Predictions for 2022
I’m sure your remember this gem. I fully expect it to be recycled for 2022. Except 2022 may just throw the beer in 2021’s face…
Year: 2021
Ugh
Sorry the free beer has been turned of the last couple of days. I’m fighting with one whale of a migraine outbreak, driving by a…
Merry Christmas, Part II
We had the kids over for a meal, a lot of conversation and presents! I got a Quadhand, a set of left-hand drill bits, a…
Merry Christmas, Part I
The house is clean, a BBQ shoulder and the fixins is here and we’re waiting on the kids to show up. Brother-In-Law and his wife…
35 of 36 will just have to do
I have finished installing the radial field for my new ham radio antenna (a Hustler 6BTV). Finally. I had planned on 36 radials, each 32′…
Fine Art Tuesday
Today I’m going off the rotating script again, and heading off to the intersection of art and craft (and history). At 230′ long and 20″…
Report from the OP, December 19, 2021
(I’m in the second day of a migraine, so if this gets a little “off”, there’s your explanation. As Mrs. Freeholder put it this morning,…
I have to say that I didn’t think of this problem
I own a fair bit of older, well-seasoned equipment. I’ve even had it break and parts not be available. But for some reason, it never…
Basic Training
If you’ve been in the military, even the Air Force, basic training is indelibly etched into your memory, and with good reason-it’s supposed to work…
Fine Art Tuesday
Today, we’re looking at architecture, and I want to talk about the humble ranch house. The ranch architectural style is like jazz and great cheeseburgers…
OK, that went well
First, thanks to everyone who has commented or emailed their prayers and good wishes for Daughter. It was kind of a rough weekend. Second, she…
Bleeding control when you can’t use a tourniquet
A new device, approved by the TCCC, is available for bleeding control in places where a tourniquet won’t work. The iTClamp works by securing the…
Unhappy news
The unbridled joy of Daughter’s pregnancy has turned into sadness. On a visit for her first ultrasound, everyone was shocked when the sonogram tech couldn’t…
WordPress security issue
If you have a WordPress blog, then you need to check this article on a security issue currently being exploited. WordPress security company Wordfence, which disclosed details…
Report from the OP, December 8, 2021
Well, this can’t mean anything good. This is one of the two cat food aisles at our local big box pet store. The missing brands…
Fine Art Tuesday
In the spirit of stretching the rules, I’m skipping the categories of dance and theater and going straight to cinema. I’ve viewing this cinema post…
Reports from the OP, December 2, 2021
We’ve had another outbreak of unseasonably warm and dry weather, and as a result if I haven’t had to run errands, I’m working. It seems…
Fine Art Tuesday
You would think that, for someone who has always loved to read, that literature wouldn’t be a hard task. Au contraire. This is because my…
And here we go, on another of life’s little adventures
Sunday night was a delayed Thanksgiving at Daughter’s home. We are all grateful that we’ve come through another year, safe and sound and in mostly…
Sunday Reading
Suburban Defense by Don Shift. If you go into Suburban Defense expecting a detailed blueprint on how to defend your home in the burbs, you’re…
So…how does one spend Thanksgiving in Wuflu quarantine?
Why, by having one’s Son, who got his Wuflu immunity the old-fashioned way, come over and work with you on a few tasks. For some…
Reports of blog repair were premature
It seems the pat on the back to the hosting service was also premature, but this time they really believe they’ve solved the issue. We’ll…
Fine Art Tuesday
If you’ve been reading my missives on fine art, you know I really like music from the Baroque Period. One of my favorite composers from…
Report from the OP, November 22, 2021
In the midst of a Wuflu quarantine, you can’t go out in person and see what’s going on. But the Internet provides. Mrs. Freeholder is…
Sometimes you read something, and it’s just perfect
Tonight, this is it. The trouble with a long life is memory. Not necessarily of past loves, although they ache at times, but of places…
Back into the light
If you’ve tried to visit since, maybe yesterday sometime, and the blog hasn’t loaded, my hosting service had some capacity issues on the server this…
So much for the damn jab
While I was in the midst of the epic pressure washing of the house, Mrs. Freeholder started feeling a bit under the weather. It sounded…
Still here, still at it
Slowly wearing down, though. I figure I have one good day left in me and them I’ll need a break or a miracle. Of course,…