My Imaginary Motorcycle

I don't have a motorcycle. But Google Maps thinks I do. 

I really need to get out and ride my Imaginary motorcycle more often! 

Scrabble Tile Spill Brands

Here is the 21st Century retail search experience. This one happens to be Walmart. What we have here is searching brands of men's lightweight jackets on sale. This is a random screenshot. It says there are 417 results. Some of the names are really weird. One was called Hanes. "Hanes" — really? Who thought that one up?! 

Still Life With Power Lines

A dove on the wire.

Second look: are there two?

There are two. That's good —

Sometimes I don't trust my eyes,

New kind of double vision.

Winter is Here

Astronomically, if not meteorologically, November 6 is the day we cross the threshold into Winter. (Of course I am being unapologetically Northern-Hemisphere-Centric!)

Bear in mind that the Winter Solstice (December 21) is Midwinter — even as the Summer Solstice is Midsummer. The solstices are the middles, not the beginnings, of their seasons. 

Today is halfway between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice, so today gets the distinction of being the "cross quarter" day and official archeo-astronomical First Day of Winter. If you have been noting the position of the sun on the horizon at sunrise each day, you will have noted that our dearest and nearest star has moved from due east (equinox) to exactly halfway toward the southernmost position where it will rise at Midwinter. 

The ancient Celtic (or Celtic-adjacent) astronomers noted the equinoxes, solstices, and cross-quarters, and adjusted their calendars as necessary. They had names for the cross-quarters. Today is Samhain (sah’-wahn). Pay no attention to the silly neo-pagans who say this has something to do with Halloween! 

May the Divine Assistance Remain Always With Us

Award winning author Sarah A. Hoyt in August of 2025: 

The future is never guaranteed. And Liberty must be won day by day.

No, what it means is we have a chance. We have a chance of winning this. It might be too late for the rest of the world. (But maybe not. Salutes Great Britain’s people who are still fighting.)

But America? Well, boys and girls: it’s time to drop our shackles, ignore the Marxists and aim for the stars.

I can’t promise you we’ll make it. But I think we’re going to.

Be not afraid. Keep fighting.

The future is shining bright, and America will lead the world into it.

https://accordingtohoyt.com/2025/08/19/the-means-of-war/

Go Home — You're Drunk

Somebody, call an Uber for the Raley's app! 

It's Never Time to Panic

On December 16, 2020, after Joe Biden took the presidency, Rush Limbaugh addressed a question listeners had been asking: 

"Well, is it time to panic?" Well, let me just tell you, folks: It's never going to be time to panic, because we are never going to give up. We are not going to give up on America. We are not going to give up on this republic.

Work. Fight. Win.