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Autogolpe
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline...

Mike Dickey
Feb 11, 20253 min read


The End of a Week
"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday." — Noel Coward Sitting here looking at my poor dictaphone on life...

Mike Dickey
Feb 7, 20252 min read


Horseshoe Republic
"Let's put our heads together and start a new country up Our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like Let's try to...

Mike Dickey
Feb 6, 20253 min read


Oblivion
A fairly uninspiring view from the bridge on the USS 407. Trial begins for me at the Bay County Courthouse in a little over an hour. I've...

Mike Dickey
Feb 5, 20251 min read


The View From Up Here
"Let me see here Kids, planes, and runway strikes Flashy pimps and family fights Spotted dogs and blood-shot eyes Our space captain...

Mike Dickey
Feb 3, 20253 min read


Last Day
"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!" - J. R. R. Tolkien Six years ago today was a Thursday. I was settled into...

Mike Dickey
Jan 31, 20253 min read


Midair
“The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.” ― James Patterson In the midst of...

Mike Dickey
Jan 30, 20254 min read


Spring is in the Air
"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" - Percy Bysshe Shelley Fun fact about these blog posts: you can't save them into a...

Mike Dickey
Jan 29, 20253 min read
Transition Week Continues
"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble." - George Washington Watching it snow out there this gloomy, gusty morning and...

Mike Dickey
Jan 28, 20254 min read


Everything All at Once
“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different...

Mike Dickey
Jan 27, 20253 min read


Leopards Ate My Face
"The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to...

Mike Dickey
Jan 24, 20253 min read


Standing Up to Bullies
"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with...

Mike Dickey
Jan 23, 20254 min read


How Soon is Now?
Neal : What's the flight situation? Del : Simple. There's no way on earth we're going to get out of here tonight. We'd have more luck...

Mike Dickey
Jan 22, 20253 min read


Sunshine Go Away Today
"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" -W.B. Yeats Two below zero when, before...

Mike Dickey
Jan 21, 20254 min read


Sunshine
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only...

Mike Dickey
Jan 20, 20253 min read


Snow!
A late start, and nothing deep, meaningful or political here. Peg has today off, so we slept in, and are waiting now for the espresso...

Mike Dickey
Jan 17, 20251 min read


So, This is Slowing Down?
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a...

Mike Dickey
Jan 16, 20255 min read


SoCal Fires
" I did mostly good things, except light things on fire. " -Mark Hoppus, Blink-182 Seventeen and mostly clear out there, with a dusting...

Mike Dickey
Jan 15, 20254 min read


Fight Fight Fight
"Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real...

Mike Dickey
Jan 14, 20255 min read


Things You Can't Control
"The first wealth is health". -Ralph Waldo Emerson 1.13.25 Thirty-two and snowing lightly out there. Yes, that's a Bills flag out front...

Mike Dickey
Jan 13, 20252 min read
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