Free Chat Friday

Free Chat Friday, Week 21

Happy Friday, News Viewers, another week of the usual decline, disease, deterioration, dissembling — more D’s of Donald. It’s also been another week of unlocking lockdown with mixed results and days going by regardless. What’s MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talk’o Tuesday: 5-19-20

So, for the first time in months, I went into my office today to pick up a loaner laptop, an extra monitor, and some office supplies. I only work part-time and really have NO desire MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 05-16-20

Hopefully, the next 170 Days to the General Election fly by and we get the #WorstPresidentEver the hell on out of here. Seriously, vote. I just will make this short and sweet: Thanks for all MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

It’s been a while since I’ve sat at an actual bar or roundtable for a group cocktail.  Probably longer than I’m willing to admit, and definitely longer than a national lockdown has kept most of MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talk’o Tuesday: 5-12-20

So, it’s kind of winter again in the middle of May in Northern California; it’s just weird. It’s cold (by our standards), we had some rain, but it does help making stay at home much MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 5-09-20

177 days until the General Election and we can vote like it’s the most important election of our lifetime and hopefully, get that incompetent buffoon the hell out of here! First, I want to apologize for MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

It’s indeed 5:00 somewhere, and the News Views Lounge is open, friends. So, speaking of “friends”….. I’ve been thinking today about us. We’ve become regulars here, with a few random guests who stop in for MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talk’o Tuesday 5-5-20

Happy Cinco de Mayo! We’re probably the only country who celebrates the holiday but bottoms up. I hate tequila…love limes but I do not like ‘to kill ya.’ I think I will make some Mahi MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

It not only is 5:00 somewhere, it’s 5:00 where I am, and these protestors in Michigan are driving me to drink some more. While there are healthier ways to manage the stress of living in MORE

Free Chat Friday

Free Chat Friday, Week 18

Another Friday rolls around and we’re motoring through the Pandemic that has become every day normal for us. Slowly but surely, we find ourselves beginning to talk about a few non-pandemic subjects as it begins MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

Yes, indeed it’s 5:00 somewhere, and by now I’m thinking we would all rather be wherever it is One Happy Hour. If we could meet up anywhere in the world, where would you pull up MORE

Free Chat Friday

Free Chat Friday, Week 17

It’s Friday, and Shakespeare says it for us, after yesterday’s briefing, the feeling is gloom and doom in the time of Coronavirus. With a President careening off the rails, our thoughts turn to solutions. What MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talk o Tuesday 4-21-20

So….have you taken to the streets to protest stay at home orders and demand your state, city, or town open the hell up? Or, do you think we should all just sit tight and wait MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 4-18-20

198 days until the General Election and our chance to kick the Orange Ass to the curb, if we’re not all not dead from The Trumpvirus. Just a few housekeeping items to address: Please refrain from downvoting MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

It’s Friday, and another week has come and gone in this pandemic purgatory we are trying to survive. For the record, this is Friday April 17, our fifth consecutive happy hour together in this space. MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talk o Tuesday 4-14-20

Has the boredom killed you yet? Has being trapped in your home with the ones you ALLEGEDLY love want to lash out? Meh–I’m pretty much a homebody to begin with but, I do have to MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 4-11-20

205 days until the General Election and our chance to kick the Orange Ass to the curb, if we’re not all not dead from The Trumpvirus. Today, the United States surpassed Italy and now leads the MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

Welcome to cocktail hour with your News Views friends, where any Friday is Good, but today it’s offically “Good Friday!” Let’s celebrate what was actually good about this week, no matter how long it takes MORE

The Lounge

Haiku Wednesday

Challenge yourself; test your skills. Today, you get to put your comments, whatever you want to post, in Haiku format. You can reply to others as you choose but try to make your first, any stand alone comment, as a Haiku. MORE