I just learned that Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian Presidential candidate, will be on the ballot in 48 states. I was delighted that my party was going to have such a strong national presence in this upcoming election but was also curious about which two bonehead states excluded him from the ballot. Turns out they are […]

I gotta say, when I hear someone screeching with religious fervor for either Bush or Kerry, I just shake my head at the poor, blind dupe: yet another sheeple led to the info-slaughter by Big Media working in cahoots with Big Gubmint to create the illusion of a real choice. From a Libertarian […]

I’m up well past midnight working on the website, reading the latest news while Sirius Left of Center (Channel 26) cranks out new and classic punk rock: Dead Boys, Black Flag, Joan Jett, Blondie, Pixies and more, one right after the other. All high-energy, hard-driving cuts. It’s a show on Sundays from […]

Have you heard about the new Google Desktop search utility? It’s a cool new download from Google that let’s you search your entire hard drive for pictures, web pages, email, MP3’s, documents, or anything else you’re looking for. No more of those frustrating searches using the cloddish file search feature built into Windows […]

I’m trying to write a new pearl of appliance repair wisdom to post but I keep getting distracted by the good jams they’re playing on Sirius. So, I figure I’ll just go with the flow and write about satellite radio.
If you haven’t checked out satellite radio yet, do it now. You get about […]

For over two years now, The Appliantology Group has been hosted at MSN Groups. Despite some minor limitations, it has proven to be a popular and salubrious format for the AG. The lack of a site search, however, is a glaring shortcoming. As posts have been added and answered at the repair […]

It was such a pretty Autumn day up here in New Hampster that I just had to take m’boyz on an easy hike up Mt. Osceola. It’s one of the NH 48-4,000 footers and we had planned on hiking it earlier this summer but the trailhead was infested with people. This is one […]

Gettin’ purdy up here in God’s Country. Was up on Mt. Kearsarge yesterday feasting my peepers on a prime crop of autumn foliage below. Check it out:
Autumn view from the top of Mt. Kearsarge.
We’re lucky that we ended up settling down up here in New Hampster. S’ppose, […]

Mike wrote:
Hello fellow Navy vet w/ WI ties!… Dishwasher discharge air hose air gap - can I remove or relocate it? The air gap module takes up one of the 4 holes in my sink and I need all 4 holes to install my new Moen kitchen faucet. I need to get rid of this […]

Many Grasshoppers have written inquiring about the Samurai’s house. Here are a couple pictures of the Samurai’s dojo that should fullfil these voyeuristic requests.
The Samurai’s home from the outside. Plenty of fresh outside air inside the house is one of the secrets of Samurai’s good health!
A peek inside our family room–pardon […]

As many of my faithful grasshoppers know, the Samurai has been developing an appliance that reads thoughts and converts them into audible sound. The appliance is called a Mental Sensory Transducer and is based on the work of Ingo Swann, the pioneer of Remote Viewing. Now, for the first time, we can directly […]

The Samurai’s service van for his day job.

A peek inside the back of the Samurai’s service van. Lucky you!

Dr. Samurai makes housecalls with his appliance medic kit.

A rare and privileged peek inside Dr. Samurai’s bag o’ tricks.

M’main tool roll. 86.4% of the repairs I do are made using tools in this […]

NEWS FLASH — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
By popular demand, the world-famous Appliantology repair forum will be closed down at its current location at ezBoard and moved to its new home. This change is effective immediately.
The spokeswoman for Fixitnow.com, Kujira Mifune, reports that loyal Appliantology Grasshoppers from all over the globe have flooded the Samurai […]

The Samurai finally gets hip with the MP3 player revolution. I’ve been wanting to get an MP3 player so I could download and listen to two of my favorite radio shows: Coast to Coast AM and the Phil Hendrie Show. As an online subscriber to both of these shows, I get access […]

Looking down into the Pemigewassett Wilderness from atop Mt. Garfield.
The classic view into the Pemi from Mt. Garfield.