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Author Archives: Ron Byrnes
America’s Exceptional Alright
The Onion
One Question
For every Republican Senator and anyone running against them.
What’s an acceptable level of gun violence?
There have been 212 mass shootings in the US so far this year, 27 of them in schools.
From NPR. “We ended 2021 with 693 mass shootings, per the Gun Violence Archive. The year before saw 611. And 2019 had 417.”
Alive And Well
Last Tuesday’s ride was a shortish out and back from Mazama to Washington Pass. A super scenic climb that I couldn’t fully enjoy until driving it a few days later when it was 29 degrees, wet, and blustery at the top.
Monday Required Reading
Blow Out
Before Sunday’s Game 7 in Phoenix, DBook said the Suns were “locked in”. During the game, Luka and the Mavs broke out.
Despite the Mav’s momentum, my money is on the Warriors.
Sentence To Ponder
“The activities that make people happiest include sex, exercise and gardening.”
The findings of British researchers who pinged tens of thousands of people on their smartphones and asked them simple questions: Who are they with? What are they doing? How happy are they?
More here. Also worth pondering. . . how good is the sex if one partner is responding to survey researchers?
You May Have Noticed
That I pressed pause two weeks ago. It wasn’t a planned break. I always try to be observant and to listen before “speaking”. Recently, I just haven’t felt any need to speak. I am fine, just contentedly observing and listening.
And against all odds, the humble blog’s regular readers continue to flourish.
Headline Fail
The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Trial: What You Need to Know.
Someone please update Maslow.
Pressing Pause 