Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

David Thatcher, tail gunner in the seventh plane on the Doolittle raid over Tokyo Japan in WW2, passed away on June 22, 2016 after suffering...

is the million dollar smile that caught my eye a little over a year ago. When I saw it, I told myself that the right sort of fellow woul...

For me the "weekend" started on Wednesday. I put slotted rotors on the Mustang on Thursday. I played trains with my grandson o...

I may not agree with your lifestyle choices. In fact, your lifestyle choices may squick me out entirely from time to time. But there are tw...

When last we spoke of the yellow beastie it was to document this occurrence . At the time I speculated blown head gaskets, since it is a...

a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of... TRAINS!!! And in that vein, I have acquired new motive power...well, new to me anyway. ...

So I got the letter I've been expecting from the Infernal Revenue Service. They want their money back, and oh yeah, since they've be...

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on the shit cake. But at least there is bourbon. I think I'll just pour myself a drink and watch the flames.

I've been on the waiting list to join one of the local (local being a relative term, it's an hour away but so are all the other ones...

Last week I attempted to access Refuge Central, the desktop computer that formerly resided in my living room but has since been moved to an ...

for my lack of posting. Have an April redhead instead. Enjoy!

I have been remiss. There has not been a new ROTM for two months now. And so, to make up for that omission, here are two:  I know it i...

Taxes, I mean. So this year, given my significant changes in status, my tax situation is much different than last year. First off, I hav...

So Thursday this happened. Sunday night into Monday this happened. Today I went out to move the trucklet over a bit to get it out ...

Damn. Not really what I'd hoped to be doing with my day. Boy and I went to Fort Bragg today to get his ID card, mostly so I could q...

A year ago today I got an Email telling me that someone liked my little pony so much that they had to go out and get a red car of their own....

Sunday night I had 4G service so I was able to talk to M on my break, as usual, while keeping track of the pitiful demise of the home team. ...

So it ends up I didn't like the old Droid as much as I remembered. There were several things I missed about the HTC, so I switched it ...

I haven't really liked my HTC One cell phone since I bought it, and now it's refusing to take a charge if it is turned on. I have to...