Hooking up
Sorry about the black blobs, but OPSEC. No, that kind of hooking up. Y’all got some dirty minds. I mean hooking up the ham radios.…
I was going to post about ham radio today
But Old NFO had something much better for me to steal.
Revising history correctly
It seems that man has been on the North American continent far longer than has been believed. That’s interesting as is, but I think the…
Yum, froglegs
No, not those frog legs, but Intellectual Froglegs, the output of Joe Dan Gorman’s everlasting desire to skewer the left. If you haven’t seen his…
Why am I in this handbasket? Why is the wind in my face getting faster?
I’m on a self-imposed news diet-I’m deliberately not reading the news, outside of the weather and a very basic, quick scan of certain aggregator sites.…
Fine Art Tuesday
The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889. I’m generally not a fan of the Impressionists or Post-Impressionists. Vincent Van Gogh is one of the…
YouTube follies
Selected because he looks like he could work for YouTube Despite an dislike for all things Alphabet (the parent of Google, YouTube, etc.) it seems…
Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 6
Cushcraft A6270-13S. The little round white guy is a broadcast TV antenna. It’s a bit embarrassing that my last post was on this subject was…
Tuesday is now “Fine Art Tuesday”
Albert Bierstadt, “Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California”, 1868 I think most who stop by here know of the death of Remus, proprietor of The…
How I spent Saturday evening
While the new ham shack isn’t feature complete and won’t be for some time yet, it is running at somewhat reduced capacity-but reduced is good…
Not what I was hoping for
(Via the Email List That Must Not Be Named) It’s being reported that Remus, writer of The Woodpile Report, has left us. As noted in…
Driving tips
Over at Bayou Renaissance Man, there is a comment that deserves to win the Internet for the day. Scroll down to “Unidentified Victim”‘s comment of…
I’ve got something…maybe?
I and others have commented on the near impossibility of commenting on current events. There are two reasons for this: Things move so fast that…
What I did on my summer vacation
Trust me when I say the picture on the left has no bearing to what I’ve been up to the last 10 days. But it’s…
My head! Make it stop!
That’s pretty much been me for nearly 3 weeks. For reasons unknown, my migraines went utterly out of control. Neurologist had pulled out all the…
Breakfast
As far back as I can remember, this was in my Mother’s kitchen. It has always been used to hold bacon grease. My Father believed…
The self-defense world is going to change
“Judge Floyd said awarding qualified immunity would allow police to be protected over ‘fear-based use of deadly force, which we cannot accept.’ “ (Emphasis mine) With…
We’re in it now
We are here (The concept of “levels of shit” come from Aesop’s “Sh*t Mardi Gras” post. Using those levels as a periodic rating device comes…
Somehow, this seems more important to me than what I had planned on posting today
(Via the Open Source Defense Newsletter) Some of the original Roof Koreans have died. Note that the smiling gentleman in red (“Beware the smiling warrior”)…
Again, remember
The courage, the sacrifice and the cost to free Europe from murderous tyranny.
Been busy
Haven’t been able to post because of a busy, busy week around the Freehold. I do have several things I want to talk about, but…
Don’t mess with the old guys
Stolen from Commander Zero at Notes From The Bunker
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 19: Trading the pandemic for riots
I’ve tried to write this post 4 times since yesterday, gotten interrupted by something and come back to it only to find that the situation…
Ladies and gentlemen, we are back!
‘Merica, dammit! The United States is now back in the manned space launch business, thanks to SpaceX. I just watched a perfect launch and insertion…
Leadership Under Morbid Circumstance
(Via Rantingly) I have never had to be a leader under morbid circumstances, a fact for which I’m thankful. But I have been a leader,…
NYFC is the center of the Wuflu universe
At least in the United States. Amazing how that tiny area in red has caused all that green so much pain. They are followed closely…
The real heroes of the day
Heroes is an over-used word lately, in my opinion. However, in this case it’s an accurate description.
So just how long are canned foods good?
Apparently a lot longer than many would think. I’m curious about how the nutritional content has fared, though. Edit, 5/21/2020 1454: Sorry about the blank…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 18: One hell of a week
Or, as I prefer, Day {whatever} of “America Held Hostage”. Sorry for the rather long absence. It’s not been the best of weeks here at…
And just like that…
All those “loonies” suggesting that there would be martial law declarations don’t sound quite so crazy any more. We are rapidly moving from from pandemic…