Report from the OP, February 12, 2022
(Behind in my reading? I’m behind in everything at this point. I started this on…
I’m behind in my reading
So I just now found this jewel. It takes real talent to write something so…
Everyone needs at least one good knife
Like the post title says, “Everyone needs a good knife.” In actuality, you need several….
Fine Art Tuesday
Those of us of a certain age usually have fond memories of drive in movies….
The migraine thing
I’d like to thank those who commented and emailed me about this latest brush with…
Apologies for my absence
But it’s going to continue until our weather stabilizes and my head quits rebelling. Migraines…
Fine Art Tuesday
We, as people who grew up in the 20th or 21st centuries, are accustomed to…
Oh, my aching inflation
I was poking around the economics sites on my list after this article on Zero…
Report from the OP, January 27, 2022
(Two housekeeping notes: One, while I’m not ready to show my real face, I think…
Solar Panel Testing Update
I’ve retested panel #2, tested panels 3 & 4 and updated the results.
The struggle is real
We’ve all heard the saying “The struggle is real” until it’s become a joke. I’m…
Fine Art Tuesday
Let’s stretch out on the subject of dance. Today, we’re we’re going to look at…
Report from the OP, 1/24/2022
Remember, collapse is a process, and that process can move slowly or swiftly. Right now,…
It’s somebody’s birthday!
For a change, the birthday of John Moses Browning, who designed the 1911, M1917, M2,…
While I’m busy
Sorry, the meat world has been a busy place. Nothing of import, just busy, busy,…
Fine Art Tuesday
It strikes me that, in our current times, Franz Kafka should come to mind. In…
Report from the OP, January 15, 2022
Today, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina, all eyes are on the weather. After…
I learned something today
I mentioned last week that Daughter and Son-In-Law both came down with the OMGnicron last…
Fine Art Tuesday
As a child of the 70s-80s, I came to jazz music in my 30s, via…
Powering up
(Note: Astute reader Robert noted that I’d made a mistake in my table. An open…
Happy Anniversary!
It’s been 1 year since the best behaved riot/insurrection/attempted overthrow of the government/selfie opportunity of…
Even peppers get old
First, go read this piece by Wayne Bosak at SurvivalBlog. I’ll wait here. When you’re…
Need a reason?
This is why I have a rule about fuel in vehicles-“3/4 = empty”. It used…
Fine Art Tuesday
Finnish painter Fanny Churburg was born in 1845, the third child of a physician father…
No escape from the Wuflu
Just when things have made the smallest move back to “normal”, it seems we get…
Wee-e-e!
For those of you who may think this post is all gloom and doom, I…
Today’s Earworm
I’ve been working outside today. It’s been nice, temperature in the 70s, cloudy and a…
Happy New Year!
Despite all the predictions for a terrible 2022, I’d like to wish you peace, prosperity…
Predictions for 2022
I’m sure your remember this gem. I fully expect it to be recycled for 2022….
Ugh
Sorry the free beer has been turned of the last couple of days. I’m fighting…