Yep-we’re moving
At long last, I’m going to take the advice of several folks and move. I’ve registered a domain name and I’m looking into a host…
Hold the line
This gets me, every damn time. Now perhaps more than ever. Keep the faith and hold the line.
Fine Art Tuesday
The Terrace at the Restaurant Jacob in Nienstedten on the Elbe, Max Liebermann, 1902 Max Liebermann was a German artist, born in Berlin in 1847,…
Life in the Time of Wuflu, Part 37: Things seen and heard
Ah, Wuflu, the gift that keeps on giving. On a personal note, I may be a bit scarce next week. Two of the health issues…
Something to consider
“The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed — where the government refuses…