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I'm a former journalist who now writes and edits on my own time and my own dime.
Happy Holidays to All – Happy, Happy, Happiest Holidays December 18, 2025
A Warm Greeting To My Hundreds Of New Readers from China December 9, 2025December 10, 2025
I Hadn’t Planned on Writing a Blog. But Then the Leaf Blowers Arrived…. December 1, 2025
The Perfect Movie for a Quiet Holiday November 26, 2025November 27, 2025
Another Fall Trip in The Land of America November 23, 2025November 23, 2025
The ‘Christian’ Right’s Ever-Shifting Moral Compass (And Love Of An Immoral Bleepity Bleep) November 18, 2025
Dear Democrats: I’m On Your Side, But Please Grow The F*ck Up November 11, 2025
The Greatest Sho On Earth (A Baseball Blog, Sort Of) November 4, 2025November 5, 2025
The Stuff We Can’t (Or Won’t) Live Without October 28, 2025October 29, 2025
Americans Gathered by The Millions to Protest President Bedwetter And His Corrupt Regime, Even Though We All Had Plenty of Other Things to Do October 20, 2025October 21, 2025
Lucky 13: Favorite Chicken Dishes, Ranked October 15, 2025October 16, 2025
Is This Really Who We Are? Or Who We Want to Be? October 7, 2025October 8, 2025
Our Daughter, Her Blanket, A Lesson in Parenthood September 30, 2025October 2, 2025
Here’s A Dose Of Free Speech, You Frauds September 24, 2025September 25, 2025
Saturday Around Town, With No Schedule September 16, 2025
Time To Focus On Something Else September 11, 2025September 11, 2025
Nothing To See Here, Folks — Everything’s Under Control* September 9, 2025September 9, 2025
Solo Trip, Redux September 4, 2025
A Final Dash Of Summer Fun In Li’l Ol’ Rhode Island August 14, 2025
Lucky 13: S**t That Makes Me Happy (And Maybe You, Too!) August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
My AI Vance Cariaga Blog July 29, 2025
Tennis and Tyranny – Two Blogs for The Price of One! July 15, 2025July 16, 2025
No Kings (My Brief Dip Into Civic Resistance) June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
Tonight I Went To A Baseball Game And Left Questioning Pretty Much Everything June 12, 2025June 13, 2025
Lucky 13: Favorite Rock Songs That Didn’t Hit the Charts (And Most 21st Century Humans Have Never Heard) June 5, 2025June 7, 2025
Land of the Free (But Only For Some) May 20, 2025May 21, 2025
Back To the Drawing Board May 6, 2025
Trust the Process (And Other Valuable Cliches) April 22, 2025
Say Cheese, Philly April 16, 2025April 16, 2025
Daddy, My Ass April 8, 2025April 9, 2025
Financial Genius At Work April 3, 2025April 3, 2025
The Long Goodbye March 25, 2025March 26, 2025
Dear World: Most Of Us Can’t Stand Him, Either March 19, 2025October 10, 2025
An Undiscovered Talent, 50 Years Late March 11, 2025March 12, 2025
The Real Power Brokers March 5, 2025March 5, 2025
An American Expat Living in America (Or, The Evolution of a Blog) February 26, 2025February 26, 2025
A Message To All The Bitter Young Dudes, From A Former Young Dude February 14, 2025February 14, 2025
America’s New Regime Is 100% Third Reich – Ain’t That a Kick? February 2, 2025February 2, 2025
January Thoughts: Arctic Temps, Dumb Politicians and Sunny Australia January 22, 2025
Goodbye To All That January 15, 2025January 15, 2025
It’s 2025. Let The Reading Begin January 8, 2025
Lucky 13: Some Of My Favorite Christmas Songs – And Yours Too! December 23, 2024December 24, 2024
Unwanted Thoughts December 18, 2024December 18, 2024
If Today Were the Last Day of Your Life…. December 6, 2024
Vamos, Rafa! (Y Gracias Por Los Recuerdos….) November 26, 2024November 26, 2024
A Landmark Era Slowly Makes Its Final Exit November 14, 2024
Same As It Ever Was November 6, 2024
A Nightmare on America Street October 30, 2024
Food for Thought October 16, 2024
I Work, Therefore I Am October 11, 2024October 11, 2024
