Jack Daniel (often offline)

Storyteller, wanderer, comic, bartender, blacksmith, luthier, historian, mechanic, world’s oldest millennial. I used to do stuff, now I do other stuff.

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2026-06-06 00:55:33 UTC

I keep trying to give some people the benefit of the doubt, and all I get back is the doubt.

2026-06-05 01:57:07 UTC

Banging new stuff from Seasick Steve
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k7w-QNSlOI003DJfWfCfK_nPI65jSEylw&si=jK5UfkmZubOu616P
So much great music coming out. We must really be fucked.

2026-06-02 21:51:26 UTC

Bastille Day is July 14, time to get busy on the yard decorations.

2026-06-01 12:57:19 UTC

Teams? Ick.

2026-05-30 12:06:21 UTC

The way the tiny lady inside the nagrivation box pronounces Appalachian, I can tell she ain’t from around here.

2026-05-29 23:40:10 UTC

I have just learned that this exists, and now you must see it, too. Advertised as "the grand piano of banjos"
(you may need to take a moment here to digest that phrase, or possibly regurgitate it),
I present the Deering 12 string banjo.
Just imagine Stairway to Heaven or Hotel California on this bad boy.
Or don't, if you are watching your mental health.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/660/500/403/591/669/original/c1561c2309c8cefd.png

2026-05-29 03:32:39 UTC

Nothing like getting shit for coming home late. From your cat.

2026-05-16 14:25:08 UTC

Gross. It's love bug season. #Splat

2026-05-16 12:24:39 UTC

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OK, if we’re doing this, what does it mean when there’s a bass player on your porch?
It means the pizza is here.

2026-05-16 01:39:34 UTC

Tomorrow, another adventure begins. Two weeks in southern Appalachia, building banjos, swapping stories, and possibly an adult beverage or two. Suffering Bastard is ready. I am not.

2026-05-11 12:15:49 UTC

It is a tiny thing in a world of environmental disasters, but compostable packing peanuts are one of those "oh, hey, everything doesn't have to be shitty" things I like to see.

2026-05-05 23:09:44 UTC

Diplomatico Chancellor rum, $2000 usd, fewer than 1000 bottles, and sold out. Madness.

2026-05-04 15:55:48 UTC

Happy Take Five Day!
(In the US and other backwards date format places).

2026-04-29 19:45:50 UTC

I made the mistake of existing yesterday so I have new aches and pains today.

2026-04-27 00:11:09 UTC

Fucking Verizon, their spam call blocking tags calls from local emergency management agencies as spam and blocks them. You know, the folks sending updates about wildfires, hurricanes, evacuations, and shit?!?!?
I'm still only ever-so-slightly inconvenienced by these fires, but JFC Verizon, y'all out here trying to kill people.

2026-04-25 17:23:24 UTC

Well fuck. Fuckity fuck fuck. Another friend lost. Another family, and community grieving.
#FuckCancer

2026-04-25 12:41:51 UTC

RE: https://raru.re/@ocean/116461609325897641
I have had the same experience. F GoDaddy.
#note19jj…fx23

2026-04-23 01:39:10 UTC

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it is really ugly. Florida is on fire, too- not as bad as Georgia, but bad.

2026-04-22 23:06:06 UTC

Current wildfire situation in Georgia, 134 fires covering ~23,000 acres. State of emergency in 91 counties. I'm safe here on the coast, but you don't have to go far inland to run into devastation.

2026-04-21 14:06:53 UTC

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if you have insufficient rage and despair, there's a book which will send you. "It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans" by David Shulkin.
Summary: The former VA secretary describes his fight to save veteran health care from partisan politics and how his efforts were ultimately derailed by a small group of unelected officials appointed by the Trump White House.

2026-04-21 12:08:48 UTC

Yesterday was my every-six-months-until-I-die visit with my otolaryngologist (aka ENT, ear nose and throat doc) to have a tiny camera stuck up my nostrils looking for signs of Bad Things after he found a papilloma during surgery a few years ago. Depending on my mood, he may be referred to as Dr Snot, Noseferatu, or Nostrildamus.
Tomorrow, royalty, a visit to my dentist, and a crown. Thursday, my endodontist, and finishing up a root canal.
How's your week shaping up?

