I’m sorry for the irregular blogging the last few days. I’m racing — shoveling, hauling, painting, sawing, and prepping — to get house projects done before the rains descend. The good news on this front is that the kid showed up and put himself to work. The 13-1/2-year-old boy who lives next door spent Monday afternoon leveling dirt and today’s afternoon helping me spread some of the eight yards of gravel delivered this morning. The gravel arrived this morning when I was only half dressed. After dog-walking, I put on my sweats and heavy gloves and spread rock until and…
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Cato has released its 2018 rankings of freedom in the 50 states, compiled by William Ruger and Jason Sorens of the Free State Project. Yep, these ranks are subjective — and Cato recognizes that by allowing users to customize their own rankings by what they consider important. (Gun rights forever! Down with civil asset forfeiture!) And rightly so. Just glancing at the map is mindboggling. Wyoming next to and below Washington and Minnesota in freedoms? Seems unlikely — until you start playing around with the factors. Quite interesting. You could spend hours with the interactive map and customized rankings. Thank…
4 CommentsYeah, I know all you smartphone people have cameras in your pockets. My dumbphone has a camera, too. But it’s not worth much. So this morning I didn’t get a photo of the car that had a) a big sticker identifying the owner as a member of one of the local tribes and b) a big sticker supporting one of the local sports teams, which depicts a stereotypical Indian leaping around doing a war-whoop. Tolerance. It’s what’s rural. —– In the second case, I couldn’t have taken a photo, because part of the subject of the picture would have been…
5 CommentsEven if it’s impossible for you actually to quit … How often to you think to yourself, “That’s it. I’m done with the Internet”? Absolutely never. What a ridiculous idea! Never, but I understand the temptation. Rarely. Maybe once a month. Once a week — or more. At least once a day. Other Please Specify: Created with QuizMaker As always, feel free to elaborate, vent, rant, question my (or your) sanity, etc. in comments.
16 CommentsYou’ve seen two parts of Kit’s piece on Strategic Relocation, and the first part of my “staying put” counterpoint. I don’t know whether Kit has more to post, but here’s my second and final part. Kit’s arguments are more dynamic, as you’d expect from the “go” rather than “stay put” viewpoint. But together I hope we both offer food for thought. We originally wrote these for people less advanced in the ways of freedom than most readers of this blog, so if you like them you might want to send the links to young upcoming freedom seekers or people you…
6 CommentsHe’s such a great problem solver of the Redneck Engineering variety. Problem: A corbel (bracket) on one of the gable ends of Ye Olde Wreck has given way and let a corner of the roof sag. The corner has to be jacked up and the corbel repaired or replaced. But that corner is over the junction of two lower roofs. There’s simply no place to set a jack or even safely wedge a prop to hold the sagging structure. The Monk’s solution: A lever made of two laminated 2x4s. We had plenty of scrap wood of various sizes to hold…
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