Tales from FAR Manor

As I said earlier , Daughter Dearest now has her “real” driver’s license, and got Cousin Splat’s parking permit in return for taking him to ...

Jack at Tallpoppy , a commuting cyclist, writes: Texas just expanded the legitimacy of deadly force to include vehicles and workplaces . [.....

Very few things in life are purely good or purely bad, and that includes spring. The downside to spring, of course, is yard work. It was qui...

One certain sign of spring at FAR Manor is that the weeds start waking up and (in some cases) offering bribes. One of the prettier weeds, th...

Another collection of things, too short by themselves to merit their own post… New computers! We made a pilgrimage to the Apple Store yeste...

I said winter had just gone by , and this morning and tomorrow morning are around above/below) freezing. Stay warm, wherever you are.

A post on 43 Folders today linked in turn to a Brian Kim post about things that schools should be teaching: personal finance, communicati...

Ready, set… The hedge in front of our garage is getting ready for spring. On the other hand, it will bloom all year around if it gets a mild...

The weekend started with Dad arriving safely, on his way back north after six weeks or so in Florida. There also occurred a driver’s test, a...

Since Dad’s in for the weekend, I had too much going on to post Friday Night Cinema. But this is too good not to share. The Escape Pod podc...

I had to bang out an emergency project today — well, they’re all emergencies these days, but that’s beside the point. Knowing it had to be ...

TB02: The Boy comes home (again) The Boy called the house yesterday, getting Mrs. Fetched. “Can I bring some stuff home?” “Like what?” “My g...

In my last post, I disclosed my Master Plan for getting out of FAR Manor and away from the bane of my existence . Funny how life will throw ...

Answer: when there’s no beach. Then I guess it’s broom grass. Mrs. Fetched says so anyway, and I have no reason to doubt her. Shortly after ...

We now return to our regular topics. Monday morning started off with a case of DDPMS. As I do most weekday mornings, I called up the stairs ...

Family Man wrote a brief post about the state of what could laughably be called “healthcare” in this country, after he found that his insur...

After an unwanted January hiatus, I have returned to the podwaves! I’ve got the latest news from the free-range insane asylum, cellphone cha...

Why waste gas and money to see a movie? Friday Night Cinema brings free flicks straight to your screen! If you can open them, that is. Livin...

Coming in from work Tuesday, I hit the garage door opener, and saw the door twitch and stop. Figuring I just didn’t hold the button down lon...

Well, maybe not, but it’s definitely going to be a bit warmer than it had been the last two weeks. But The Boy got sprung today. Seems the l...