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Two Months, and 2,400 miles on the 2020 Acura RDX
A month in, one big road trip, and plenty of smiles with one sadz
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New Car time: 2020 Acura RDX
As I progress into my dotage, I find that I need a little (ok, a LOT) more comfort when I drive, so out with the sports car, and in with the CUV
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The Trek Century Challenge
I enjoy cycling, but I am pretty far from elite. I did make the 100 miles, but my mind boggles at those who can ride more than three thousand motherfucking miles in 4 weeks.
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Time to retire
(My other blog that is…) When I began my journey on the internet back in the 1990’s, I signed up with a small-ish ISP at the time, Best Communications. One of the “benefits” of their ISDN service was the inclusion of a domain for my email. At the time, I had an English Mastiff, a…
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Car Shopping
As I age, I am increasingly finding it less and less comfortable to fold myself into my current car, a Honda S2000. I wouldn’t have noticed this if I hadn’t spent a few months with the use of my Step Father’s Jeep Cherokee after he passed. A compact SUV, it was comfortable to drive, and…
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Observations on Blogging
I have been semi-regular blogging since 2009, and in the past 9 years I have some interesting observations that I would like to share. comments are for the birds
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Waking up in a Libertarian US of A
Tossing and turning in a fever induced dream state, I dreamt that the US had become the Libertarian Utopia that I have read about. This is the summary: Joe Conservative wakes up in the morning and goes to the bathroom. He flushes his toilet and brushes his teeth, mindful that each flush & brush costs…
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Going SSL/TLS
Recent announcements by Google that they would begin to de-emphasize search results to sites that aren’t protected by SSL/TLS encryption (that green lock you see to the left of your browser URL bar) weren’t surprising, but it was a eye opener. This site (tralfaz.com), its sister site (tralfaz.org), and the Greytbros, as well as Barbara’s…
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Oops, caught again – VTA
Quickie. This morning on the VTA light rail train, the fare enforcement officer got on the train, and checked fares. The guy across the row from me had been nailed before. I think he is a security guard, and he uses an eco pass, but it is his girlfriend’s. The enforcement office scans it and…
