Monthly Archives: May 2014

The plot, um … yeah.

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

So . . . after yesterday’s fulmination about writing, I went to bed completely excited about the plot to my heretofore-abandoned novel. Seems all the requisite absurdities that were missing from my mental blueprints all fell into place while I … Continue reading →

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Stuey Takes a Holiday (on writing a book)

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I’ve discovered I’m an aberration. Apparently, the old adage about “everybody has a book in them,” applies to me in the exponential. Because I’ve got two or three. And they might be interesting. By that, I mean “two or three … Continue reading →

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Furrowed brows, furled leaders

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

One of the inescapable bipolar fits I have with fly fishing is my either/or conundrum when I decide to hit the water. If I’m headed to main artery of the Sacramento River, there is no either/or; I must simply fish … Continue reading →

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If I live to be an old man, I want to geocache and obfuscate.

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

My father was born in 1918 and grew up in the Depression. He liked messing with stuff. And since the Depression limited one’s ability to acquire pre-packaged “stuff to mess with,” he learned to combine stuff not-meant-to-be-combined to have a … Continue reading →

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Protected: If You Want To See A Master In Action

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

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Ronny Mnemonic (The Gospel Of John Project)

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I’ve always been fascinated by astounding feats of memorization. Whether it be card, counting, the playing of a symphonic piece memorized sheet music, or the extended and unaided soliloquy. I’ve always been fascinated by astounding feats of memorization. Whether it … Continue reading →

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(NOTE: This little screed was written circa August of 2012, and managed to ferment in the airtight basement that is FaceBook. It perhaps got more attention than anything else I’ve ever written there.  My hope is you get a laugh … Continue reading →

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Minimalism’s Groove

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

If you don’t mind, please give your attention for the next three-and-a-half minutes to a one–Brushy One String: The very things that we find amazing about him (aside from his affinity for camera-mugging-personality) is the idea: HOW–does he get so … Continue reading →

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A Pathetic Emetic

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

So I’m sitting and talking with a fellow fly fisherman the other day, when the passing mention of my Tenkara rod managed to cataclysmically-irrigate the soda he was drinking into a 90-degree spray spectrum. Somebody driving by stopped and asked, … Continue reading →

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Motivational Interviewing, Gamesmanship, and the Fine Art Of Manipulative Chess

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

It was my exposure to Monty Python in the early days of my life (for some reason, my Texas born, depression-era father found them funny, all the while parsing out that appalling Benny Hill) that perhaps led to my love of … Continue reading →

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