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my vote

Now that I vomited voted, it’s time to start planning for the next go around:

motorcycling, weather, and the Marine way

I must not fear.  Fear is the mind-killer.  Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.  I will face my fear.  I will permit it to pass over me and through me.  And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.  Where the fear has gone there will [...]

the insanity of it all

It just makes the brain hurt.
As erstwhile Alaskan cousin Bill points out, PETA’s begun a campaign that turns our formerly lovable feline companions in to blood-slurping cannibals. If not in reality, at least by name. PETA wants fish - a nutritional favorite of many a cat - to henceforth be called “sea [...]

fun with family, apples, wine and birds

There’s nothing like family gatherings and a trip to apple country to turn a weekend into a barrel full o’ fun, and make it rush by in no time at all.
My lookalike devastatingly handsome cousin Bill and his wife Laura (and dogs Meika and Eugene) rolled into town in The GRYWHL on Friday. To hear [...]

one more hobby

One more hobby — and boatload of money — and I’ll be ready to retire.
As mentioned before in this space, fall’s close to the top in my list of seasons, and motorcycling in the crisp morning air with a glowing sunrise at my back is part of that greatness. I’m closing in on the first [...]