The remedy posts are caught up and there was something I really liked about the novelty of doing them asynchronously. But to go too far into it would be living in a place before you hang the drywall, and we have other turkeys to fry besides.

The shed won’t solve any problems, only accommodate them. Just so you know I know. Interim steps for an interim (and according to the mode d’emploi penultimate) living.

Meanwhile …

via David Doel

It feels like that on the ground, too. The giving up part.

Chris Hedges is prophesying the end of the American Empire within a decade or two.

I have no idea if that’s right or not. Or maybe as the chart suggests, it won’t take that long at all.

The more I think about it, the more I’m tempted to cash out on retirement and run for the hills. Better an outlaw on a tight budget than a pensioner whose pension system crashes.