September 1, 2026

Well, I decided it was high time I ranted about the town I live in, Brownsville, Oregon. Brownsville is small. The population is only about 1400 people. However, it has a lot of stores and services you wouldn’t expect such a small town to have. I could list them all, but the list would be…

July 21, 2026

Some of you might have noticed the lack of a rant for last week. Lay the blame on a road trip I took to see one of my daughters and her family living in Idaho. The visit was wonderful. I had a great time playing with the grandkids. It was too hot to do much…

July 6, 2026

Some folks are explaining the cost of living is going up due to extremely rich people manipulating the currency and the markets. While this is true and has a terrific impact on our lives and our wealth, this is not the whole story. “New Improved!” “The Joneses have one. We must keep up.” “Faster than…

May 12, 2026

I was walking to pay a bill. It wasn’t far, so I walked to save gas. With the prices so high, I do all I can to save that precious commodity. I might also mention that I was prepared to pay cash for what I owed. I like cash. All that electron created money makes…

May 5, 2026

It was a frustrating morning. I spent most of the morning trying to get into my bank account. I entered my user name and password and got a message “access denied, wrong password.” How the hell could it be wrong? The computer saved it and computers are never wrong, right? So I went through the…

April 28, 2026

We had a nice day the other day. The sun was shining through the chemtrails, the half dozen birds still alive were singing, and I was frying chicken with the kitchen window open. A fellow I know from up the street was walking by and I could see he could smell the sweet scent of…