Author Archives: Alaska

Kevin asks if anyone uses them. I do, sort of:    That’s in the “target rifle” safe. I’ve got the .22 size and the bigger-than-.22 size, and they work fine. However the way I have the guns set up they … Continue reading →

The past truly is a different country. I had no idea this existed:    Reminds me of this for some reason:   

“When there is no organization with autonomy, there is no threat.” Vaclav Havel’s Power of the Powerless looks like it’s complementary.  Hmm. My misanthropy inclines me to like a Bowling Alone society, but if we need robust independent social organizations to counteract … Continue reading →

…at your backup location. One of the attractions of our retreat in the hills was water availability. (Jim Rawles clued me in to that a decade ago. Embarrassed to say I hadn’t thought of it before then.) Water pump on … Continue reading →

   Addison’s Cato was one of the most well-known and influential political plays among the Founders, but for an original printed copy I had to reach across the pond to the delightful Abraxas-Libris.fr bookshop, which sold me this serviceable 1804 copy … Continue reading →

Good. The wife and I will apply for our Cali CCWs this week. No time like the present.

My first car was my grandfather’s 1972 Olds Ninety-Eight, which I dreamt of painting blue, chopping the top and upgrading with modern audio, until an oak tree flattened it. But it looked much like this drool-worthy gem  of a Cadillac … Continue reading →

The wife and I have taken to watching a good movie most weeknights, a guilty pleasure. (In a meeting the other day she was asked why she’s creating a new nonprofit; at the words “under 50” and “kids out of the … Continue reading →

Foxtrot Alpha’s comment: “Awkward.” We’ve had access to Israeli military communications for some time,” said one of the former U.S. intelligence officers. The former officer said knowledge within the NSA about surveillance of Israeli military units is especially sensitive because … Continue reading →

…it’s YUGGOTH, you fools!