Author Archives: Rich Freggiaro

I actually pay for on-line access to The Wall Street Journal. I expect The Journal to provide me a reasonably accurate and non-woke account of the news of the day. I expect to read editorials that I mostly agree with. Of course if you want to know what is going on in the world ofContinue reading “It’s Too Darn Hot”

…instead of cutting it off I started getting Covid on Wednesday July 3, while on our way home from Portland at the end of our Snake/Colombia River cruise. Diane had it too, which we confirmed on Thursday with our handy home test kits. I was really sick for 4 days, but started to feel betterContinue reading “Keeping My Head…”

Diane and I have just returned from a cruise from Lewiston to Astoria on the Snake and Colombia rivers. The highlight for me was the series of locks and dams.These 8 dams turn the lower part of the Snake and Colombia Rivers into a series of lakes each about 100 feet below the next, andContinue reading “Unlock the Guillotine”

Sometimes this blog is fun for me to write. Sometimes it is easy to write. Sometimes both. This is not one of those times. It is on Facebook now, so I suppose I can write about it here. I don’t know anything more than what Roberta posted on the Club FB Page. He was onContinue reading “Paul Butler, RIP”

AI is in the news a lot. Depending on who is conjecturing, AI is either going to make our lives easier and more productive, write all our term papers and e mails and work reports, eliminate virtually all human jobs (but who is going to pick the cherries?) or possibly cause human extinction. But whoContinue reading “AI, Aye-yai-yai!”

For years I have been telling my riding friends about the wonderful cycling mecca in the hills of northern Provence, and especially in the area around Mont Ventoux. No doubt they have grown weary of me talking about the wonderful little roads that curve and climb and descend through vineyards and villages where coffee andContinue reading “Perfect Provence”

I have just returned from my 17th cycling trip to Europe. This one was in the south of France, 450 miles and 39,000 feet of climbing over 12 days and 11 rides. The most challenging ride was an ascent of Mont Ventoux. Every cyclist who has even a passing interest the the Tour de FranceContinue reading “Ventoux Virgins No More”

That is the title of a most excellent book by Joe Parkin about the less glamorous side of professional cycling. Never heard of Joe Parkin? Such is the lot of the domestique. Aggressive and dangerous drivers are on the top of the cyclist’s list of least favorite things, but loose dogs are a close second.Continue reading “A Dog in a Hat…”

Planet Fitness that is. This one is in North Carolina. A shocked woman reported a naked biological man in a women’s locker room at a North Carolina Planet Fitness. Right off the bat you know I found this on Fox News, because the of the term ‘biological man.’ Recently a college student got an FContinue reading “From Another Planet…”

Easter Sunday found us seeking, and finding, hidden Easter eggs. But the White House sent us on another search. “NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim MarchContinue reading “Self-Reported Sincerity”