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On the road 

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

and supposedly the GPS/SIRI/sextant//micrometer and T-square thingees on the iPhone are accurate. Or we’re going to wind up in Istanbul.

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Blogging from the road tomorrow 

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So tomorrow, yours truly will be riding side-saddle in a rent-a-car, headed to Boise, Idaho. That means that blogging will maintain the usual, sub-standard, second-string level of deplorability it always has.  

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If you’re discussing electrolytes without knowing what they are, please sit down. It’s quiet time for you.

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’ve no idea what kind of odd, preternatural hallucinatory relfex Gatorade has cooked into their lime green gulps, but somebody over there is doing a great job with their Kenobian, “these are not the droids you are looking for” mind-meld … Continue reading →

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Pointless lightning commentary

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Ron Giesecke
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And done.

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  

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Playing the national anthem today

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

7:15 PM. Tiger Field. Colt 45’s game. And no, I don’t plan on going the full Hendrix. But you can find a link to the feed here. Time is Pacific.

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Obscurity, INC.

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Today marks a rather auspicious milestone. This is the absolute worst day for traffic ever logged for this blog—and that possibly includes the first day I started it. I say that because the first day was at least glutted with … Continue reading →

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Nobody’s working for their Wednesday 

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Because  I’m currently indexed to the awful millstone of shift-work in a lockdown facility, my days off are . . . Um, and we say . . . “Calibrated.” Wednesday and Thursday as the the crowing glory of a grueling … Continue reading →

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The novel: striking my very first words 

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Tomorrow becomes the day that the figurative feet get put to the literal prayers: I will be firing the very first salvo in the journey to write a book. A novel. A farce. An existential comedy. A real humdinger of … Continue reading →

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Billy Squier, and the roadside bomb of helpful advice

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Originally posted on Box Number Seven:
One of the prevaricating tightropes I’ve had to maneuver in my life is the problem of exactly how much/what kind of advice to take in a variety of situations. I say this because advice…

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