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I’m used to obscurity. I expected a few people would read my post, nobody would comment, and my dog would pee on my shoe.

Instead, something unusual happened. I got a bunch of hits. Continue reading →

The lovely and talented Mrs. Curmudgeon has given me a gift. This is my mug.  You can’t have it.  If you want one get your own.

There’s no obvious word for what I do. I have a homestead and aim for self reliance…but I still have a day job. Is that “homesteading”? Who knows? Homesteading is a spectrum between Grizzly Adams and the banker’s deluded trophy … Continue reading →

My tractor has me depressed.  Not because it’s broke.  (It’s an antique and I work it like a mule.  It has every right to expect maintenance and repair.)  It’s because every time I try to fix it I get interrupted.  … Continue reading →

It’s fun to bitch but our modern world is awesome! Poverty in America in 2011 is the life of a king in 1650. Take any one of our many conveniences out of the usual context and they rock!  You need … Continue reading →

NASA pisses me off!  America was once awash in excitement about space exploration.  We were the balls out badass studs that put a man on the moon!  We did something that no human since the beginning of time had accomplished.  … Continue reading →

You’ll find this chart replicated all over the net.  I sourced it from calculated risk but it’s referenced in countless other locations as well.  I have no indication that it is incorrect. Those of you who are bad at math … Continue reading →

I just stumbled upon some fresh snark from The Gormogons: “Democrats are the drunks of the debt ceiling debate. Republicans are the friends trying to take away the keys to their car.” It gets better: D: “If you’re too bogus … Continue reading →

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and … Continue reading →