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Tragedy comes from flawed character, not capricious fate. Not everyone has flawed character. Example #1 is George Washington. George Washington was known as President George Washington and not King Washington. Why? Because he retired. He quit! He had people begging … Continue reading →

Those who lust for power become its casualties. I have mixed feelings about this. It’s anywhere from painful to cathartic to schadenfreud-tastic to see it in real life. The Greeks had it all figured out. Roughly, a tragic flaw (called hamaratia and … Continue reading →

Last week, I found out (from Knuckledraggin’) that my favorite bourbon distillery (1792!) had a tragedy. Things just went from bad to worse: It’s a nightmare.

Satire (and humor) works best when exaggeration is allowed to grow from a seed of truth. Enjoy. From Don Surber comes The generic editorial against Trump’s next pick: “This is not who we are. We are better than this. These … Continue reading →

I’ve been off-grid a couple weeks, during which time I’ve successfully avoided most news. Ignorance is bliss. However, a huge tragic event happened while I was unaware. Yesterday, I logged onto wifi, idly clicked to Knuckledraggin My Life Away, and … Continue reading →

Like anyone, I’m pleased when my blog gets many hits and mildly disappointed when I get few. I recognize the emotion for what it is; pride… or perhaps narcissism… not necessarily a good thing. Knowing I shouldn’t care doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

When 357 Magnum linked to one of my posts I checked out the place. What luck! I stumbled across one of my favorite songs. It’s a perfect segue into some future posts. Enjoy:

On the road I subsist on purchased coffee. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad but it’s always accompanied by condescension. Why? Because otherwise unemployable and utterly uninformed nitwits have an ego problem. They instinctively flock to the only unskilled labor … Continue reading →

[I have “thoughts” assembled for a future series of posts but on a topic of depth. Today I’ll wisely stay in the shallow end of the pool. Enjoy.] Everyone seems to care deeply about everything. How exhausting! Folks are willing … Continue reading →

[Forgive the overwrought title, I was once a DJ and “dead air” was a “very bad thing”.] All hell has broken loose on the homefront and predictably my server chose this moment to have hiccups. If you commented and it … Continue reading →