Last Call
Last Call: August 14, 2021
So, I just wrote the date, double checked to make sure I had the correct date, then realized: Joe Biden’s still our president. So much for the bigly reinstatement of the Former Guy. Earlier today, MORE
The Lounge
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Well, I do hope you plan to continue your celebrations well into the night on this First Annual Reinstatement Day with an evening of song, dance and reinstatement libations. There’s a party goin’ on right MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 32
Happy Friday, News Viewers, or maybe I should say “Happy Reinstatement Day” the day You Know Who declared his reinstatement to the presidency. Since it hasn’t happened, from this day forward, Friday the 13th will MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: August 10, 2021
This is how August works for us: One of my son’s birthday One of my step-child’s b-days. A sister and brother in law’s b-days. Three of my step grand children’s b-days. OH….and Athena, (Baby Baby), MORE
Free Range Free Chat
When the Birds Began to Die
When migratory bird ecologist Brian Evans first started hearing about dead birds across Washington, D.C., in mid-May, he “wrote it off,” says Evans, who’s on staff at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Migratory Bird Center. MORE
Last Call
Last Call: August 7, 2021
It could actually be a nice day, not too hot, hot but doable. But, the smoke from the wildfires tearing up CA has now made its way to our neck of the woods and it MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Yesterday it was reported that Charlie Watts, 80, would not be joining the Rolling Stones 2021 U.S. Fall Tour due to a successful medical procedure for an unknown condition. “Charlie has had a procedure which MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 31
Happy Friday New Viewers, time to freely chat about all things News adjacent from this week, and while we’re at it, let’s talk about life in the time of COVID, life in the time of MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: August 3, 2021
Petty Grievances: We all have them; might as well talk about them…here, not on threads that someone worked hard to put together only to see it get derailed with petty grievances. Personally, I believe that MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Happy Monday, News Viewers, and welcome to Free Range, our free chat centering on the world around us, the environment of animals, people, land and sea and let’s include space while we’re at it, shall MORE
Last Call
Last Call: July 31, 2021
So, another month has come to an end proving once again, time flies and this year has gone by incredibly fast. I remember last year when we all could hardly wait for 2020 to end MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
My Twitter feed has alerted me to plenty of sad news from the world of music recently. This week alone, Twitterverse counted three deaths in the rock and roll sphere. Two lesser knowns, Mike Howe, MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 30
“Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.” It’s an old cartoon, old history, but it’s also scarily reflective of our present. I keep thinking of the quote from baseball player Satchel Paige, “don’t MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: July 27, 2021
Good morning, News Viewers and Happy Tuesday; so happy it isn’t Monday. Feel free to talk about anything you please within reason, of course. And, if you choose, please join us for a Live Discussion MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
It’s Monday and we’re in the middle of the Dog Days of Summer, the steaming hot 40 days in July to August of every year where the stars align and dog, earth and sky meet. MORE
Last Call
Last Call: July 24, 2021
Good evening, News Viewers! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods on this fine, but icky hot, Saturday evening. Not much going on in my world other than went car shopping with MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 29
Happy Friday News Viewers, and welcome to Free Chat Friday where every topic is THE topic; where anything goes and everything stays. . . . On this Friday, almost the end of July, we’re faced MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: July 20, 2021
Six months ago today, President Biden officially kicked the Former Guy’s ass to the curb and ended the nightmare known as the Trump Error. So, what has President Biden been up to the last six MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Thousands of ex-racehorses being sent to slaughterhouses, BBC investigation claims An investigation for BBC1’s Panorama, to be broadcast on Monday evening, will claim that “thousands” of ex-racehorses – “most, but not all” of which were MORE
Last Call
Last Call: July 17, 2021
So, the heat came back today and it sucks. So, COVID-19 cases have risen and it sucks. So, today I spent the day out in the suburbs with my mom, hubby finished a project for MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Well, it’s soon to be 5:00 Somewhere In Time on Mackinac Island, as one of our treasures here in the northern neck of my woods beckons. This week I’ll be on the road and eventually MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 28
Happy Friday News Viewers, over half the year of 2021 has passed. While my elderly Dad is quoting “The moving finger writes and having writ moves on” from the Rubaiyat, those of us who haven’t MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: July 13, 2021
Welp, July is nearly half over, so is the year, actually. Man, these months are flying by. So, have you ever focused on what triggers people or what triggers you? Good grief, people on social MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Hey All, it’s the Monday after the new show “Billionaires in Space,” and we find ourselves asking why the billionaires are choosing NOW to leave earth, before they’ve paid any taxes, and by the way, MORE
Last Call
Last Call: Heat be gone!
Happy Hot July 10! Let’s see: CA’s Death Valley spiked to 130 degrees today; but, it’s always hot there, so bad example. The rest of CA is just HOT AF and it’s getting annoying AF! MORE