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Terrorist Vegetable Seed Two Fer

There was a time when the American people fell all over themselves to insert the Government into every part of their lives. That time, the era when Americans grew the span and reach of Government, hasn’t ended. It’ll end someday. … Continue reading

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The Expert

I have been to this meeting… repeatedly.

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Politics: The Scripted Debate

I go on periodic “news blackouts”. When bullshit becomes concentrated I take a break. I won’t take bullshit seriously. Lately the news is particularly contrived. They say there’s a new wrinkle in the endless circular firing squad that is immigration … Continue reading

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From The (Closeted) Grammar Nazi

I try to be a knuckle dragging Neanderthal yet I wind up doing a fair amount of editing. I rationalize that I edit at least as well as I can fell a tree and far better than I can fix … Continue reading

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Makin’ Bacon: Part 10: My Names Are Vetoed

I was as happy as a Curmudgeon gets. I was driving home with a trailer. I love towing stuff. The “payload” was small critters that can squeal like demons but would eventually become bacon. Everyone loves bacon! During the ride … Continue reading

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For The Aviation Fans

Because I want everyone to be happy, I’m posting this photo of a B-18/F-22 Raptofortress which was also rebadged and sold behind the Iron Curtain as a B-14 Stroatohornet. (Note: Mrs. Curmudgeon tells me that taunting OCD folks with fixed … Continue reading

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Makin’ Bacon: Part 9: How I’m Like John Travolta

Something horrific and clearly spawned of Satan started making a noise that was never meant to be heard in this universe. It was like dolphins trumpeting on a vuvuzela while Gilbert Gottfried rapes a bagpipe… in hell. Continue reading

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Makin’ Bacon: Part 8: Fencing With Politicans And Marines

Let’s discuss “Politicians”: The photo above is of a plastic fence insulator. Note that it’s meant for nailing to a wooden fencepost. Most insulators are meant to “snap on” to metal posts instead of wood. Buy the right kind. They … Continue reading

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Makin’ Bacon: Part 7: Jurassic Fence

Roughly 50% of funny homesteading stories start with “livestock broke out of the fence and then…” Whether the livestock gets in the road, craps on the neighbor’s Prius, or invades France, something weird usually ensues. It always happens at 2:00 … Continue reading

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Makin’ Bacon: Part 6: Ego Gates

Eventually I found a place that had cheap (Chinese made?) gates on sale. They were about half the cost of the original gates. All I needed to do was drive 50 miles round trip, buy gates that were 1 3/4” … Continue reading

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