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Butt-kicking for Beginners

We’ve all had the feeling where we’ve wanted to inject ourselves into a movie, to be the character in it, to live like they do. The last time I had such a reaction was while watching Black Panther. The women in it were tall, beautiful, bald (I have often thought hair...

The Big One

The “Earthquake Preparedness” list has been sitting on the counter for quite some time. Years, maybe. Ages ago we did a half-assed job at chucking some cans in a plastic container…but we had things like thermal blankets and a few flashlights, etc. It didn’t seem...

Three Rules for Living

My dad had three rules for me, which he imparted on my fifteenth birthday. No Motorcycles. No LSD. And something else, which I must have already done, because I didn’t even clock that one going in. Right out the other ear. He told me about his various skids, mishaps,...

Silly Emergency

I haven’t been writing the blog lately because the world has been getting me down. You too? Yeah, I thought so. I didn’t want to spread that around anymore than it already is spreading. Like when you step in dog crap and then get into somebody’s car. And then you all...