Although I wrote a few proto-blogs back in the mid-2000’s, mostly on the blogspot.com portal, this blog’s official birthdate is August 25, 2009. That was the first time my blog appeared in the Albany Times Union’s blogfarm. That lasted until 2017, when I migrated the blog to an independent platform. And from August 25, 2009…
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The Locker
It’s 1978, and I’m a sophomore at Abington High School in Abington, Massachusetts (School #11 of The Twelve). I’m living with my father and his third wife in their home I’ve derisively called The Chestnut Prison. I only stayed at Abington High for about four months, before my living situation got so toxic I had…
Read MoreThe mislabeled energy drink that could give you a DUI … or worse.
Let’s put the cans on the table right now. I am a major fan of Sugar Free Red Bull. It wakes me up and it keeps me going. And if given the choice between the various flavors and the original sugar free compound, I’ll drink the regular formula, as those other flavors just don’t work…
Read MoreI am the man on Fifth Avenue.
With the passage of H.R. 1, colloquially known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” I now know how I will die. I will die because the hospitals that take care of me either won’t exist any more, or they’ll charge me so much money that I cannot afford to seek medical care. I will die…
Read MoreA Tesla’s miles are shorter than most car’s miles.
Correct me if I’m wrong on this. If I drive ten miles from Point A to Point B, the odometer on my car should advance … ten miles. Correct? Good. Now try driving that same ten miles in a Tesla. And now your odometer says … 25 miles driven?? That’s the argument behind this California…
Read MoreNext week, Republicans will charge non-smokers twice as much for avoiding the cigarette tax.
I say this because the Republicans in the House of Representatives ram-rodded their Trump-named “Big, Beautiful Bill” to the Senate. Among the hundreds of horseshit plans in the bill – which include extended and increased tax breaks for the wealthy, the gutting of safety net programs, etc. – is the plan to gut government and…
Read MoreDonald Trump Jr and the rest of the MAGA melonheads whip up another crackpot notion
Let’s start this off with a prayer. A prayer for the health and well-being of former President Joe Biden and for his family and friends. It was announced yesterday that President Biden has aggressive pancreatic cancer, and that it has spread to his bones. There are some treatments available for this form of cancer, and…
Read MoreWhen Trumpflation becomes a marketing gimmick.
Trumpflation makes me sick. The whole idea that Donald Trump can just wave his hands and suddenly we’re paying surcharges and penalties because he drops massive tariffs on countries who manufacture products that we need – drives me up the wall. And now I’m seeing advertisements for “buy now at pre-tariff prices” sales. In other…
Read MoreA request from Heather Kovar
Because my blog posts have a 30-day window for comments or posts (to avoid my getting spammed like crazy on vintage posts), I’ll sometimes get messages from people who want to talk to me about some of my legacy writings. They’ll click on the “Contact Chuck Miller” link at the top of my blog, write…
Read MoreCelebrate the life of Hunter Myers this Sunday at Saratoga Harness.
Hunter Myers was a rising young star in the world of harness racing. He claimed nearly 2,500 wins in his driving career, and was ranked among the top harness racing jockeys in 2022 and in 2024. Sadly, all of that came to a horrible end last Wednesday at a harness track in western Pennsylvania. An…
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