I’m glad I was out at Sunset for this snowstorm (the deepest Seattle has seen since 1969, though not as severe out here on the coast), because as I’ve observed before, “when [Seattle gets snow] everything basically stops and absurdist-theater levels of hysteria ensue, complete with ridiculous terms like ‘Snowmageddon’ for a few inches of accumulation“. By the time I drove back into town yesterday, the snow was all melted and with it all the extra-stupid driving (leaving only the ordinarily-stupid driving), but I can only imagine what it was like on Saturday, given that this is what it looked like out back at Sunset that morning (as you can see, the animals were active out there before I dragged myself outside). The extra accumulation we had that night resulted in the shitty awning over the hot tub sagging badly, but as we’re planning to tear it down as soon as that part of the roof is in place, I hardly think it matters. Since I have a proper rural pantry rather than something designed by authoritarian sociopaths, there was no need to go any farther than the barn and henhouse to take care of the animals. And when one doesn’t have to go out in it, a moderate snowfall is actually kinda pretty.
Posts Tagged ‘Washington (state)’
Diary #555
Posted in Diary, tagged psychology, Sunset, Washington (state) on February 18, 2021| 1 Comment »
Diary #550
Posted in Diary, tagged animals, Sunset, Washington (state) on January 12, 2021| 2 Comments »
A few weeks ago, we were still seeing a few sunny days, as in this picture from mid-December. But around the solstice the monsoons arrive, and we generally get very few breaks from the rain until late winter. The animals spend most of their time in the barn, and we even feed them there because it’s too marshy to do anything else. Last year, it was this heavy seasonal rain which made me realize the guest cottages should be part of the house complex, so nobody would have to go out in it unless absolutely necessary. Well, this year I was glad for that decision, because it was especially heavy, and the main drainage ditch through the paddock looked like a small creek. But at the end of last week we got a three-day break, conveniently falling just when I had to drive to Seattle to spend some time with Dr. Quest. I’m not afraid of driving in the rain; after all, I grew up in south Louisiana. But I don’t like driving in it; there are far too many bad drivers who are afraid, and behave foolishly as a result. No, I prefer looking at my rain from a stationary vantage point inside of solid walls and a roof, preferably with a mug of tea in my hand. And once we get the roof of the bathhouse complex in place, we won’t even need to get wet to go to the cottages or the shop. Because if it’s too wet for pigs, ponies and llamas to be outside, it’s certainly too wet for me.
Bathhouse 26
Posted in Diary, tagged Oklahoma, Sunset, Washington (state) on December 18, 2020| 2 Comments »
At long last, we’ve finally got the last of our roofing materials. The process has been far more difficult than it should have been; in Oklahoma, we had a choice of several local vendors and were able to quickly find and purchase what we wanted. But here in Washington, the process was slow, confusing, and far more expensive than it had to be, and we eventually had to deal with three different vendors. For this particular product (PBR panels, for those who understand the subject) we had to contract with a company in Tennessee to pick up the product in the Seattle area; my card was charged on October 29th, and when I had heard nothing about where or when to pick up our materials by November 30th, I called to inquire. An email the next day told me that our order was ready and provided a tracking number, but still no address or phone number of the facility. Yet another phone call was required to obtain those, but when I called the place they wanted a PO number rather than the tracking number I was given, and the clerk couldn’t find my order in the computer by name because the salesman misspelled it (despite my spelling it for him phonetically, more than once). Finally they managed to locate it, and Chekhov took the trailer to pick it up. And once we finally had it in hand, I could start the process of tracking down my promised refund of the shipping charge, which somehow mysteriously vanished between the order and my credit card. As of this writing, I still don’t know what’s up with that, but even after I find it there’s no way I’m going to recommend this particular company to anyone else, even if I do think it’s due to the salesman being the owner’s son-in-law, ne’er-do-well nephew, or some other person unlikely to be fired merely because he’s startlingly incompetent.
Links #542
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged animals, Arkansas, cops, illegal aliens, language, Never Call the Cops, Oregon, psychology, Russia, Spain, Texas, video, Washington (state) on November 22, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The blast blasted blubber beyond all reasonable bounds. – Paul Linnman
Since last week was the 50th anniversary of the infamous Exploding Whale of Oregon, Mike Siegel felt this video should be posted to commemorate it. He also provided “restoration” below, and the other links are from Walter Olson, Cop Crisis, Scott Greenfield, Amy Alkon, and Boatfloating, in that order.
