About two weeks ago, I decided to hitch my vote for the 2020 Presidency to South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg.ย I will admit, he wasn’t my first choice, but my first choice – Kirsten Gillibrand – withdrew.ย I was looking for a new candidate to back, and it took Rush Limbaugh’s horrific gay-bashing and virulent…
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Rush Limbaugh helped me decide to vote for Pete Buttigieg
Look, it hasn’t been easy to find a political candidate for the 2020 Presidential election.ย It hasn’t.ย Ever since my original choice, Kirsten Gillibrand, dropped out of the running, I’ve been looking at my options – do I go with Sanders, or Warren, or Buttigieg or Biden or that one billionaire or that other billionaire…
Read MoreLadies and Gentlemen … Collarworld, the novel
I have to thank Shane Howard of the rock band Goanna for motivating me towards this project. First off, for those who don’t read my blog on a regular basis, the Oz rock band Goanna had a major hit in 1981 with the anthem “Solid Rock,” a track about the sacred heart of the Australian…
Read MoreHow you can help to heal Australia
If you want to see what climate change and global warming is doing in our lifetime, look no further than to the wildfires that are destroying Australia right now. Make no mistake.ย There are hundreds of fires that are destroying Australia’s forests.ย The fires are slaughtering millions of native animals.ย Over one-third of the koala…
Read MoreA new blogging avenue for Chuck the Writer
Perhaps you remember the late, lamented blog portal Deadspin.ย It was an irreverent yet massively popular blog portal, a place where sports fans and sports writers would congregate and discuss and snark and gripe and enjoy themselves. A few months ago, the venture capitalist who purchased Deadspin and its sister media portals, issued a “stick…
Read MoreChuck’s Best Blog Posts of 2019
It is that time once again … a time to recap all the adventures from 2019.ย The good … the bad … the strong … the tough … the ones that are essentially Chuck. Before I recap … thank you, my blog readers, for visiting my page every day.ย I don’t know if I’ve entertained…
Read MoreThe Donation at Operation Gratitude
Yes, I made a last-minute run to Crossgates Mall yesterday, for the specific purpose of buying some last-minute Christmas gifts.ย Don’t judge me, I’m sure there are some of you who are waiting until tomorrow to get your shopping done. That being said, during my run from store to store, I passed by a charity…
Read MoreHow I survived the shipwreck
There was no warning.ย None at all. We had just boarded the small Hawaiian cruise ship.ย The plan was to leave Honolulu, sail around some of the Hawaiian islands, maybe see the sunset, and then return later that evening for dinner.ย It was a small excursion – myself and four others – and as we…
Read MoreDonald Trump … Ramones fan?
Personally, I have no idea what type of music Donald Trump listens to. All I do know is that yesterday, Trump had a short press conference in which he stated – as loudly as he possibly could – that he wanted nothing, wanted nothing, no quid pro quo.ย You know, the statements me made on…
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I know why I bought the sewing machine.ย I don’t know why I haven’t used the sewing machine in a while. But I know that if I don’t use this sewing machine, someone else should. A few months ago, I purchased a second-hand sewing machine with the idea of getting into quilting.ย What I discovered…
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