Well....that escalated quickly

"Well, this is a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into" - Groucho Marx

Happy Saturday all,

It would appear that I have struck a nerve.

I wrote a little thing for my weekly Substack the other day and it appears to be taking off. Now, I don’t usually do political stuff. If you read my blog you will not find outright political commentary very often at all; however, it’s not hard to figure out where my opinions lie. Never the less I put my opinion out there, and it appears to be taking on a life of it’s own. Just like a bad fart it is spreading around to for everyone to enjoy (or complain about). You're welcome.

Given the sudden increase in my readership (probably temporary) and the influx of new subscribers, I feel it is necessary to re-introduce myself.

First: I would like to thank Kenny over at Knuckledraggin for sharing my work out to the world. I appreciate it. If you haven’t been there, I do recommend dropping by. He is on my daily read list. I don’t agree with everything he says, but I mean…who does? Every once in a while he writes a story about his earlier life and sometimes if we are very lucky he regales us with a story about his time in Germany. As an aside, it turns out that we were actually in sister battalions - only 15 -20 years apart. He needs to get off his ass and write that book. I’m down for two copies.

“Allow myself to introduce……myself” - Austin Powers

Hi.

This blog was originally started so that our extended family and friends can keep track of the goings on at our homestead.

You see, we left the PNW about 2 years ago after over 20 years living in the region and raising our kids in the Cascades for almost 18. The reasons are legion and to keep it short and sweet, the collectivists and their useful idiots simply ruined the place. It is profoundly sad to see one of the most beautiful places on the face of the planet profaned by their bullshit.

We ended up setting up shop in the Ozarks. We bought a piece of land with a crappy house on it, a shop, and a shitload of trees. To say that this a culture shock does not give it justice. We went from full on west coast nanny state control to a place with no enforceable codes of any kind. There are positives and negatives to this. If you read the blog a little bit, you will see what I mean. I could literally build a fusion reactor here on the property, and the locals would say nothing.

But…enough about our place, and back to us.

Let’s clear this part up right now:

I am not a Republican.

I am also not a Democrat.

In fact, I am not a member of any political party. I find that believing politicians care about you in any way is rather like believing that the stripper really likes you.

I have a wonderful wife, three kids, and FarmDog©.

You will find pictures of us on the blog, after all, this is what it was built for. This is our life…not our brand.

Let me get this part clear right up front: I advocate violence against those who mess with my family. As it turns out, violence does indeed solve problems. Now….to paraphrase the great Buford T. Justice: You may think that was a threat…you would be wrong…that was just an attention getter.

If you came here looking for politics and fear porn, you came to the wrong place. This is not to say that I don’t share my occasional political opinion, or relentlessly mock politicians on both sides. I do. But, that’s not what we are really about here.

• This is not a prepper blog

• This is not an outright political blog

• This is not a “look at my awesome homestead that I totally didn’t build with sponsors and a whole lot of daddy’s money” blog.

To be clear: If anyone wants to sponsor us, or give us a whole lot of money…We can work out a deal. I’m not saying I’m for sale…but 20 bucks is 20 bucks.

So…what do we actually do here?

I’m glad you asked.

This is a real life account of people who got in a little bit over their heads on a homestead in the Ozarks.

Sometimes, we build things like double barrel compost spinners.

and backlit canning jar storage shelves.

Sometimes we make beer.

Sometimes we make food.

Sometimes we make bullets and shoot guns.

Sometimes we build really cool stuff. Like solar powered off-grid communication systems.

Or 3d printed hydroponic vegetable towers.

Sometimes, we adventure.

Sometimes, shit goes sideways and we have to fix it.

And sometimes I haul off and actually say what I’m thinking.

How it works

Weekly posts drop at 0600, local on Thursday mornings. Sometimes they are great, sometimes they aren’t. Those are free to everyone. If you go back you will find over 60 so far.

Special editions (like this one) drop when necessary.

Premium posts will drop on Saturday mornings. They are of a technical nature and include instructions and details on how to do / make some of the cool shit you see around here. If you are in the Circle of Trust, you already get them. Upcoming premium posts include:

• Water filtration systems

• Solar comms systems (Project AdventureDog©)

• Hydroponics stuff

• How to not suck at cooking

I will be dropping one next Saturday on the AdventureDog© off-grid communications and animal tracking system. If you are not a member of the Circle of Trust, you will have to sign up. After all, we aren’t communists here. We don’t work for free.

Well, that is about all I’ve got.

Welcome to the new folks.

Feel free to poke around. Stay if you want.

Almost all posts end with me mocking politicians or other assholes with memes. This will be no different.