Joe Gets Some New Gear, Handloads And Shoots A Firearm - Part I

01/02/2025 – Just as a catch up, I sat on the sofa and pretended to watch TV for two years, decided to jump start and almost end my life when I decided to renew my interest in motorcycles, Brought my old pickup truck up from Texas during hurricane season, cleaned […] [Read More]

Christmas 2024 And Hopes For A Kick Ass 2025

12/18/2024 – This is my first solo Christmas since my wife passed in March of 2022. Family came to visit this past year but, with family located out of state… sounds like witness protection, they will not be here this Christmas. My wife and I spent a good number of […] [Read More]

It's Exciting! It's New! It's Just Like Everything Else?

12/11/2024 – I was going down the driveway, second pass of the morning with the tractor pushing a snow blower, when I noticed my ears were really cold. My goobalini had rolled itself up over my ears and was, again, perched at the top of my head. Bullet head. Bullet […] [Read More]

The Mr. Coffee Pod Killer

11/28/2024 – I was planning on driving north a couple of hours to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends. Unfortunately, a forecast of 5″ of snowfall local to their area, and the prospects of driving home late at night on bad roads, caused me to cancel. So I am home, turkey bird-less, […] [Read More]

Serious Chili

11/17/2024 – I am caught up with the season, both current and coming. Yesterday was the last task, removing leaves from around the house foundation and most of the lawn. This wasn’t removing leaves under a now bare maple tree in the middle of the lawn. This was doing penance […] [Read More]

Winter Is Coming

11/14/2024 – I am just finishing downloading the balance of my pages on Facebook onto a 64 GB thumb drive. I am not sure why, because I will doubtlessly format the thumb drive when the task is completed. And then I will delete all of my Facebook pages. These actions […] [Read More]

This Could Be The Last Time. Maybe The Last Time. I don't Know... Part 2 (URL is definitely correct this time!)

10/27/2024 – Just walked back from the mailbox. Every little bit of exercise helps. Those leaves did not spend a whole lot of time in their colorful transition from green to the pile on the ground autumn brown. I intended to toss the camera gear in the truck and drive […] [Read More]

Does Procrastination Drive Spending?

10/24/2024 – It’s not like I don’t like my generator. In fact, I love it. Whole house, shop and well… empowering, it has kept up going through multiple week long power outages, preserving both us and Biden priced groceries, and without hesitation in the most bitter winter weather. As an […] [Read More]

An Inexpensive CC Holster

10/16/2024 – Normally, if there is any such thing as normal these days, I would post this to Facebook as a brief comment. Unfortunately, the mental blanks at Facebook saw fit to remove our 2 million follower firearm publication page, all for the crime of posting pictures of firearms. I […] [Read More]

A Texas Road Trip Odyssey

10/15/2024 – Leaving on a Jet Plane… The following is a long, wandering narrative describing my very recent road trip. It serves no purpose other than to get the thoughts out of my head to make room for other things. Traveling is fraught with peril. If you leave home, nine […] [Read More]