- The Russian version of Clue?
- An “off duty” pig is still a pig.
- “Cop shoots dog” is, alas, not news.
- Another botched art “restoration” in Spain.
- Never call the cops for any reason whatsoever.
- Reporter claims cop’s victim had magic mind-control powers.
From the Archives
- It’s rare for a US court to uphold the Constitution against the government.
- Your “leaders” will use any excuse to further empower cops to rob people.
- A toiletful of myths, lies, fascist cheerleading & other assorted sociopathy.
- Prohibition turns bodies into “crime scenes” which cops can violate at will.
- 41% of cops admit to beating their wives. Some don’t stop with beating.
- Will they quietly muscle power away from him as PA is doing to Krasner?
- Americans suffer from a peculiar and characteristic ignorance of history.
- More “sex slave” fantasies from Dominique “Body Fluids” Roe-Sepowitz.
- If Democrats cared about human rights, this would be in their platform.
- Politicians dislike policies that oppose their harm magnification agenda.
- We’re so lucky to have these brave heroes to protect us from refugees.
- FBI intentionally destroyed exculpatory evidence in the Backpage case.
- They want to cage a man for 20 years for fictional character drawings.
- Swedish model regimes would’ve targeted the victim for surveillance.
- The press, partying like it’s 1999 & nobody’s heard of escort reviews.
- “Rescued” means “arrested” & “safe” means “caged for deportation”.
- Politicians send rapist thugs to advance vain Disnification campaign.
- “Xi urged the party to emulate aspects of America’s ‘war on terror’”.
- When a headline asks a question, the answer is nearly always “no”.
- Offering a whore only $40 is indeed attempted sexual exploitation.
- Why can’t people choose a government as they choose a religion?
- The natural result of widespread kowtowing to the heckler’s veto.
- In the Puritan US, pictures are considered worse than actual sex.
- How countries with healthy ideas about sex react to moral panic.
- Unlike Americans, Hong Kongers know tyranny when they see it.
- They aren’t really having less sex; they’re just admitting it less.
- Since this is suburban Seattle, I could’ve done this one stoned.
- Cops, Florida, Spaghetti-Os, William Goldman and much more.
- Wannabe cop murdered three women and tried for a fourth.
- Everything cops and other “justice” officials tell you is a lie.
- One of the most vile prohibitionist organizations in Europe.
- A dumpsterrific article full of weird feminist/MRA claptrap.
- A monster’s attempted power grab goes down the toilet.
- Cops, cats, straight people, Beethoven, and much more.
- More cops imagining ordinary things as “sex trafficking”.
- Pimps are uncommon, but most who do exist are cops.
- Another of those nonexistent false assault accusations.
- FOSTA was a huge miscalculation by prohibitionists.
- Tanzania ramps up its pogroms against gay men.
- No woman is safe from sexually-aggressive cops.
- This article is completely unmoored from reality.
- Prohibitionists now claim they don’t need proof.
- Virtually a catalogue of prohibitionist bullshit.
- A quick and easy way to clear a fenceline.
- Remember “prostitution-free zones”?
- Greta Thunberg, child saint.
- The quiet week that wasn’t.
- Rapist cops of the week.
- Fascism in action.
Bathhouse 23
Posted in Diary, tagged Sunset, Washington (state) on November 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I got word a week or so ago that our cee purlins are on the way from Phoenix, but it’s a route truck so it’ll probably be another week or two before they actually arrive. The roof panel order took longer than I anticipated to process, but they finally charged my credit card last Friday; I then got an email telling me they weren’t able to deliver here, but we could pick the panels up ourselves from the plant…which is in Kent (suburban Seattle). Now, I have no idea why we couln’t find this place when we were searching for local suppliers; the office we dealt with is in Tennessee. But at least I’ll get a refund on my shipping fee, and it’s no big deal to send Chekhov to Seattle with the trailer. A couple of days ago we shifted the steel tubing into Grace’s shop, so she’ll be starting on the trusses next week; since the shop is enclosed she’ll be able to work regardless of rain (which we’ve had quite a lot of lately), and we’ll only need to work around the weather to actually get them in place.