2026-04-18 22:00:18 UTC

Can I make another ridiculous guitar?
Yes, I Can.
Because I have a Can-do attitude.
The Stihl one has onboard effects, from mild to feedback prone and distortion laden "heavy metal" mode.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/427/946/933/832/792/original/7b97cd4423deaba7.png

2026-04-17 21:05:57 UTC

Are your guitar skills rusty? Well then, I have just the thing for you. Fresh off the ArtiFictions luthier’s workbench, my latest creation.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/422/069/579/720/495/original/202f92d8ebc04e21.png

2026-04-16 12:10:04 UTC

What if, and hear me out here, I know it is a big ask, but what if today did not suck?

2026-04-12 23:25:48 UTC

Suffering Bastard says this food is the wurst.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/394/307/762/627/457/original/5d852b28f586b775.png

2026-04-11 23:19:25 UTC

Why is it that I get a little buzz from one of my normal size margaritas at home, but not from two bucket sized margs at a restaurant?
Maybe because I don't use homeopathic levels of tequila in my drinks.
Also, mine taste far better. Decent ingredients, including fresh lime juice.
Amazing.

2026-04-11 11:59:30 UTC

I mean, sure, I could work on one project at a time, and follow it through to completion.
Well, I probably could.
Maybe.
Who am I kidding, I can't.
What should I start this morning?
I may not even finish this sente

2026-04-06 14:27:22 UTC

AI is truly fucking over all kinds of creators and artists. Not really new forms of theft and fraud, but at scale and speed previously unimaginable, with relative ease. Just saw an up and coming musician have all their songs copied, run through ai to remix, batch uploaded to streaming sites, copyright applied and:
Boom, they were flagged and lost the income on their streaming. It was corrected, but fucking Meta took down their post about it for "violating community standards".
#FuckAI
#FuckMeta

2026-03-27 22:55:18 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Craigp/116303566255913302
Combination dog bar and grooming. Have cocktails while puppers get groomed. Arrange transport via the Dog Sled.
#note1uej…9599

2026-03-27 22:45:29 UTC

A dog-friendly bar. Leading name ideas are:
Day Drunk Dog
Or
Beer Doggles

2026-03-23 20:16:09 UTC

Shit sucks. But my azaleas are happy af. That massive thing is over six feet high.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/280/318/060/652/856/original/5f8f1ffd2eca11ca.png

2026-03-19 16:11:19 UTC

I never thought lemon pound cake which I didn't eat could bring me so much joy.

2026-03-15 20:37:10 UTC

Me: OK Jeep, let's get this done. Ball joints, tie rod ends, then an alignment.
Jeep: LOLOL, and you thought this job wouldn't spiral out of control.
Me: making it rain money on Kaiser-Willys and Napa, while also raining tears on my bank account.
BUT, I can actually get the parts, easily, and for rational cost, for this 43 year old Jeep. Which is a lot more than I can say for the 2018 Chevy pickup and Ford van I've battled recently- those are "it's discontinued" or "it's criminally expensive".

2026-03-12 12:37:57 UTC

Off for a test ride on the new Ural Neo. The war has destroyed their old business, so they are trying a new path forward.
Fuck. I have to specify which fucking war, don't I? Russian crime against Ukraine.

2026-03-11 15:28:05 UTC

Everything is horrible. And yet, the bromeliads are happy.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/211/234/913/286/190/original/f42edea0ee91751c.png

2026-03-09 15:15:09 UTC

Monday foolishness for you
I don't know why people say we look alike.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/199/863/389/575/215/original/21a2d494283cb46d.png

2026-03-07 22:46:19 UTC

Working on an old Jeep: one step forward, two steps back, all three in shit.
Hey, I bet my therapist felt that way working with me.

2026-02-25 14:02:10 UTC

Unlike many, I still have fucks to give. I wouldn't be me if I didn't. But to the fuckers who waste the fucks I give, fuck you.
Love,
Jack

2026-02-20 00:44:39 UTC

Guy in a local Songwriter's circle:
Ain't no country in the country no more
Just a bunch of little houses and a big ol' store.

