JD Long
@jdlong.cerebralmastication.com
CTO at a specialty insurance company. Perpetual cocktail party host, open source fan, econometrician, agricultural economist, and OReilly Author.
So he and I were discussing mattock vs Pulaski. Halligan is just thrown in for fun. I did order a fire break hoe after using one this weekend.
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So he and I were discussing mattock vs Pulaski. Halligan is just thrown in for fun. I did order a fire break hoe after using one this weekend.
The most fun of the litter is the Halligan tool which is a firefighter special. Need to fuck a door up? Halligan. Need to knock down a wall? Halligan. Need to shut down a gas meter quickly? Halligan. Need to intimidate your enemies? Halligan. Combine it with a flat head ax and you've got "the irons"
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The most fun of the litter is the Halligan tool which is a firefighter special. Need to fuck a door up? Halligan. Need to knock down a wall? Halligan. Need to shut down a gas meter quickly? Halligan. Need to intimidate your enemies? Halligan. Combine it with a flat head ax and you've got "the irons"
Tool Time Tips: A Pulaski has a head that looks like an ax with a mullet. That's a hoe blade on the back (who you calling a hoe blade?). A mattock has a vertical hoe blade and a horizontal hoe blade. Sometimes a maddock has a pick. And an adze is just the hoe part of either of these.
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tool Time Tips: A Pulaski has a head that looks like an ax with a mullet. That's a hoe blade on the back (who you calling a hoe blade?). A mattock has a vertical hoe blade and a horizontal hoe blade. Sometimes a maddock has a pick. And an adze is just the hoe part of either of these.
Tonight I hot-wired my slightly larger generator using a car battery for voltage and throttle body cleaner for starting fluid. Keeping it real in the Chicahominy Swamp.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Tonight I hot-wired my slightly larger generator using a car battery for voltage and throttle body cleaner for starting fluid. Keeping it real in the Chicahominy Swamp.
I’m pretty sure this is what went down at the CME data center on Friday:
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’m pretty sure this is what went down at the CME data center on Friday:
I had the Orinoco model before Linksys existed. I had a silver and gold model and I ran them in a Caldera Linux server that ran some early configuration of NAT routing. I had to recompile the kernel to include the Orinoco drivers.
And it’s not my back that hurts it’s my elbow. Get off my lawn.
And it’s not my back that hurts it’s my elbow. Get off my lawn.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I had the Orinoco model before Linksys existed. I had a silver and gold model and I ran them in a Caldera Linux server that ran some early configuration of NAT routing. I had to recompile the kernel to include the Orinoco drivers.
And it’s not my back that hurts it’s my elbow. Get off my lawn.
And it’s not my back that hurts it’s my elbow. Get off my lawn.
My neighbor and I have been slowly whacking trails through the woods. It’s slow but fun.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My neighbor and I have been slowly whacking trails through the woods. It’s slow but fun.
LinkedIn banner material:
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
LinkedIn banner material:
In 1861 Christian county Kentucky was 46% enslaved. Nearly half. In a county named after Christ. It’s hard to recon with.
And in 1861 my great great grandfather owned humans as chattel slaves in Kentucky. Also hard to recon with.
And in 1861 my great great grandfather owned humans as chattel slaves in Kentucky. Also hard to recon with.
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
In 1861 Christian county Kentucky was 46% enslaved. Nearly half. In a county named after Christ. It’s hard to recon with.
And in 1861 my great great grandfather owned humans as chattel slaves in Kentucky. Also hard to recon with.
And in 1861 my great great grandfather owned humans as chattel slaves in Kentucky. Also hard to recon with.
This is me loading a Costco run into my wife’s Lexus
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is me loading a Costco run into my wife’s Lexus
Praise Jesus!!*
* Jesus works in the kitchen
* Jesus works in the kitchen
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Praise Jesus!!*
* Jesus works in the kitchen
* Jesus works in the kitchen
God sent me a sign today…
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
God sent me a sign today…
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Oh hell no. Just don’t.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Oh hell no. Just don’t.
In my religion tonight is holy. Gonna be at the alter for a while. Forgive us, Lord for the things we say when the Cats fall behind. Blessed be the memory of Caywood Ledford. Amen.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
In my religion tonight is holy. Gonna be at the alter for a while. Forgive us, Lord for the things we say when the Cats fall behind. Blessed be the memory of Caywood Ledford. Amen.
Backwoods tool and die operation. Diamler likes using steel bolts into aluminum housings. Which results in threads stripping. So now it’s tap time.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Backwoods tool and die operation. Diamler likes using steel bolts into aluminum housings. Which results in threads stripping. So now it’s tap time.
is it possible that an MD doesn't even understand how insurance works at all? I can't even comprehend the misunderstanding here, tbh.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
is it possible that an MD doesn't even understand how insurance works at all? I can't even comprehend the misunderstanding here, tbh.
This is what my wife worries about me getting the hots for on Facebook.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is what my wife worries about me getting the hots for on Facebook.
This is a correct take. But it’s worse because everyone was breaking up with everybody and writing about it. Here’s a summary table 🤣
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is a correct take. But it’s worse because everyone was breaking up with everybody and writing about it. Here’s a summary table 🤣
I lack self control
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I lack self control
Western Grebe id recon:
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Western Grebe id recon:
This one is stereotypical ice damage. Theodor Seuss Geisel would approve
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This one is stereotypical ice damage. Theodor Seuss Geisel would approve
This guy got a more aesthetically pleasing split from that event, I suspect. This isn’t typical loblolly growth.
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This guy got a more aesthetically pleasing split from that event, I suspect. This isn’t typical loblolly growth.
I’d guess there was a big ice storm here ~30 years ago. I have a lot of pine trees that clearly got the tops broken out at some point.
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’d guess there was a big ice storm here ~30 years ago. I have a lot of pine trees that clearly got the tops broken out at some point.
I am 40 or 50 years old…
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am 40 or 50 years old…