Up On The Roof October 3, 2024October 4, 2024
A Phone Call, and a Changed Life September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
The Reading List: Long Books for the Long Fall and Winter September 12, 2024
….And The Livin’ Was Easy September 4, 2024
Scattered Thoughts on the Olympics, the Election, and Why I’m Such a Revered Writing Machine* August 8, 2024August 8, 2024
A View From the Steps July 29, 2024July 29, 2024
Another Bloody Day In The USA July 15, 2024July 15, 2024
Going, Going Gone….. July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Road Tripping 2024: Back to North Myrtle Beach, Courtesy of Google (Sort Of) June 29, 2024
Lucky 13: Great Classic Rock Guitar Songs for Great Air Guitar Players – Like Me! June 12, 2024June 13, 2024
Man And Mower June 5, 2024
Lucky 13: Tonight I’m Gonna YouTube Like It’s 1999 May 15, 2024
Back Behind the Wheel, With the Highway Fuzz Hot on My Tail May 1, 2024
The Jersey Life, 2.0 April 2, 2024April 2, 2024
Madness Descending March 21, 2024
A Stay-At-Home Dad Reveals the Secrets to His Amazing Fantasticness March 13, 2024
A Sports Blog – Because You Asked!* March 1, 2024March 1, 2024
Things I Enjoy That I Hardly Ever Do (How About You?) February 14, 2024February 14, 2024
Old Man Winter Pays a Visit January 25, 2024
Free Books!* January 11, 2024
The Year That Was. Plus: YouTube Cover Versions – No Extra Cost! December 30, 2023December 31, 2023
Closing Thoughts on 2023, in Which I Wax Philosophic About Writing and Christmas Songs December 22, 2023December 22, 2023
Lucky Thirteen: The Best 70s Soul/R&B Songs December 6, 2023December 6, 2023
The Sad Lessons I Am Passing On November 29, 2023
The Primetime of Life November 15, 2023November 15, 2023
War War Everywhere October 29, 2023
Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You October 18, 2023
Saying Goodbye to Another Home and Another Set of Memories (Oh, and the Tenants we Rented it to are Greedy, Entitled F**wads) October 10, 2023
Repat Chronicles: Random Musings on Life Back in the Colonies September 24, 2023
The Reading List, No. 13: Books I’ve Recently Finished September 21, 2023
If You Laugh At These Drawings I Will Either Kill You Or Cry September 16, 2023September 17, 2023
Things Seem Broken September 10, 2023September 10, 2023
How Do You Define Success? A Tennis Blog (Sort Of) September 4, 2023September 4, 2023
I Just Want to Watch Sports, But Technology Is Sacking Me Behind the Line of Scrimmage August 26, 2023August 27, 2023
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes August 23, 2023August 23, 2023
Back in the USA August 4, 2023August 4, 2023
A New York State of Mind July 25, 2023
Expat Chronicles, Finis: Farewell to Old Blighty July 18, 2023
Your Life, In 12 Boxes July 12, 2023
Expat Chronicles: Things to Love (and Not) About London July 5, 2023
The Writing Life: Two Years on From My First Novel, I Have Learned What Many Authors Already Know (Which is Nothing) June 28, 2023
Expat Chronicles: European Cities, Ranked June 21, 2023
Two Books, Two Takes on History June 14, 2023
Expat Chronicles: Approaching Endgame in Jolly Old London, With a Limp June 9, 2023
The Reading List, No. 12: Books I’ve Recently Finished June 7, 2023
What Should We Get Out of Our University Experience (Assuming We Need it at All)? May 31, 2023
Blogpourri: Scattered Thoughts about Buying a Home from Overseas, Professional Golf, Bike Rides, a Recently Departed Novelist, And Books We Read Over and Over May 24, 2023May 25, 2023
Another Food Blog, Because Me Like Food — Taste Good! May 17, 2023May 18, 2023
Expat Chronicles: The King Is Crowned, House Hunting Across the Ocean, the “Main Road” in South Carolina – and Other Fab Blog Content! May 9, 2023May 10, 2023
Lucky 13: Those ’70s Movies May 3, 2023May 5, 2023

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