2026-02-20 00:33:12 UTC

"It's really simple, in theory."
Translation: whatever this is said about, while true, is stunningly, soul crushingly, difficult.

2026-02-18 00:23:51 UTC

Every Tuesday will be fat Tuesday if I don't get back to regular exercise.

2026-02-16 23:49:35 UTC

I think this "open floorplan" thing has gone too far. But at least the walls are not beige.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/082/978/292/430/070/original/9cfd575c6f8feb91.png

2026-02-16 18:34:43 UTC

I grew up knowing that 12-14 million people were murdered in the holocaust, roughly half of them for being Jewish. I knew this because my parents and their generation fought the war. Some saw firsthand, some via news or from those who saw it.
I grew up seeing faded "Whites Only" signs where they should no longer have been.
I grew up watching Vietnam war casualty reports on the nightly news, presented similarly to the way sports were reported.
Radicalized my ass, I have always been like this.

2026-02-03 18:04:32 UTC

"Don't bring politics into this..."
Do you need help digging that hole in the sand into which you bury your head?

2026-02-03 15:01:58 UTC

Suffering Bastard is not happy.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/007/294/952/874/137/original/0bf6413feba2d73e.png

2026-01-30 22:36:52 UTC

Damn, so much great folk music coming out lately.
Wait, oh, shit.

2026-01-30 01:23:18 UTC

I have performed a mercy, I have supplied a friend in need with a bottle of the elusive elixir, Green Chartreuse, as they have been unable to get it for over a year.
Now they can finally have the Last Word.

2026-01-29 20:39:16 UTC

Let's talk about boring personal safety. Many of you know that I do a lot of work outdoors, manual work, working on cars, trucks, motorcycles, metal work, occasional carpentry, stuff like that. I live in steel toe footwear. It doesn’t have to look like the work boots on the right of this picture. The black vented Keens, steel toes. Even the ratty, gray Timberland sneakers, steel toes. If you are active, you never know, better to be safe.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/980/285/563/598/021/original/ee8188856fa1e36f.png

2026-01-29 16:16:52 UTC

Stolen from elsewhere:
Abraham Lincoln said watching "Melania" was the worst experience he's ever had in a theater.

2026-01-22 01:50:35 UTC

"Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
Terry Pratchett

2026-01-16 13:28:03 UTC

Today in my first world problem whining, posted from my third world country, fucking American heat pumps suck when the temps drop near or below freezing. 20 year old (too old for republicans to like) well insulated house, blowing cool air unless I push the emergency heat function. Meanwhile, next door, 101 year old house with no insulation in the walls or crawl space, single pane glass, the gas furnace has them toasty warm only cycling on occasionally.

2026-01-13 18:35:47 UTC

In the immortal words of Moms Mabley
"They say you shouldn't say nothin' about the dead unless it's good.
He's dead. Good! "

2026-01-06 12:44:57 UTC

Mornin' friends. Please try to be kind to at least two people today, more if you can.
And start with yourself.

2026-01-05 01:16:25 UTC

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Update: arrest made. I always have low expectations from LE on DV issues, but it sounds like these folks don't play.

2026-01-05 00:07:36 UTC

Check in to hotel. Go to room. Go to front desk, request LE intervention in domestic violence in next room. Go to bar. Drink.
No, I did not intervene. My DV experience gives me a beyond zero tolerance attitude, and I did not want to have to call a lawyer and get arrested for non-subtle intervention.

2026-01-04 18:09:31 UTC

You are a little late for mistletoe season, aren’t you Suffering Bastard?
Remember little buddy, mistletoe is parasitic, and you are made of tree.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/838/158/619/222/024/original/27869016f7900d0e.png

2026-01-03 16:30:24 UTC

Fuck the fucking oiligarchs, their puppets, and their wars.

2026-01-03 13:26:50 UTC

Oh look, unjust war, our specialty. Does it involve people who are not white (or white enough) and oil? Well I'll be damned, it does, quelle surprise.
OBTW, he is still on the list, and I personally don't care because I believe his victims, but I do care about the docs as they may move more of his sycophants into abandoning his rotting corpse.

