Shoptalk Sunday: Sheet Goods, Pop Rivets, Cleco’s

This was a really busy week, around the old “trailer in the Outback.”  So, before we get into the nibbins of actually making, a quick photo tour of what we were up to this week. For one, we managed to get the leftovers (tin scrap) turned into a reasonable raised bed garden.  Going from this: … Read More

“Ancient Children” Previewed

I’m writing another book – a novel this time – and you’ll find the research done for this one very interesting.  You see, it’s a novel about what happens when Anti-Aging medicine really pays off.  How does that friendly government of ours go about rooting out fraud on the one hand while, at the same … Read More

ShopTalk Sunday: Batch Up Your Projects! It’s Spring!

[Reader Note:  My life-long “brother by a different mother” of 70 years – the Major – finally made it home from Mexico – where his wife suffered a burst appendix almost a week ago.  They got in around 10:45 PM last night. “Thanks my Bro’ for your support and the prayers of so many of your readers … Read More

Globalism’s Break-up

The flavor of global socialism driven by computational engines is on the verge of break-up.  Not only based on events in Ukraine, but due to the lack of workable global governance to resolve regional issues.  Read: Ukraine, Taiwan, Syria, and so forth. This morning a few comments on how this could go – plus its … Read More

ShopTalk Sunday: Shop & Garden Notes, Tools

Mood-setting and motivation:  Russian war in world’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens food supply | AP News Let’s talk first about Design Creep. Although we have yet to eat a single plant from our 20-foot by 10 add-on Garden Room off the recording studio, it has sure been a pleasure in terms of “build.” Honestly, some of the … Read More

ShopTalk Sunday: Love of 2-by-4s, Grow Room Detail

With the Big Birthday party (a six-pack of Rolling Rock and a prime rib) the mind wanders to more suitable foods for an aging gent with an eye on 90.  Getting to 73 wasn’t too tough.  But, good friends, strong personal boundaries, and staying active sure helps. So, attention is now turned on the garden, … Read More

Our Future: 3 Down and Bang

Reader Note:  Be sure to read the ATR section today! Humans know a hell of a lot more about the future than they’ll generally let on.  All because we don’t teach people: There are lots of ways to “see future” These methods can be broken-apart and assembled into a logical order. When you do so, … Read More

ShopTalk Sunday: Rain Tests, Shop Sound Systems

A third of the way into January, the rains have returned to Texas.  Those couple of weeks rounding-out December, were nothing more than sucker-punches for the unwary. From the outside project table, under the off-square rannygaboo (Americanized from the more proper rannygazoo) rain cover, there were projects lined up as far are the eye could … Read More

Climate? VLSR is the Answer

A quarter century back, I committed to an “ethical lifestyle.”  Today, an update on its progress and evolution.  (Voluntary Lifestyle Reduction.) However, first, we need to roll through some (additional, foolish) sheep fodder.  Fed people – dumbed-down folks – who don’t have the brains God gave chickens.  Or, they would have figured out there is … Read More

The Q2BA Addendum

Quest to Beat Aging was well-received, but incomplete, in subscriber views.  So, this morning, another 30-pages of what’s really turning into something of a “manual on aging well – and slowly.“ First up, though, a lot of fresh economic data to paw through on this holiday-abbreviated week. Which will be followed by the ChartPack where … Read More

Quest to Beat Aging

We offer our Christmas 2021 ebook on anti-aging experiments we’ve been conducting.  Think of this as the “personal live-fire drill” as time marches on. At 4o+ pages, this is one of our longer reports and thus we provide it as bot a .PDF and EPUB so you can pop it into your ebook reader or … Read More

TGIF-BC: Markets Wonder Where Santa Went

Thank God it’s Friday – before Christmas.  Just time to order yet-another tool slut delight. Since I have a fair bit of construction planned this winter, I decided to order a 3-foot impact driver drill-bit extension.  Deal on these is you can add or remove deck screws without bending over.  Yeah…old man workstyle.  Should have … Read More

ShopTalk Sunday: Santa Loads ’em On

With the one-day delay in turkey overdosing (the second effort was fabulously successful – 2 lbs. worth of personal weight gain, lol), there was enough tryptophan load to keep my blood pressure and motivation on the zero peg most of Saturday. Made a few Christmas scribbles before addressing a tractor issue…plotted my revenge against conformity.  … Read More