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Electric School Buses Are A Huge Win

I was happy to see that the Biden Admin is helping to fund the purchase of 2,500 new electric school buses around the country. With the instability of diesel prices switching to electric will help school districts plan their transportation budgets. Plus, there’s the reduction in noise and nasty crap that kids have to breatheContinue reading “Electric School Buses Are A Huge Win”

More On The Shrinking Rural Midwest

Just thought I’d drop this NPR article about how inflation is one more thing causing people to leave the rural Midwest. Much of the rural Midwest has been losing population for a while now and EVERYTHING that’s going on is going to accelerate that trend. https://www.npr.org/2022/07/25/1112915507/inflation-rural-america-gas-prices-economy

That Doesn’t Happen Very Often

I was out running errands on my bike today and ended up walking the bike up a steep hill. That doesn’t happen very often and, at least in this case, it wasn’t a fitness thing. It was a I’m building up heat and can’t get rid of it thing. A “real feel” temperature of 97Continue reading “That Doesn’t Happen Very Often”

Monday Music

Well, I’m back. Or at least I think I am. Here’s some Billy Bragg for you either way.

Shutting down the blog for a bit

All the turmoil in the world at the moment means I’ve been I’ve been spending too much time online for it to be healthy for me. So, I’ve decided to take a little break from blogging and the internet. I’ll be back in a couple weeks.

Pablo Center For The Performing Arts

While out on a walk on Christmas Day I realized that while I have a bunch of photos of the Pablo Center I didn’t have one from this perspective. So, fixed that.

Quote Of The Week

Hey, farmer, farmerPut away the DDT nowGive me spots on my applesBut leave me the birds and the bees, please Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi

Musical Monday

And my Election Day theme song for Tuesday.

Quote Of The Week

“My son, like a lot of people, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem. He’s overtaken it. He’s fixed it. He’s worked on it. And I’m proud of him. I’m proud of my son.” Joe Biden And on a personal note: O’ fuck yes. Drug addiction is a mentalContinue reading “Quote Of The Week”

Sharp Cutty Things

I know people come here looking for pretty pictures, but humor me for a moment… We’re living in tumultuous times, it looks like there’s more tumult to come, and I’m seeing zero talk of how one gets themselves and their people though the tumult with as little harm done as possible (other than ridiculous prepperContinue reading “Sharp Cutty Things”