2026-01-01 01:09:37 UTC

I keep seeing reminders of this.
We did it, and everything else required.
Our big mistake was turning them back on the next day.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/817/166/117/250/844/original/4bcc880cc170a508.png

2025-12-23 00:09:24 UTC

Payment page 404s, showing app server version.
I try not to notice these things, but I can't help myself.
It's a 2012 version of an actively maintained open source software package.
Same outfit had direct object reference issues up until a couple of years ago.
The sad thing is no one is surprised at this shit, we're all just exhausted.

2025-12-22 19:29:36 UTC

This should get me through the afternoon.
(Turkish coffee)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/764/865/010/663/533/original/6661b5d18e9367e6.png

2025-12-21 03:22:21 UTC

That will turn the sun.
#solstice
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/755/402/494/318/350/original/a685da1aba98b412.png

2025-12-19 23:15:02 UTC

Buddy Carter just texted me asking for money. My response?
"You are a miserable lying bastard. And clearly brain damaged. Plus, a cowardly murderer, having profited from fueling the opioid crisis, killing for money from a safe and comfortable distance. You are a part of the destruction of this once great country. I can't wait to see you weeping at mango mussolini's funeral - hopefully soon."

2025-12-14 13:32:37 UTC

Sometimes you reply to an email and it is an answer, and sometimes you volleyball it, just spiking it back over the net to buy time.
Or is that just me?

2025-12-08 13:18:00 UTC

Climate change is a hoax to the MAGAts, but not to my insurance company:
"Notice of Non-Renewal
The above referenced policy is scheduled to Non-Renew at the end of the current policy term.
Reason for Non-Renewal:
Reducing Hurricane Exposure"

2025-12-05 23:40:38 UTC

If you are old, like me, these words *used to be* comforting. Now I read them as "Yolo and good luck"
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/669/589/789/963/666/original/e0e2fe68c2fb10b9.png

2025-12-04 19:39:25 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/115662346503089279
This thread is a fantastic explanation of how we got here.
#note19jg…zrtz

2025-11-29 00:28:28 UTC

Ramos Gin Fizzes.
Messy kitchen for scale.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/630/145/223/287/106/original/44fc1a81ede3941e.png

2025-11-28 17:10:21 UTC

Apparently a lot of companies want me to buy a lot of shit today.
Sorry, not sorry, no.

2025-11-28 14:46:06 UTC

Today's profound annoyances: insurance companies, lawyers, and mortgage companies.
And I don't even have a mortgage.

2025-11-27 14:38:24 UTC

"You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant"
But both Alice and the restaurant are now gone.
Sums up the state of things, doesn't it?

2025-11-26 14:22:18 UTC

"Your call is very important to us"
and other lies

2025-11-25 13:42:18 UTC

My love of sleep is unrequited.

2025-11-24 13:39:07 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jack_daniel/115599160952274592
Here's the thing about this, if MS can override or ignore Group Policy settings for Copilot, it can do so for anything else and that seems bad.
It seems bad, because it is bad.
Further proof MS can not be trusted.
I say this as a long time Windows user and admin, going back even before my MCSE+I in NT4.
#note1tf6…946y

2025-11-23 13:06:52 UTC

Motherfucking Microsoft keeps turning CoPilot back on, even after disabling through group policy and app settings. Fuck those monkey sodomizing rat bastards.
(I only have one W11 machine for specific tasks, and can't wait to part with some responsibilities so I can dump it).

2025-11-21 14:06:46 UTC

For once, I would like to be simply whelmed.
not over-
not under-
just whelmed

2025-11-20 00:00:51 UTC

I just realized that fresh caught wild US shrimp (mediums are 8.99) is now cheaper per pound than hamburger ($10+) down here in coastal Georgia. WTF.

2025-11-10 03:01:38 UTC

Bluetooth is amazing, every version is better and better- but it never loses it's roots of being an unreliable piece of shit with a myriad of shitty implementations.
USB-C follows in its stumbling footsteps.

2025-11-03 13:29:26 UTC

It feels like the clocks have been set back way more than an hour. Like almost a century.

