Comments-a solution, but I’m not sure what it was
OK, so I’ve upgraded the hard drive in my primary laptop and rebuilt it from scratch. It’s running *much* better now. Software that has more…
A new holiday
Not exactly new, but new to me. Paratus. I’m down with this.
Comments, redux
Eaton Rapids Joe notes that he’s heard about my commenting problem and that he’s heard of other cases. At least I think he’s talking about…
OW! My feet!
This wonderful Labor Day weekend was the 30th anniversary of my marriage to Mrs. Freeholder. We decided to join a few friends, haul the RV…
A Friday Funny
The ungodly low pressure known as Hurricane Dorian has finally managed to set of a migraine (low pressure systems do that to me). As chance…
Sucking up to the millenials
I’m getting more than a little peeved at these large companies who are, in essence, trying to have it both ways. What really ticks me…
Et tu, Walmart?
Fox News is reporting that Walmart is going to cease celling handguns in Alaska and handgun and some mythical category called “short-barrel rifle ammunition” across…
Paying attention out there?
I hope everyone along the southeastern US coast is paying an appropriate amount of attention to Hurricane Dorian. This one is big and nasty. If…
Sthil 2-in-1 Chain Saw Sharpener
I had been wondering how one of these performed. I know pros don’t need such things, but us amateurs will take all the help we…
Nailed it
I don’t talk about work (like paid work) and management much. I never really did on this blog. But here’s something I’d like everyone to…
Living (and dead) proof
Watch. Ignore the news tools and the blathering bystanders and just watch the parts from the surveillance camera. The good stuff starts about 1 minute…
What’s up with commenting?
Comments have stopped working on a number of blogs such as Eaton Rapids Joe. The only commonality (other than I read them) is that they’re…
What do you call it?
What do you call it when there is simply nothing that moves you to write? I’m not talking about writer’s block, where you have a…
The last run
(I’ve been trying to finish this for days, but the gun nonsense has kept me busy elsewhere. If we can get the Leftists to stop…
Something to take the sting from today
(Via the Woodpile Report) Old movies, seen as they were meant to be seen. Amazing stuff.
And while the GOP is giving away your rights for their political purposes
The Left wants you dead. Time to wake up and get ready.
Time to put some steel in the GOP’s spine
Again. Bearing in mind that this an MSN article, it appears that the GOP is willing bow to the gun grabbers. As they ever have,…
Notes from around the blogosphere
Taking it somewhat easy today and doing a little blog reading. Here are some gems. Commander Zero asks “What flavor is your Kool-Aid?“ Eric Pteres…
Other ideas on prepping for old age
(Via Gab) Here are someone else’s ideas on “Preparing For Old Age“. Some good stuff in there; some I’ve already put into practice, such as…
Do we really need to say it again?
The headline in the Sacremento Bee blares: 4 dead, including shooter, during attack at Gilroy Garlic Festival. 6-year-old killed Yes, another disturbed individual has decided…
Perhaps not as well known…
But one of my favorite actors, Rutger Hauer, died today at age 75. Enjoy his incredible monologue from “Blade Runner”. “I’ve… seen things you people wouldn’t…
Time and timelines
Of late, we’ve been seeing a ramp up in rhetoric and violence from the Left. Reporters, politicians, academics, sports stars and their hangers on, Hollyweird…
Sending you off to read something else–again
(Via the Woodpile Report) Last time, it was something that most folks who visit here would call fun, or perhaps entertaining, even though, when you…
OK, so it’s Doomer Porn
(Via the Woodpile Report.) But it’s very good Doomer Porn. Eaton Rapids Joe has written a masterful work, somewhat in the vein of James Wesley,…
My 2 cents on the NRA hoo-hah
I’ve stayed away from this subject, because others are doing a better job at reporting it and I have nothing useful to add. However, if…
Well, I’m shocked!
(Via the Drudge Report) It seems to me that, in a country where firearms aren’t required to be registered (yet), it would be predictable that…
Interesting news on the next Chief of Naval Operations
It isn’t going to be Adm. Moran. CDR Salamander has his thoughts on the subject. I was never Navy, but I think I understand what…
Playing with big boy toys
I’ve mentioned the Southeast Old Threshers Reunion, held yearly over the July 4th timeframe ay the Denton Farmpark in the major metropolitan area of Denton,…
This is what a complete lack of situational awareness looks like
It’s a phone and you’re not a cop. Plus you ignored your gut and your eyes. This young lady is lucky she isn’t dead after…