One of the highlights of my childhood came when my family would go to the Lake George amusement park originally known as Storytown, now known as The Great Escape. Well, technically now it’s Six Flags Great Escape, but that’s splitting some hairs there. And if we went to Storytown / The Great Escape, we invariably…
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How did I get hooked on Harbor Freight??
Let me start off by saying that I never understood the appeal of Trader Joe’s. You try to park in a lot that charitably holds 20 cars if your driver is skilled in Tetris, then you go in the store and all the food is branded with Trader Joe’s specialty brand names. This apparently is…
Read MoreYour model railroad can now be red or blue.
Last month, I blogged about how a company called Pat’s Trains had produced a limited-edition line of Donald Trump for President O-gauge locomotive rolling stock. You know, the perfect gift for your MAGA recreation of Gilead from The Handmaid’s Tale. Now the original run of Donald Trump for President locomotives sold out (figuratively and literally),…
Read MoreSo is this what they meant by “The Mark of the Beast”??
This is what happens when I get the munchies. I go to the store. And I wanted some chicken breasts. Because, I mean, who doesn’t love chicken breasts? But it wasn’t until I got home, unpacked my groceries, and started to put all my perishables away … I noticed something about the chicken. Something rather…
Read MoreMr. Topham Hatt will be very cross when he sees this.
During the summers when I lived in Boston with my Grandma Betty, we would take Saturday trips on the MBTA trolley system, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. She would park her car at Cleveland Circle, and we’d get a Green Line train from there to Park Street, change for another Green…
Read MoreThe Force is strong with this one.
Over the years, I’ve developed a love-hate relationship with Twitter n/k/a X. It’s not as polarizing as my love-hate relationship with Reddit, or my love-haven’t-really-found-anything-to-hate-about-it-yet relationship with Mastodon. But that being said … there are moments on X when, for one reason or another, I get transported away from my jaded, cynical soon-to-be-61-year-old-self, and turn…
Read MoreIf you want to vote for Chuck, you can vote for Chuck here.
I have always stressed the importance of voting. Voting is the single most effective tool we have in choosing our government and our leaders. And it’s not just politics. In the past, I’ve voted for pineapples on pizza (totally acceptable), Miracle Whip as the best salad dressing (I’ll die on that hill), and The Last…
Read MoreA repainted drive-in speaker in 24 hours or less
So I still have a few drive-in speakers around the place, and I’m feeling the itch to refinish and restore another one. Besides, I need some blog content. And I also need some video content, so I’m actually filming the restoration on this unit. This is a Projected Sound unit, manufactured in Plainfield, New Jersey,…
Read More“Hey, nice driving, Einstein!!”
It’s a beautiful, sunny day, and I’m running errands in the morning. Little fact for all you Chevrolet Volt owners – the ’17 Volt Premier (which I own) can hold eight bags of big brown mulch if you pack them in the hatch and in the back seats. I know this, because I made three…
Read More“Wake up! It’s time to renew!!”
Ah, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles moves like clockwork. Especially when they want your money. This morning, I received an email stating that this is my THIRD notice for renewing the registration on my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier (“Lightning’s Girl”). I guess that’s supposed to frighten the shit out of me, because…
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