2025-10-24 21:55:42 UTC

Jekyll Island Shrimp and Grits Festival.
One of the best things about living in the hellswamp. Backbeat Boulevard on stage providing the soundtrack.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/431/361/627/227/780/original/4a1d7079ea0dd823.png

2025-10-23 16:14:28 UTC

Just went to the doctor to review my allergy screening. Paraphrasing, but he basically said that I am allergic to critters, being indoors, being outdoors, and some other stuff.
No kidding Captain obvious excuse me, Dr. obvious, that’s why I’m here.
He said there’s a long-term solution which will help considerably overtime, but that I have to pay out of pocket because insurance doesn’t cover it in the US. It’s covered across Europe and elsewhere, but they don’t cover it here.

2025-10-16 23:42:17 UTC

Oh FFS, yet another gods forsaken "patient portal".

2025-10-16 16:02:05 UTC

I'm so fed up today y'all will need to come up with your own rants.

2025-10-11 13:21:20 UTC

Posting just because. Doris Jeanette (Anderson) Daniel, WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilots), WWII.
AKA Mom.
Jimmy Carter gave her the one thing she wanted from her service, so you can visit mom at the Massachusetts National Cemetery on Cape Cod.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/355/708/200/310/267/original/6f4a04838cc0200d.jpg

2025-10-11 12:01:46 UTC

Nobel hands out honor to a fascist, who uses it to honor another fascist.
Fuck this shit.
Also, happy Saturday.

2025-10-10 12:55:50 UTC

Uncle Jack is becoming cranky.

2025-10-09 23:19:58 UTC

Here's a flashback. NuTone whole house audio system and intercom. The entire house was a perfect time capsule of the early 70s.
Being my age... The stuff of nightmares.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/346/750/117/562/935/original/78772f62d89d17d9.png

2025-10-05 11:30:03 UTC

The great thing about solo drives, especially in the dark, is that you get to be alone with your thoughts.
The terrifying thing about solo drives, especially in the dark, is that you get to be alone with your thoughts.

2025-09-30 14:21:25 UTC

Even as a certified (and certifiable?) old person, it has not escaped my attention that many "starter homes" are now the same price as the first house we bought.
Except now there is an extra zero at the end.
Maybe try being born rich next time kids.
Fucked, we are.

2025-09-19 00:59:49 UTC

How the hell does anyone afford anything these days?
Oh. They don't.
This seems bad.

2025-09-16 23:07:07 UTC

I do not miss the clusterfuckery of airline pricing. At least I do not have to deal with the incompetence of Carlson Wagonlit, or the incompetence and evil of Concur for personal travel.

2025-09-14 21:49:33 UTC

I love where I live. I loathe where "where I live" is.
Moving is on the table. The mere thought is overwhelming. We've nested here, with the plan to be here until we aren't. Retired and not rich, means elsewhere in the US. Probably.

2025-09-11 18:25:51 UTC

Weekend breakdown. It's like a weekday breakdown, but with mimosas.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/187/056/053/328/122/original/813a8c8ff99f454e.png

2025-09-10 22:31:57 UTC

I have a lot to say about this, and I ain't saying any of it.

2025-09-10 02:00:29 UTC

https://youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U?si=hz1EgvVosBF5vm4W
Brilliant. And depressing.

2025-08-27 13:28:51 UTC

local ISP is offering a exterior Wi-Fi access point bundle, so I asked them for the specs. They said it’ll reach 100 feet. I asked them Wi-Fi five or six. No response. Remember when ISPs had smart, technical people on the front lines? I vaguely remember something like that from long, long ago.

2025-08-25 11:56:22 UTC

Looking through insurance claims, luckily I have great insurance because the submitted price for a single epipen is $636.49
and
a five day course of Paxlovid is $2211.13.

2025-08-25 11:53:18 UTC

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Let's not rush into anything, mkay?

2025-08-17 13:50:58 UTC

Gods damn it. I finally fell.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/044/423/796/333/028/original/9721ac27b2c598ac.png

2025-08-11 15:25:42 UTC

looks like Camden County Georgia law-enforcement are hoping to write enough tickets to pad their bank accounts for the lawsuits that are coming for harboring that dude that was just indicted on multiple counts.
they’re out here, policing the highways, but not their own departments.