the wrong truck…

You have to like trucks to watch a video like this. I looked up “will it run”…and this came up. This big dude is goofy. And….goofy is good. Here’s a truck that he bought at auction….that turned out to be … Continue reading →

Never Do Major Car Repair When Your Young Children Are Within Earshot of Your Potty Mouth.

Finished the Neon this afternoon and, man (!!)….it’s freaking fast! Timing Belt…rebuilt the head…took it all apart and got it all back together and only had about 5 bolts left over. And…it ran. I was kidding about the “fast” part. … Continue reading →

back, back, back…back from the dead

I’m on the tail end of the Neon repair. At least….I hope that what I’ve done is a repair. It’s hard to tell until it’s all back together…full of fluids again…and you turn the key. The moment of truth. Sometimes … Continue reading →

Silence-The Deconstruction of Faith

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! That’s what this review is all about….SPOILERS! I wanted to watch this movie (“Silence”)  when it came out….but it slipped by and we haven’t seen it yet. Maybe it’s that I wanted to watch it when I … Continue reading →

David Holt interviews Rhiannon Giddens

One of my son, Isaac’s, true champions is friends with David Holt. She wants Isaac to meet him…. and to get into playing bluegrass and folk fiddle. I don’t think that Isaac wants to play fiddle. He wants to buy … Continue reading →

I Love Bread.

This is a documentary about wheat. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee…..at! Some folks don’t like wheat. I guess that it might not be good for you. I like wheat…even if this guy says that it’s not good for me. I like a piece of Jenny’s … Continue reading →

Tom’s Typewriters

I watched some of this documentary the other day….”California Typewriter” from Gravitas Ventures. Who knew that Tom Hanks loved typewriters so much? Not me. When everything is Twittered and Instagram-ed….there’s something to be said for a piece of paper covered … Continue reading →

Couple Living Off Grid Deep in The Forest…

Sweden! Looking a lot like Northern Idaho….. Here’s a young couple getting a homestead together….good stuff. “Off the grid” is sounding better and better these days. It might be really smart to have a place that was self sufficient the … Continue reading →

“Mentally Ill”? Nahhhhhhh…..

A Fox News guest called this young Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, a “mentally ill Swedish child” the other day Wow. She’s not mentally ill. Sane…impassioned…and,maybe probably, justifiably terrified…but…not mentally ill. In some circles, it’s not popular to believe that … Continue reading →