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Four years ago, I blogged about the nomination of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 Presidential campaign. Not so much about her record in politics – but about all the knuckle-dragging racist, sexist, vitriolic horseshit that Republicans tried to throw at her. And not less than three days after President Biden…

Let’s get a few things straight before I dive into the meat of this blog post. Political violence of ANY sort against ANY elected official is not acceptable for any reason. I don’t care if you like Trump or hate him, I don’t care if you like Biden or despise him – no one has…

It’s not that I need three hammers. I really don’t. But my problem was that when I couldn’t find a hammer for a project, I’d go to the hardware store, buy one, come back, use it, put it away – and realize, oh, there’s the hammer I originally owned, now I have a second (or…

Even though I have absolutely no room in my home to set up a model railroad layout, I do have some rolling stock in my possession – it’s MTH’s Canadian Pacific Holiday Train O-gauge railroad set (the locomotive, four box cars and a stage car). I acquired the stage car from a merchant named Pat’s…

You’re not supposed to develop attachments to racehorses in the same way as one develops an attachment to a baseball player or to some other athlete. But over time, I’ve developed rooting interests in various horses at various times. And it’s always for the weirdest reasons. During one season at the Saratoga flat track, I…

Some time ago, I blogged about my macro photo of a ladies’ wristwatch, with a photo called Tick Tock Symphonette. I posted it to my Facebook page, as well as to the Facebook “Chuck Miller Creative Writing Service” page. And suddenly … the post was removed. ??? I didn’t remove the post. Facebook removed it,…

Six months ago, a horrendous fire broke out at Tioga Downs Raceway and Casino in New York’s Southern Tier. Thirty standardbred horses perished in the barn fire. It was a senseless, horrifying tragedy and a devastating loss of equine life. In January, a man named Boyd Fenton pled guilty to the crime. His counts –…

I swear, the only reason Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t classified as the dumbest member of Congress is because she sometimes gets overtaken by Matt Gaetz and/or Lauren Boebert. Anyway, Ms. Greene – whose name can be anagrammed to “MAGA Eyeliner JO Terror” – has come up with a new screed. Between last Friday’s 4.8 Richter…