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Some people might consider me a foaming at the mouth MAGA sycophant eager to worship the ground 45-47 walks on. They would be wrong, at least when it comes to tariffs. I was in the process of writing a blog featuring the greatest hits of Adam Smith and David Riccardo. I was going to extollContinue reading “Get Your Guac On”

Facebook used to be a place where it was pretty easy to get censored or banned. If you opined that the Hunter Biden laptop was real, and not some deep fake Russian disinformation creation, you could expect that post to go away, and receive a quasi threatening note. Or if you ridiculed the Covid batContinue reading “Meta Morphosis”

…over the septic tank, as Erma Bombeck put it. Country living has its advantages, but it also has some drawbacks. Our version of Dry January means no rain, not abstention from vin rouge. So on Monday Diane decided we needed to turn on our drip irrigation system. Normally this is a turn key operation, butContinue reading “The Grass is Always Greener…”

Last Thursday I put in a long turn riding in front of our 8 person group. I set the pace on Jackson Valley Road from the Camanche Road stop sign all the way to Highway 88. My friend Lyle paid me a very nice, completely unsolicited complement afterwards. He said that he really liked theContinue reading “Draft Animals”

From the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): “Today on Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day, everyone deserves to feel seen, respected and supported—no matter who they love. Create a world where everyone feels proud to be themselves!” HHS declared in the tweet. At first I thought ‘pansexual’ might refer to some bizarre kitchenContinue reading “Your Tax Dollars At Work”

That is what Diane said during the cocktail hour last night. While we were both staring at the couch Luke should have been on. We had to say goodbye to him on Tuesday. Lap of Love came to Brumby Road so he wouldn’t be stressed. Dr. Michelle could not have been kinder or gentler orContinue reading “There is a Hole in Our House”

My tour guide/friend Gerry must have some time on his hands, even though he has a full slate of 2025 tours to prepare for. He has been playing around with ChatGPT and decided to ask it to tell him about my blog. One second later (!) this is what popped up… Rich Freggiaro’s cycling blogContinue reading “How Scary Is This?”

Actually it was 4 dogs in 3 places, all first time encounters. After walking Luke the Dog and doing a Honey Do piece of yard work, around noon I decided to go out for a short spin to try my new wheels. More on these light weight beauties later after I have a chance toContinue reading “Three Dog Day”

“Beauty is truth, truth beauty’ – that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know” Keats composed Ode to a Grecian Urn, making the point that its wonderous and delicate beauty would speak to all future generations. I don’t think he would have felt the the same way about this…Continue reading “Ode to a Duct Taped Banana”

First it was Legos and coloring books and cookies and cocoa. Then came withholding sex and shaving heads. And now this: Yale University chief psychiatry resident Dr. Amanda Calhoun spoke to MSNBC host Joy Reid on Friday about ways liberals who are devastated with Trump’s re-election this week can cope with news, including separating fromContinue reading “Thanksgiving? No Thanks…”