Uh-huh
While Mrs. Freeholder and I were out and about today, we watched the price of…
Report from the OP, September 19, 2022
Geeze, it’s been a week since I posted? Time flies when the weather is beautiful…
Report from the OP, September 12, 2022
It’s been a busy few days around here. In macro news, I’ve noted these data…
Questions and Answers
In answer to Fido’s implied question… One could argue with the above graphic. For example,…
OK, how about we all stop hyperventilating?
Everybody’s seen the photo–*President Joe Biden on a luridly red backlit stage with two Marines…
Report from the OP, September 1, 2022
Apologies for the lack of substantial posting, but I’ve been busting it in the real…
You can’t make this stuff up
A lot of smart people have pointed out that California’s EV obsession is going to…
A Sunday Thought
No, I’m not jumping into the Sunday tunes thing. But this song has been an…
What’s your lifeboat plan?
Watch this YouTube video. It’s a bit less than 5 minutes, and I’ll wait right…
Bleg time
Not for me, but for Big Country Expat. He could use some funding for the…
Report from the OP, August 17, 2022
In macro news, I’m seeing items that seem to point toward food and energy conditions…
A little something for my friends
So, how many terms and symbols in the images below describes you, a family member,…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Stumbling around in the dark, cursing himself because he hadn’t bought a decent flashlight, and…
First Thoughts: DEWALT DCST972X1 String Trimmer
You know, they say bad things come in threes. They don’t, but we humans seek…
Report from the OP, August 6, 2022
Show of hands-who is tired of the Dog Days of summer yet? I know that…
Report from the OP, July 31, 2022
Think of this as something of a “special edition”. I hadn’t expected to write another…
Report from the OP, July 27, 2020
Up first are several macro items I’ve noticed since the last report. Among those who…
Sunday Reading
This one is something of a throwback, Mel Tappan’s Tappen on Survival. This book was…
Report from the OP, July 23, 2022
Once again, it’s been a while since I posted anything, violating Rule #1 of Blogging,…
Top Gun: Maverick
I finally got to see Top Gun: Maverick this afternoon. Mrs. Freeholder and I had…
Report from the OP, July 15, 2022
Let’s do this by going from micro to macro. I’ve seen the orthopedist and the…
Still limping along
Looking at the date, I see it’s a bit over a week since I posted…
Report from the OP, July 2, 2022
Here we are, celebrating (well, most of us are) the 246th birthday of our country….
Clearing some tabs
It’s been a busy few days, and tomorrow is an early and busy day. I…
Report from the OP, June 27, 2022
It’s been a week of dragging around the injured ankle/leg, which really crimps your style….
And then this happened
I finally, 13 days after I tried to break my ankle and only succeeded in…
Grandma knew things
Your parents, grandparents or maybe great-grandparents probably lived a lot closer to the land than…
Reports from the OP, June 18, 2022
(I’ve been trying since Wednesday afternoon to get this post up. It goes up today,…
It’s just our economy-no biggie
I’m catching up on some reading this afternoon. This excellent piece on how our economy…
This is the last time I’m giving the Guardian Angel an evening off
The subdivision I live in was once part of a farm that dates back into…