April 5 was the day this great and loyal nation came together to tell the current administration in Washington to get their Hands Off Everything. According to Microsoft Edge, three million citizens participated in the various events. “Nationwide Hands Off demonstrations occurred in more than 1,400 locations across all 50 U.S. states, drawing an estimated 3 …
Two days later and we still do not know who won the 2020 election. Who is going to be our president in February? Beginning at 7 p.m. EST, Tuesday, polls started closing. Six states have yet to complete counting a record setting amount of ballots. Starting a new update page/blog post I have been watching the New York Times …
Independence Day 2020 is nearly upon us and this is the United States as we now know it. Happy Fourth of July weekend Ken and Karen. Who are Ken and Karen? Ken and Karen are you and me. They are ordinary people who snap and act a fool. Ken and Karen have become symbols/synonyms of bad public behavior. …
I kept notes for you over the weekend and all I can say is: Oy Vey. The Memorial Day holiday is over, and soon we will be on to a long Fourth of July weekend. Americans did what they do best on Memorial Day weekend. They did what they wanted. What were people thinking We are phasing in …
Remember the soap opera As the Word Turns? It is now As the Coronavirus Turns: It is our new soap opera. This is our new normal Each day we learn more about it. There is no escaping it. I want it gone too. A man went into a Costco and filmed an encounter he had with a manager …
Nevada gets a big Friday morning quake and we have a new crack in the road. The Nevada Highway Patrol Northern Command snapped the above picture this morning near Mina Nevada. California … ??? Earthquakes … California …??? Move on over Move over California. Nevada is getting ready to take over as reigning earthquake champ. There was a …
As a country we were united for about a month. We were all home under house arrest, except for essential workers. That has all changed as of today. About two thirds of the country has opened with social distancing and capacity restrictions, as well as some mask requirements. All but three of the states that did not open this morning …
Mountain living is very peaceful. It is so peaceful it is almost sleepy. Where I live, I like to call it, “Carson Calm.” The northern section of the Sierra Nevada mountain range encompasses a large community of Nevada and California cities and towns. The two states share Lake Tahoe. California sees Truckee to the northwest and Nevada sees Reno to …
Weekend update March 6, 2020 First off, this is DST weekend in North America. Time to spring those clocks forward an hour. I am not a fan of daylight-saving time. Arizona does not observe DST. That is one thing I do miss about Arizona. There are inconveniences with not being on DST. Relatives in other states change their times and …
And speaking of rocks … There is definite hysteria taking place here in the United States over the Coronavirus, as folks are panic shopping on both coasts east and west. Medical masks, bottled water and other goods are flying off the shelves in many cities. There is also hysteria over the United States’ Real ID. Why? Because so many people …