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Old Tractors Versus New Crap: Part II

Every time I start my tractor a microscopic wave of common sense reverberates through the cosmos. OSHA hyperventilates. Ralph Nader weeps. Al Gore shudders. Obama’s teleprompter falls over. Nancy Pelosi drops kicks her armed bodyguard in the shin. Michael Bloomberg spills his big gulp. Domestic aerial drones lose their beaings. Twitter is delayed a half second. The NSA accidentally deletes someones’ Facebook profile. I smile! Continue reading →

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Old Tractors Versus New Crap: Part I

It’s unmanly and a pox upon our society that a device costing a two grand and sporting twenty horsepower can get stuck on a ridge the size of a banana! Continue reading →

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Corruption Niche: III

Earlier I mentioned my theory that when a situation is ripe for corruption, someone will step into that role. Today I though I’d list a few random corruption niches. They’re just part of a game I play called “how long before someone does predictable evil and everyone acts shocked”. Continue reading →

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News That You Haven’t Heard

The last time things were this good a family vehicle could be purchased for $550 and tanked up for eight cents a gallon. 2013 is likely to have a murder rate so low it predates the invention of chocolate chip cookies, Chia pets, Alaskan statehood, television, NFL football, Superman, McDonalds, and Shirley Temple (who is still alive by the way). Continue reading →

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Chiropractors

Recent shenanigans with my tractor have hammered my back to death.  That got me thinking of chiropractors.  I’m of the opinion that some chiropractors are voodoo quacks and others miracle workers (provided your injury falls within their bailiwick).  The quacks … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t See That Coming

I’m in a coffee shop in enemy territory a college town.  College towns make me nervous.  Is socialism contagious?  Will I forget my science background and be found years later smoking dope in a cult of global warming fans who … Continue reading →

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The Possibility Of Ridiculous Outcomes: Part II

Once something has been done once, it can be done again.  This time in Valley Springs California. “A region of oak-studded hills in California, where big-city dwellers come to get away from crime, was on lockdown Monday, two days after … Continue reading →

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The Best ISP / Cable Ad Ever

This video is hilarious (NSFW language): It reminded me of a post I wrote a couple of years ago: The Unbelievable Lightness Of Kicking Jackasses To The Curb.  It was about telephones because I won’t pay for cable, ever.  (Since … Continue reading →

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Won’t Somebody Please Sink A Truck?

I’ve said before that the surest sign of spring is when some procrastinating ice fisherman sinks a truck.  Well the ice conditions this year were superb.  You could have built a battleship on it.  Then, when things got warm-ish, everyone … Continue reading →

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Totally True Facts

A blogger without Internet access is a truck driver equipped with a mule. I drove to a yuppie coffee shop (i.e. enemy territory) specifically for WiFi only to discover that their WiFi was down and the coffee I make in … Continue reading →

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