Tales from FAR Manor

OK, so most of the country tuned into Obama’s “not-State of the Union” address Tuesday night, and some of us stuck around for LA Gov. Bobby ...

The forecast low was 32 last night, but I don’t think it ever got down that far. It’s 39 now, according to two nearby weather stations — Wea...

This one’s a little long, but next week’s is a little short. It evens out. Tuesday, July 4, 2023 The Opt-Outs July 4 really meant something ...

Yesterday morning, Mrs. Fetched asks me oh-so-innocently: “Would you like to come with me? I just have to give the cows one bale of hay and ...

Working at home is always useful. About 4:30, I grabbed the w0rNg battery and took it back to the motorcycle shop, and got a new one. Ironic...

I haven’t just brain-dumped for a while… probably because I dump things on Twitter instead. It’s long past time. One of the things that turn...

Monday, June 5, 2023 Serena’s Chautauqua Story Here’s Serena’s chautauqua story. It’s partly about me, but I just blew her cover is all. Hol...

This was our week: Things began their spiral into the Official FAR Manor Vortex of Suck™ Sunday morning, although (as usual with such things...

Things are weird now. In a much weirder FAR Future , I wouldn’t expect that to be different. Sunday, June 4, 2023 Adventures at the Chautauq...

A week or so ago, one of Big V’s horses got mauled and killed behind her place. We contacted the DNR people at the state park, who said, “th...

On New Year’s Eve, I posted my Predications for 2009 . Looks like I got one of them partially right anyway: Congress just voted to postpone ...

Just because it’s Groundhog Day doesn’t mean I’ll be posting the same thing every day from now on… Sunday, April 30, 2023 When Johnny (and K...

The wood stove has been increasingly smoky lately… until Wednesday night, when the smoke stopped going up the chimney altogether and started...

Amazingly enough, I’m not talking about the Republican party. Compared to the latest moves by the Catholic Church , the goplets are actually...

Fast, easy, free… with Weekend Cinema, you don’t have to settle for only two. Today’s selection was a 2007 finalist for the YouTube Awards. ...

It seems that Big V took a tumble in the shower a couple weeks ago, and broke her leg near the ankle and a bone or two in the arch of her fo...

A while back, Yooper pointed out that the “FAR Future” is not even 15 years from now. It’s like that Don Hendley song, In a New York minute,...

This is one way to visualize spring #3 on Planet Georgia: The real spring is on the way, the one that all too quickly turns into summer. Yo...

I wander into Burger King for a veggie burger, and see that they have a new sandwich they call the “Angry Whopper.” It's your basic Whop...

Tomorrow, a rotter rides off into the sunset. And America rejoices. In 2023, it’s taking a little longer. Friday, January 27, 2023 Besieged ...