Ground’s frozen solid in late December, but we could stack you on the woodpile until the April thaw. Our parties are a Paleo dieter’s nightmare, but more fun for it! (The bread table and dessert tray, not shown, have become more complicated since a number of our friends have gone off gluten/grain/soy/sugar/dairy for he…

Yes, Laramie. Figured you’d know the Voo reference. ;)

True, your basic corner store French or Spanish cheese (or wine) is top-shelf Murray’s in the US. But the best North American artisanal cheeses are as good as the best European now.

The drive to the park was probably more dangerous than the climb. Tho this time of year, there are still some objective hazards like loose rock & frost-levered flakes to consider. For all the Nose has become a bit of a pre-protected yak route, I’m kind of pleased at the safety record & improving cleanliness of the…

Presidential pardon incoming in 3..2..1.... Trump’s already said he doesn’t think campaign finance violations are really crimes (hmmm, wonder why?) and that all that stuff is too complicated anyhow. Plus Hunter has cheerfully admitted to murdering brown people, which is a sure get-out-of-jail-free card with this presid…

One way to get the convenience hardware you want at affordable prices is to buy and install it yourself. For example, you can purchase a really nice 50qt double bin waste rollout (with soft close slides) from Home Depot for $140. Installation is not difficult and instructions are written for the layperson. If you…

The 圍棋FundMe campaign was a rousing success. Anyone who failed to contribute was executed and their finger bones used as game pieces by the soldiers of the Emperor (may he live one thousand years!) Say what you like about those early Chinese rulers — they got things done (including sending people who ‘say what they…

You are well along in your research then, and making smart choices. Boxes are the cheap part. I just banged out a set of lower cabinets for some dear friends (at materials cost, cuz they have no money). The boxes themselves used basically $100 in materials and took me seven hours spread over two days, mortise & tenon…

And some, I assume, were good people. MCGA!

We here in Wyoming would like to mention the Heart Mountain ‘relocation’ camp is still up and running — mostly an educational and interpretive center deeply sympathetic to those interned there, but we feel it could be repurposed at short notice. Wyoming knows barbed wire! Also coal isn’t doing so well & we need to…

You think the Celestial Emperor Qin Shi Huang (eternal Son of Heaven) waited on the Ministry of Building Permissions? NO! He slapped up that fucking wall on his own copper coin (with a hole in the middle) and a few million slaves and solved the Mongol invasion problem FOREVER!!!

YoYo: “The bunco squad ... the bunco squad ... the bunco squad...”

With careful magnification and pixel-scrubbing, you can just read Nev’s letter: “We pinkie-promise to stop with Austria and Sudentenland, probably not Poland, Belgium and France right off the table. Signed, Mister Hitler.”

Our kitchen is a tiny 8'x9' U-shaped design, with compact appliances and laminate tops. Which surprises people, since I’m known for building premium kitchens of Meyersesque dimensions. But having worked in busy restaurants, the last thing you want if you are working cold side for eight hours is to walk ten steps for…

Many trees are coming here to have anchor acorns. End birthright citizenship now!

Skipped a couple steps, Clem Fandango. First raise money from outside investors; then buy a depreciated company; then book the purchase cost as debt; then load a bunch of other debt onto its books, possibly from other failing ventures of your private equity biz; then pay yourself and your buddies huge,…

Thanks, boss. Thought I’d better jump at it before Mikey Cohen gets outta prison.

This is very good. “Uncle Dump Turkey, how blue the sky is today, and how beautiful are the cherry trees!”

And Cuba is a free capitalist society that fully respects dissent, thanks to 60 years of crushing US sanctions! *eyeroll* Keep trying, Donald — maybe it will work this time. Isn’t Jared ‘President’s Dude in Charge of Fixing Shit’? Here we observe the fine line between ‘diplomat without portfolio’ and ‘dipshit without p…

He looks more likely to rupture than rapture. Another exhibit in my “Statins have ruined America” hypothesis: thirty years ago, Pompeo (Barr, Trump, Weinstein) would have been dead by their age via massive coronary infarction. If many of our national problems stem from gross old white guys clinging to power, it’s in…