The Abode of McThag

She's up to 5 lb. 7 oz.  Up from the emaciated 1 lb. 6 oz. when we took her in and expected her to up and die on us. Going to be getting...

 Best April 1st video ever.

Spoke to the person at the local VSO that the American Legion hooked me up with. For the first time, ever, the person who is supposed to hel...

 My blade of Slavic might has gone up in value a bit since 2017. $39 then, $100 now .  Even the ones with mismatched serials are $80. Insta...

Val Kilmer has succumbed. Wikipedia says pneumonia. I watch one of his earliest movies, "Real Genius" fairly regularly.

"Uh oh!" -G. A. Custer

Got my tooth, temporarily, fixed. I needed a new crown on the bottom, aft-most molar on the starboard side. This tooth has been a bane for y...

Should Northrop-Grumman win the F/A-XX bid... What cat name should be applied?  I like Bobcat because the stealthy thing will almost certain...

The Clint Eastwood film "Heartbreak Ridge" has an interesting scene. When he first arrives at his new duty station Gunny Highway b...

Watching the last season of Cobra Kai and they discover a chest in Mr Miyagi's old house where they find he had a dark past. Um... I cou...

The company we're insured through did not change. The member ID number did not change. The group ID number did not change. The persons c...

I am sure glad my cracked tooth doesn't hurt because I cannot see my dentist. They can get me in today, but the fucking insurance that T...

That crunching was not a bit of eggshell missed in the making of hard boiled eggs in the chicken salad. It was a point off the back of a mol...

Richard Chamberlain has shuffled off the mortal coil at 90. I enjoyed his work in more than one instance. Most especially in the Shogun mini...

There is, often, a deliberate disconnect between what marketing says and what the contract stipulates. If you signed the contract based on t...

Back when COVID first started going around, me and The Boy (and Marv) all clearly had it. I never got vaccinated, I figure that catching an...

I keep sticking my nose into RPG debates abotu which rule set is best. Being a passionate advocate for GURPS, it's the rule set that I t...

While everyone focuses on the weaponry; the truly impressive and frightening thing about the US military is this: We can put a fully stocked...

I was reading about dueling and found a translation from the Italian: "He runs his mouth as if he could hold a sword." That, is a ...

If you remember this post from a couple years ago... A different channel has revisited it. It goes without saying, do not stand in front of ...

 

In case I never calculated it before: Jump 1 is 170.1c Jump 2 is 340.1c Jump 3 is 510.2c Jump 4 is 680.3c Jump 5 is 860.3c Jump 6 is 1,020.4...

This is just down the road from me! Plane flips after emergency landing.  No injuries, they say. When I first saw the pics I thought it look...

 

I'm reading about how Boeing got the contract for the Air Force's F-47A. Most of the press is saying that it's Boeing's firs...

I am not saying you cannot say that. I am not trying to forbid you from saying that. I am making fun of you for saying that.

In 1984 or 1985 the motorcycle gang club my dad was a member of decided to do a winter road trip to Mexico. We started in Minneapolis. In W...

This is an M1951 web gear compatible Greek M1 Garand ammo pouch. It is 2 lb. 11.5 oz. with four 8-round en bloc clips and 8.4 oz. empty. The...

The Beast and the car formerly known as Biscayne SS . My buddy JT rode with me and we met with Adam.  Adam is whom I sold the Biscayne SS ...

My dad and I dropped a 250 into a '47 pick-up and it didn't seem as complicated as this to get the electrical system updated to 12v ...

Both knees and my left hip don't appreciate the activity of messing with the wheels and cleaning the car. Luckily, there's self-medi...

The Beast is not getting smaller as she ages.  I started washing at about 4:30 pm and am just getting done waxing at 8:00pm.  The pic is fr...

I hearby challenge President Donald J Trump to a duel! Between whatever 150/40/5 point GURPS 4e character he dares bring to the table and a ...

 

 Check out that grenade launcher on the left port side! That's a Mk 20 Mod 0 40mm automatic grenade launcher.   It fires normal 40x46mm...

To ghost load your Remington 870: Load the magazine with as many rounds as you want with the action open. Drop a round in the chamber. Place...

Prior to taking the front wheels off to gain access to the fog light housings, it was smooth sailing up to about 60, then the steering wheel...

I previously lost confidence in my torque wrench because the rear axles came loose on The Precious . I have been suspect of its replacement ...

If we can believe the statements of the Secretary of Education, the dismantling of her department is not supposed to get in the way of stude...