Monthly Archives: July 2023

Real world shit which I won’t discuss at the moment is poised to completely or intermittently preclude blogging. I may be off line several days or weeks or who knows how long. If it takes a while don’t give up … Continue reading →

[Continued from earlier post] I’m calling bullshit on music on motorcycles that breaks the spell woven by the motorcycle itself. I’ve put up some “sprit matching music” to go with each of my three very different motorcycles. This is my last … Continue reading →

[Continued from earlier post] I’m calling bullshit on all music on motorcycles that wrecks the whole motorcycle’s soul! Either turn off the radio or play something that matches the spirit of your ride! Here’s my second post where I put … Continue reading →

I test drove an excellent 5th generation Honda Goldwing (GL1800). Among other irrational complaints, I bitched about the radio; first because it played Tom Petty and then simply because it existed. I ran screaming from the excellent bike. Rather than … Continue reading →

History doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme. – Unattributed The Curmudgeon stands on his soapbox: Doomed? Maybe for a while. Give up? Impossible! I’ve been told I’m doomed before. I got used to it. I’m still here. People who can’t … Continue reading →

Read the best car ad ever written: Best of Craigslist 1999 Toyota Corolla. In case it gets memory holed, I posted some excerpts below: You want a car that gets the job done? You want a car that’s hassle free? … Continue reading →

The mystery is solved… cocaine in the White House appeared through undetectable magic. It’s utterly beyond the ability of our law enforcement agencies to figure it out. It may have been aliens. It may have spontaneously generated. Bigfoot can’t be … Continue reading →

This post was supposed to be typed into an Alphasmart Neo during a campout. It wasn’t. It was typed during a “campout absence picnic / dry run”. The campout idea isn’t dead; far from it! (Plans only truly fail when … Continue reading →

Didja’ notice? I’ll bet you didn’t! All hell broke loose and none of it mattered. How awesome is that?!? OK, it’s a trick question. I went off line two weeks ago and so my sense of timing is different than … Continue reading →