There are few things as interesting as that New Car Smell. I’ve truly experienced it once in my life when my mom bought her 2002 Toyota Prius off the lot. But I’ve also gotten it on a lesser level numerous[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for January, 2025
I’m now the proud owner of a new vehicle. A Jeep Renegade. Insurance totalled my Compass so I went out looking. I found one that matched what I wanted and brought the new girl home. Now I owe, I owe,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a good thing that some of the prisoners kidnapped on October 7 are going to be returned. But remember something. The people who were kidnapped were just going about their lives that day. Some were at a music party.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tuesday saw the beginning of the confirmation hearings for the President Elect’s appointments. Pete Hegseth was first to take the gauntlet, and after an hours’ long hearing that pitted him against the best and brightest the Democrats had to offer,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
California has been on fire for the last week, and it is not an Act of God. Oh, some of the fires might be, but numerous people have been arrested for starting fires on purpose, both by police and civilians.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The adrenaline rush of being in an accident is something that has to be experienced to believed. At first I felt nothing. Full emotional lockdown as i was only concerned with whether or not I was fully functional. I was.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some years ago, me and Mom traded both of our 100k mile cars in on a new to us vehicle at 40k miles. A Jeep Compass we shared for the rest of her life and that I paid off this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Car turned left in front of me last night. My girl did her job. She caved that car in and didn’t even bend her main structure. She protected me from everything other than some bumps and scrapes. She’s a champ[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Space Marines are humanity’s finest, intergalactic action heroes. Grunts in power armor get all the glory in human space. But they are the minority in the armed forces. The 15% or so in even the best-equipped militaries. They may say[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the news, you’ve heard about the fires in Los Angeles County by now. Thanks to the wonders of Internet friendships, my Kevin Bacon is down to one friend between me and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…