I am so fit to be tied I could just spit. Just when I thought democrats couldn’t get anymore stupid, this headline in the Washington Times catches my eye: “Smart move or grave mistake? NYC keeps schools open.” What God’s name is their demagogic logic? Well, says the story “They’re keeping the nation’s largest school … Read More
Been a busy week around the old “double-wide in the woods” – getting ready for the Big Shut-In, which seems about an equal proposition, as we see it. As we have hinted-at before, once you have “the basics” covered, there’s not too much else to do except figure out which of your hobbies will have … Read More
Out here in the Outback of East Texas, we are continuing with prepping for a global pandemic. As of Friday, the numbers were edging up toward 10,000 cases and 200 dead. A modest 2.1-percent fatality rate, except for a few asterisks. One is that the disease can take up to 14-days to present symptoms and, … Read More
Life in the city is grand. Everything convenient, all services close-at-hand. Yet there’s something special about holidays in the woods… Let’s start with the food part. Since there are only two of us this time around, we’re not doing a big meal for Christmas. Honestly, it looks like a toss-up between a couple of slabs … Read More
Hey! Aren’t we American’s supposed to be smart? Exceptionally, right? Well, if we’re so smart, how come December is such a screwed-up month and we’ve put up with it? Talk about conflicted…. The way I see it, there are 62 days in December and January, right? Who says there HAS to be? We’ve put up with … Read More
First thing: This is not medical advise… But, since it’s the time of year when we spend more time than normal around computers, as someone who’s had eight eye operations over the past 35-years, I’ve learned more than I ever dreamed of about my eyes. Avoiding Eye Problems A regular visit with an eyecare professional … Read More
If you live in the city, or can afford to exploit others to do your yard work, you may not see the humor in this. But there I was, feeling all smug and satisfied with myself. After an overnight frost, I’d gotten to work with the leaf blowers and had cleaned off the gravel between … Read More
Yeah, I know – didn’t think I could read, did you? Surprise! A cool economic/business book review down the page. But, it’s really a huge day for Climate and Trade. So let’s start on those: The Sun’s Going Out One of the biggest “Social Monetization’s” afoot in today’s f/u’ed world is this whole Climate … Read More
You can’t live aboard a 40-foot sailboat, sailing everything from the NW tip of Vancouver Island to Mexico (except for the middle part of Oregon, due to trucking the boat from Seattle to Alameda…) without learning a few things about “the weather.” More than once, weather knowledge has paid-off many times over. Yet, most wannabe … Read More
First thing out of the rack this morning I popped open the futures market and our Aggregate Index Daily view of things, including our “red line” indicator. Here’s what it looked like: Based on what I saw, the “rumors of trade” had hyped the market to the point where two important things MIGHT happen. First, … Read More
GMAFB: The lefties and the the shambles of co-conspiring media are thrilled this Sunday that Donald Trump has referred to Baltimore, MD as a “rat infested mess.” Wherever there are people (and the more tightly-packed) the more of problem rats pose. Yeah, they carry disease and Ebola is about to go global in our read … Read More
People in the South, near as I’ve discovered, don’t know exactly where the term “red-neck” came from. But, at least in this part of Texas, to be a “red-neck” is right up with being a coon-ass from Loozy-anna. It’s more honor than insult. Means you know a little something about self-reliance. Oh, sure, maybe escape … Read More
Events over the weekend have led us to considering a “Hype Index” again. Markets are moved, as we’ve learned, from a combination of both fact and fiction. We see the ‘facts’ as pretty obvious in the economic news releases and data updates. But, the fiction? Ah, there’s the rub. Fiction depends on who is writing … Read More