Opinion

Congress is on recess. Don’t believe me, ask CNBC. DHS is unfunded. DHS includes TSA and the coast guard. Coast Guard The coast guard does some important stuff. and this was on Feb 15, so they’re doing it for free. Here’s a bit about the coast guard. Grok told me that. TSA Shoes off, check […]

Look closely. That may be your congressman in the scuba mask. I’m going on vacation soon. 5 nights in Grand Cayman. After 2 feet of snow in the last week and temps hovering around 4 degrees, I need it. Scheduling My wife and I are retired, so scheduling is easier now. When we were both

The saying is what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. You don’t hear it much these days. I’ll let wiktionary explain. There you go. Impress your friends with that one! My Mistake Too much time on the news this morning. I did read an interesting article about why long-haul trucks can last

I’m on a news diet. I have a flipboard feed that I look at a few times a day and I’m sticking to stories on new technology or classic cars. Did you know a 1967 Corvette just sold for over $3 million??? That’s news. That’s nice! You can read the details at hotcars if you’d

How nice of him, Right? My wife and I are both retired and the winters are looong here in Massachusetts. We try and get away someplace warm every year. Last year we spent a week in Key Largo. The year prior, we had spent all of January down south. We drove so that our dog

This morning’s headline confirmed what many knew for months now. Back in March of 2025, I wrote about the growing national debt, poor spending control and my optimism that DOGE might address some of these problems. You can read it here in Politics and the growing National debt. DOGE The Department of Government Efficiency. It’s

That’s scary. What? First of all, what’s a commodity. Think about gold, silver or soybeans. They’re commodities. If I’m buying a thousand pounds of soybeans, I don’t really care if I’m getting them from Fred, Barney, Betty or Jethro, they’re all about the same. Same for gold and silver, if I’m buying the metal by

Is there really a season? Probably not, but who wants a nice hot meatball sub when it’s 90˚ out? Yesterday it was 41˚. Now we’re talking. I’ve been on the quest for the greatest meatball sandwich for a while. Read my first post here. It’s a really good post so I won’t try and improve

If you’re expecting a headline that the president and congress are meeting daily in an attempt to solve the budget crisis and re-open the government for the American people, sorry. You may be disappointed. The headline that makes me optimistic is from CNBC. Why? Are we on Day 40??? Somewhere around that. And if healthcare

I touched on this in my earlier post on mixed feelings amount amazon. I spent a lovely late fall morning and early afternoon on the golf course and had some time to think some more about our current political situation. I think that explains my horrific front-nine score. I rallied on the back-nine. Interesting How?