Author Archives: Ron Giesecke

Welcome Curaçao 

   No idea how you found me, dear reader. I also have no idea what it’s like to be surfing the web there. But thanks for showing up in my traffic stats!

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Coming up on Monday’s show

Tomorrow, I’ll be laying waste to this absurd–albeit probably lucrative release of The Book of Yeezus–the “Bible,” or should I say reconfigured Book of Genesis–that removes the word “God” and replaces it with the name “Kanye.”  Yes, that’s right. Kanye … Continue reading

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The workhorse

Played much today.   

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Making a promotional intro video

So, I decided, since some of this blog will also include video blogging, I need some form of recognizable run-up.  And, as chronicled before, I’ve taken to Adobe After Effects to accomplish this.  I’m nowhere near finished, but I thought … Continue reading

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I’ve written stuff so good, I am forced to MENTION IT myself.

When magician Ricky Jay performs his playing card throwing act, in which two of the cards are thrown into the exact same spot–literally with no space between them, he berates the audience with that same line I use in my … Continue reading

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If I have to drive to the trout season opener in a Prius, I’m not a man at all.

I’ve no idea why my 1992 Pathfinder wanted to play the fool this morning when I was starting it up.  But this goes without saying—even though I’m going to say it anyway:  Driving a Toyota Prius to the McCloud River … Continue reading

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Onward . . . and upward.

So . . . I managed to take some “decent” traffic over my ten-point screed about what kind of ne’er-do-well one has to be to get jettisoned from my Facebook brain trust. And by “decent” I mean “not as good … Continue reading

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16 Days

Remain . . .      

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Hope

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Top Ten ways to get defriended from Facebook

As it would turn out, my little poll/slash/experiment/foray into the psyche of vox populi yielded a plurality of votes for the Facebook Defriending option. I knew that was going to happen. Here’s why. Raging about my fellow man’s unwavering interest … Continue reading

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