With Barb in Florida for 10 days, the dogs had to make do with time in her chair.
At 5 months+, Jessie finally starting to calm down a little. But the urge to bite the hand that feeds you is strong.
When the coveted Barb Chair is taken, Jessie makes do with a nearby place in the sun.
When the Alpha Dog returns, it’s all aboard!
Author Archives: Steve Mays
“Perceived safety”
UPDATE: After a little more thought and some measurements, I cancelled this order. These straps look kind of cool but wouldn’t make me any safer.
When I purchased the Jeep there were a couple of vintage seat belts tucked under the seat. Maybe from a 70s era Chrysler? They were ugly and didn’t look safe so I removed them.
After riding around in a vehicle with no doors, seat belts seemed like a sensible idea so I purchased a set. (Paul called them “perceived safety.”) After struggling to install them I decided I did NOT need seat belts and put them back in the box. No turn signals, no seat belts! Then I started seeing photos and video of military era Jeeps with “safety straps.”
Looks like they might keep an old guy from tumbling out of the Jeep and I’ll settle for that. And in the event I’m surprised by a German patrol, I do NOT want to fuck with a stuck seat belt latch.
“Is my Jeep trying to kill me?”
A much better “drive” video than mine. Favorite line: “You drive this with the anticipation anytime, anything on this road is going to kill you.”
The United States of Dumb
As a nation of people, the United States is just too stupid to survive.
Fox News
“The commercial arm of a right wing political movement, specializing in strategic resentment and aggregated grievance in the attention economy, while behind the scenes it tries to be a kingmaker and party boss, riding the tiger of manipulated rage.”
— Jay Rosen