Author Archives: Rich Freggiaro

It’s me…remember I follow the rules and pay my taxes, and it is almost time for another installment. I’ve been getting some push back on my cavalier attitude toward the pandemic in general and masks in particular. And I’m really after the politicians and public health ‘officials’ (who are often politicians too) who are micromanagingContinue reading “Who Was that Masked Man?”

The state of California’s new mask mandate for indoor spaces goes into effect Wednesday. The guidance was announced by state health authorities on Monday and requires masks to be worn in all indoor public settings — regardless of an individual’s vaccine status — for the next four weeks. Anyone want to bet that four weeksContinue reading ” Déjà Voodoo: Masks Are Back”

Remember that I broke a spoke on my old HED Ardennes rear wheel? I happen to have spare spokes, because I have taken those wheels on trips and you never know if you can find a replacement far from home. I took the wheel to a bike shop to be repaired. I got it backContinue reading “Ping Part 2”

Long ago I paid for a life membership in the Cal Aggie Alumni Association. If I had known the direction my alma mater would take in subsequent years I would have saved my money. First some wisdom from American Musical Theater Classics, soon to be cancelled, from Annie Get Your Gun: My tiny baby brother,Continue reading “Add an X, Lose the Sex”

Dr. Fauci on Face the Nation: “But if they get up and really aim their bullets at Tony Fauci, well people can recognize that there’s a person there, so it’s easy to criticize, but they’re really criticizing science because I represent science.“ There is science behind the vaccine. The FDA has the data and documentsContinue reading “Data Driven”

I was riding along with a few of my cycling friends doing the Tuesday club ride. We were headed back to Lockeford in foggy, dreary and frigid conditions. I felt a bump from my rear wheel and wondered what I could have hit on a smooth and pothole free road. I didn’t hit anything: oneContinue reading “Ping!”

When I was a little kid I remember hating to get a haircut from Alvin the barber who had a shop in Victor. But if I was good and sat still in the chair I would get a Tootsie Roll Pop when it was over. But this takes incentives for ‘good’ behavior to a wholeContinue reading “Starbucks Offers Free Coffee..”

I got my booster shot yesterday at 4 pm. I had a restless night of trying to sleep, which I will not blame of the shot because it happens fairly regularly. I got up at 4 am and drank my coffee and gave Luke his 40 minute walk around 8 AM. But things were deterioratingContinue reading “Pfizer versus Freggiaro, Round 3”

…so jab on MacDuff. And damned be him that first cries ‘Hold, enough!’ Six months have passed since I became fully vaccinated, and since I am 65 years of age I am eligible for the Pfizer booster. My appointment is this afternoon. I have some friends who think I am making a mistake. I amContinue reading “Armed and Ready…”

…and starting from near zero. I began my seasonal occupation ‘counting nuts’ back on September 22. For the next 31 days I spent most of the hours between 6 am and 5 pm at Avanti. I had Sundays off. My ‘contract’ said that this year I wouldn’t work on Sunday NO MATTER WHAT, and AvantiContinue reading “Back in the Saddle”