Last night I finished my “David Sedaris Phase II” in which I read just about all his published work since *“Me Talk Pretty One Day,” which means all his book-published work this Century, including two fat daily periods of his daily diary writing turned into books. It has been an enjoyable and thought-provoking phase. Why… Read More My Non-Review of David Sedaris

Reading around the last few days, Democrats and Democratic Socialists seem to be debating whether to spend the next two years fixing things or sending Donald Trump and Co. to jail. Both are admirable pursuits, and while I read Georgia Senator Rev. Warnock say “we can walk and chew gum at the same time” regarding… Read More Fixin’ to Fix Things, Hopefully

Right about twelve years ago, I started riding my bicycle on a pretty much once a weekly basis with John. This morning we checked out doings in my South Valley, some of the biggest doings we’ve had down here in some time. That’s a crane! In the South Valley! And not that kind of crane!… Read More Sunday Bike Ride 11.8.26: Rio Bravo Bridge

I’m trying my best to not include facts, numbers, or research of any kind in posts this month, but it’s hard. I tend to look stuff up and think about the stuff I looked up. Even in my spare time, which is a joke because I’m fully retired now. So here’s a number or two.… Read More Frisco, Texas and Ken Paxton

The above depicts a noise level monitoring display facing a residential street at a rather large site currently under construction for a big something in Mihara, Japan. I don’t know the “something” because I can’t read Japanese (yet), but it’s big and there are tonka toys involved. This is to infer that Japan has rules… Read More Bringing Down the Noise

Burned into all our minds and many memes is the Norman Rockwell image of the self-effacing man standing at a public meeting to awkwardly, but powerfully, offer his two cents on the matter. Some public meetings these days still include such standing up and solely talking before, say, ABQ City Council. There are time limits… Read More Tonight’s Public Meeting on Dolores Huerta Blvd.