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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 →

I can add nothing to the world’s most perfect video.

This fellow has a good point. It’s only a six minute video and it’s well worth your time.      

[I’ve been limiting my consumption of politics. Too many lies will give you indigestion. Even so, corruption and manipulation is so damn prevalent that it’s hard to evade. Maybe they’ve slipped past your guard. If so, I hope today’s post … Continue reading →

The trunk of a Honda Pacific-Coast is the weirdest and most useful feature of the bike. (The other is chill… which I’ll discuss later.) For future adventures touring and (hopefully!) motocamping I need to know how much I can carry. … Continue reading →