Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

 My father has it. I have been constantly amazed at my Dad, sitting at the bedside while the other half of his soul lies there. When it was ...

 I would like to say, for the record, that most medical professionals are indeed professional. During my mother's previous stay in the h...

Thanksgiving day found my parents in Northern Virginia at my favorite niece's house (how do I know she's my favorite? Because she te...

   Electronic locks are sketchy at best, especially gun safe locks. Let's face it, if you have an electronic lock the entire thing can ...

 Mrs. Hades has gone back to school and so have I. Mrs. Hades is, of course, a teacher, and I am starting on my last class for the degree th...

The auger broke on the second day (Wednesday). It hit a rock, spun out of my hands and broke both the bolts on the spring that holds the two...

 I've taken my two work-days off this week, not to travel and celebrate the holidays but to do some work around the house. I need to get...

 Some time ago, wanting a computer for my train room to run Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI), I purchased a used HP Mini 210 computer, c...

 Monday is Memorial Day. Memorial Day is not the day you thank me for my service.   Memorial Day is the day you thank them for theirs.

  One down, one to go.

 So as it turns out, the only thing Donald Trump has ever really been guilty of is Attempting to Govern While Republican. Wake me up when so...

First and foremost, thank you . I appreciate the fact that you can be wrong. I appreciate that fact because I, myself, have occasionally bee...

 is still a pretty good day. It was a bit disappointing, however. I took the new-to-me AR upper and the lowers that I had built for it out t...

 I accidentally aced my Harmonics module quiz. Three of the questions were closely related, two were identical and one was based on the answ...

 I went to go somewhere in the Jeep today, and when I turned the key the little blinky dash lights came on but the starter didn't. Appar...

  You look like a fucking idiot.

I've already mentioned my degrees will be finished by Christmas. My Jeep will also be paid off by Christmas. Truthfully I could pay it o...

 I have just registered for what should be the final classes required for my Associates in Applied Science degree in the field of Mechatroni...

 So I went to vote early because I am going to be out of pocket, as they say, on Election Day. When I got to the polling place a helpful per...