Happy Killdozer Day
(Sorry I’m darned near late to the party. Fuzzy this morning from yesterday’s migraine and then the Intertubz decided to take the afternoon off. It…
War
And if you don’t think it’s a war, you’ve not been paying attention the last few years, I’m tellin’ ya. The latest Intellectual Froglegs is…
How bad is it…
…when you steal your inspiration, which is desperately needed because you still feel like crap most days, from a guy who is undergoing multiple procedures…
I had a pleasant post planned for today. The Sun had other plans.
I’m coming off a two-day migraine, and I had a nice, fun post planned. The universe has other plans. Just in case you haven’t seen…
“Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door”
Actually quite a few visitors. In addition to the one in the image, I’ve had visits from the following: and 36 other IP addresses. J.…
The Yuck is a gift that keeps on giving
So… Yesterday morning at 4:30 I woke up, jittery, shaking and anxious for no observable reading. I lay there a minute, taking stock. That list…
Stop The Bleed Month
May is Stop The Bleed Month. Stop The Bleed is a program of instruction aimed at teaching bystanders how to save lives by preventing exsanguination–you…
Health Wars Episode V: The Yuck Strikes Back
Since I last posted, I’ve gone from feeling better and getting back to it to slowly feeling worse. For the last two days, Mrs. Freeholder…
In which Ma and Pa Freeholder buy a tractor
A tractor? You bought a tractor? Seriously? Yes, yes we have. And while I can make a good, reasoned case for such an extravagant purchase,…
The Yuck is still yucky but less yucky than it was–plus a teaser
I’m making progress, but it’s slow progress. The NP at the doc-in-a-box declared this stuff to be sinusitis with a side of sinus infection, but…
The Yuck
It never fails that someone gets some variant of The Yuck at this time of year. This is a banner year for Yuck, as the…
The hummers are back
We hung the hummingbird feeders Friday morning and saw our first customer yesterday. I expect it was a transient, just stopping in for gas and…
Armageddon Refrigerator Says
I think it’s been watching Easy Rider or something.
Report from the OP, March 18, 2024
(I want to let you in on something of a cosmic joke. After writing of my medical issues of the recent past, I thought I…
And this is why I don’t monetize this site
(As found on Gab.) Because I can tell companies like Google to go pound sand, at least up to a point. Meet the AI-Censored? Naked…
Ever heard of microschools?
Neither had I until today. I’m filing this one away for when the grandsquids are old enough. The Microschool Movement Is Taking Off in Tennessee
Froglegs, Intellectual, Qty 1 each
Now in stock. Sorry about the ads, but Rumble has to get paid somehow. There are skip buttons a few seconds in at the bottom…
Dark mode is working
I had to go to a new plug-in, but there is now a working dark mode for the blog. Don’t know why the old one…
Life in the thrall of migraine
I think I may be nudging up to the edge of normality, although events of this week make me wonder. But I know that people…
Blasted software
It seems my “dark mode” plugin has crapped all over the bed, rendering images invisible when in dark mode. For the time being, it’s been…
Pardon my absence
I’ve been fighting a(nother) war with the migraines. Winter is usually a bad time, but this winter has been a test. My neurologist and I…
Predictions for 2024
Perhaps the fifth try is the winner. Seriously, this is (at least) my fifth try at writing this. I get interrupted to help with the…
Sorry, it’s been…eventful
For once I thought we’d get through the holiday season without anything more than a minor illness. Yeah, right. We’ve been dealing with an extended…
So how did I do?
NOTE, 1/8/2024: I had to make a big edit, as I left the entire quotation of the “War” predictions out of the original. Mea culpa.…
You are hereby notified
The new version of Intellectual Froglegs is available for your viewing and edification.
Merry Christmas!
I had wanted to put this up earlier, but I had to head outside to take in certain decorations before they got rained on. Lawn…
Christmas Eve
So we find ourselves on Christmas Eve (actually Day as I write this) and Mrs. Freeholder is busily wrapping presents. I’ve been doing the housework–vacuuming…
Merry Christmas Eve…’s Eve?
Is this officially a thing? It’s being treated as if it is. Pretty soon they’ll be starting Christmas in October. Oh, wait… So far today,…
How private is your browsing?
(Found on Gab) For a goodly while I’ve been using the Brave web browser and have been quite pleased with its (and its associated search…
Report from the OP, December 14, 2023
I don’t want to say I live a boring life, but really, I live a boring life. Lately, it’s been more boring than usual. I…