Links #539
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Obituary, Tyranny, tagged cops, domestic violence, Florida, holidays, language, Massachusetts, Never Call the Cops, New York, Not for Any Reason Whatsoever, Peru, scams, video, Washington (state), Wisconsin on November 2, 2020| 2 Comments »
James Randi, AKA, “The Amazing Randi”, died last week at the age of 92. If you don’t know who he was, watch this short video for an introduction; there’s also a full-length documentary on his life’s work, An Honest Liar. The links above the video were provided by Mistress Matisse, Nun Ya, Franklin Harris, Radley Balko, Cop Crisis, Walter Olson, and Mike Siegel, in that order.
- Just protecting and serving.
- Almost 10% is a good start.
- Previously-undiscovered Nazca lines!
- The rotten fruit of public-sector unions.
- These driverless pigmobiles are a menace.
- Tom Lehrer has made all his lyrics public domain.
- Do I really need to say, “Not because you dislike someone’s decorations”?
From the Archives
- UK cops, desperately trying to draw others into their “sex slave” fantasies.
- We were warned Israeli whore-censorship was only “part of a wider plan”.
- Redbridge has a history of harassing whores with stupid “crime” rhetoric.
- European Court of Human Rights kissed France’s arse, but the UN didn’t.
- Any elected official who acts in this way should be removed from office.
- The government keeps openly hiding information in the Backpage case.
- The New York Times has discarded whatever credibility it once enjoyed.
- Facebook wants to become one of the cornerstones of modern fascism.
- Tech geeks create a “consent app” that is both useless and dangerous.
- “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time“.
- Nobody will be safe until this odious practice is ruled unconstitutional.
- If you weren’t horrified by China’s “re-education” camps for Uighurs.
- There has never been a case of a kid getting drugged trick-or-treat.
- Nigerian scholar demolishes racist European masturbatory fantasy.
- They actually admit the point is to normalize constant surveillance.
- Pimps are not common, but many of those who do exist are cops.
- UK cops shoehorn migrants into their “pop-up” wanking fantasy.
- How the government created a bogeyman to justify censorship.
- All too often, evil arrives cloaked in the mantle of expediency.
- I hope this doesn’t harm increased awareness of rapist cops.
- Palantir helps cops spy on sex workers and minority groups.
- Bezos wants to provide the engine to power racist pogroms.
- It’s good to see so many challenges to these medieval laws.
- Facebook claims this picture will sexually arouse its users.
- Any internet-connected device can be used to spy on you.
- Another Australian state moves toward decriminalization.
- Your government wants this to happen more often.
- A retrospective of my blogging from October 2016.
- Sex and death are but two sides of the same coin.
- Cops, politicians, a horror story, and much more.
- Sex workers have been saying this for decades.
- Your government refers to this as “correction”.
- In the US, his victims would have no recourse.
- The US is trying to rewrite Backpage’s history.
- A tale of beauty, love, obsession and horror.
- Cops, Pokemon, Halloween and much more.
- My two previous columns for Halloween.
- In which I downshift into Autumn mode.
- A tale of the death of an immortal.
- Welcome to our world, amateurs.
- Population 13,255. Seriously.
- Kaytlin Bailey’s wedding.
- Rapist cops of the week.
Bathhouse 22
Posted in Diary, tagged Sunset, Washington (state) on October 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
It took us six weeks, but we’ve finally got all the materials for our roof on the way! I was hoping to have the roof up before the rain came again, but Trump’s silly trade war made that impossible; metal building components are hard to find here already (I reckon they’re just not as popular in Washington as in drier climes), and the tariffs made the ones that were available insultingly expensive. But we found some leads a few weeks ago, and with the help of a generous gent I was able to shove money around to clear enough space on my credit cards to buy what I needed (if anyone else wants to volunteer to help me pay that, please do). We got the structural steel a month ago, then this week I ordered the cee purlins (crossmembers which support the roof panels) from a place in Phoenix and the roof panels themselves from a place near Knoxville, Tennessee; today Chekhov is picking up the heavy-walled pipe we’re using for the support posts. Since the stuff from other states is coming via freight, it’ll probably be late November before it arrives; that’s OK because it won’t be needed until the roof structure is in place, and Grace will be welding the trusses together in her shop. Since we’ll have to work around the rain, phase four will probably go slowly; we figure it may take until the beginning of spring. But then we’ll have shelter from the rain, so the walls should go relatively quickly afterward. For the time being, expect about two updates a month; let’s hope the progress speeds up again in March!