Pat Buchanan hung up his keyboard. The man had a sense of clarity that few have today. I've spent the last 30 years or so reading his columns and books. Some books were epic - like his tome on WW2, which at the end explained how entangling alliances caused us no end of misery. Entangling … Continue reading End of an Era
Author: Himself
Let Papa Fix the Flashlights
Some time ago, my brother in law was telling me about having to deal with a chronic sore achilles, and the doctor visits. Dude retired, and got into fitness - running, tennis, whatnot. Lost the dad bod, and leaned out. The picture of health, other than his ankle. After all sorts of test, the doc … Continue reading Let Papa Fix the Flashlights
Wintry Mix
We had ice today, which shut down a lot of the numbnuttery. Speaking of numbnuts, Jethro was overjoyed to discover ice was falling from the sky. https://vimeo.com/794682513 I cut out the parts where he was doing his bidness. This is a family site, after all. That white stuff is ice. It was thundering as it … Continue reading Wintry Mix
That’s Hardly Fair
I was listening to talk radio in the morning, as I normally do, and the host was prattling on about the Republican upstarts putting in a bill for a fair tax. Fair tax being - getting rid of income tax, and instituting a 30% sales tax. That's hardly fair. First off I believe the income … Continue reading That’s Hardly Fair
And So it Begins…
We're getting a 'Wint'ry Mix' tomorrow, and the city here is shutting down. It's been hovering around freezing today, and right on queue, the simpletons among us have been wrecking their cars. I took a break to go get something to eat, and right in front of Wally World was a mustang up on the … Continue reading And So it Begins…
That’s gonna leave a mark.
I was at the dentist the other day getting a filling repaired. It wasn't usual dentist, since he was too busy with another patient. Fair enough, I've often been the one that breaks into the schedule in the middle of the day to have something or another looked at. While they were working the doctor … Continue reading That’s gonna leave a mark.
There’s no I in my AI
A few years ago, I was having a phone interview that a friend of mine setup. I really wasn't looking for a job. But this was a well known company, an industry standard, and one whose products I've used and liked for years. It went well enough, however, my friends boss told him it didn't … Continue reading There’s no I in my AI
Let Papa Fix It
My son in law is into pizza. He's got a propane pizza oven, makes his own dough. So my son bought him a pizza peel, from Ooni. Behold: That's the way it showed up. That's also the way it's replacement showed up. Seems easy enough to fix. That's not a joint. The joints held. What … Continue reading Let Papa Fix It
Gonna be a Great Day, Tater.
My life is complete. Proton has released Proton Calendar for IoS. Doesn't seem like a big deal. But it is to me. I can't sync my phone to my work computer. I sync to outlook on my personal machine, but that results in two calendars - one for Outlook, one for my iPhone. Great. I … Continue reading Gonna be a Great Day, Tater.
Not Good
It's been sunny and nice the last few days. So I've had time to size up the estate here. I'm thinking my olive trees took a beating in the little cold snap we had a few weeks ago. I covered them with heavy canvas, piled leaves around them, and put a heating pad at their … Continue reading Not Good
Inspected By Pat 