Back In the Saddle Again…

Preparation H required!

Yo!

After 3+ weeks of unmitigated relocation Hell, here we are – 1,012 long, hard, grueling miles north.

As noted pre-move 6/3 in “So What?”, While the Missus and I are Lifetime Achievement Winners/Moving Division, this one is shaping up to be a real doozy…”, I vastly understated myself. This one was the Godzilla Meets Kong horror thriller of all time.

A little background…

Assuming “On-Air Personality” is one’s Broadcasting career choice, it comes with a professional life sentence to Irregularly Timed Relocation. Unlike more stationary careers - Office Management, Proctologist, Trash Collector - promotion is most often earned within local corporate boundaries: start in the Tool Room, retire from the Board Room, retaining the same ZIP code throughout. Broadcasting promotions (bigger market, bigger pay) is earned when Talent + Ratings attracts the attention of Bigger Market programmers looking for better on-air performers. This is how a certain Radio/TV dude went from Baton Rouge to Houston, Atlanta, NYC, Baltimore, NYC (again), Atlanta (again), Washington, DC, Baltimore (again), Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco….a Grand Total of 26 moves in 50 years.

This was #51.

Rather than impose all the gory details of this fiasco/disaster/criminal event, I will, instead, offer my services should you have a pending move of your own. A little Q&A could save you thousands of dollars in lost, stolen, or destroyed property; avoid a nervous breakdown or years imprisoned for homicide, manslaughter, or other legal no-nos; savings of hundreds to thousands of dollars in travel costs, meals, medication, and a decent night’s sleep.

The list of benefits is endless!

All computer components were transported personally (required). Meanwhile, dozens of items remain lost, unaccounted for, and “under investigation” by “the moving company” which shall remain nameless (altho North American has a familiar thud to it). As a result, the new “home office” consists of a lawn chair, a card table, computing components, and a tiny lamp. The printer is temporarily on the floor, where it’s sudden Sturm und Drang ignites Gracie’s inner puppy, followed by immediate Zoomies. “Removing Golden Retriever Fur from Printer Innards” will be my next Great Work.

OK - Enough of the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Moving, Human Incompetence, and Criminal Conduct! The last 3-4 weeks of unavoidable exile produced a whole new landscape across our target-rich environment. In less than a month, we’ve gone from fretting over the Trump-Musk Bro Break-Up to serious fretting over Israel-Iran-WWIII until “Bunker Buster” was endlessly dropped into everyone’s lexicon, “One Big Beautiful Bill” and the ongoing self-immolation of the Democratic Party, its wholly-owned subsidiary, the ‘Legacy Media” and all the hypocritical co-conspirators within, not to mention the revelations their criminal skullduggery on our tenuous mutual future.

Serious scribbling on such matters requires an equally serious steeping of the truth and consequences. At least, it should. Time and circumstances prevented that diligence and any cogent commentary. Happily, from what I observed during limited reading time, my fellow Substackers continued their insightful, provocative, informative ways while, white-knuckled, I bobbed and weaved around road construction, Jersey Walls, dodging 18-wheelers in their Interstate gymkhanas. And in pouring rain, no less!

But I digress…

I did manage to benchmark some noteworthy pieces you may have missed - despite your comparatively “stress-free” existence…

Check these out:

Former guest, T.L. Davis consistently produces thought-provoking articles. Here are two excellent examples. (Be sure to read the Comments section)

“Of What Good Are the Rules” – consider the answers.

“A Preview of a Disaster” – ‘We are in the hands of fools and unless we eliminate them, they will eliminate us.’

One of the most challenging articles, “The Coward’s Bargain – How We Taught a Generation to Live in Fear”. If you're curious how kids and “things” got this way, Josh Stylman provides a lotta historical dots to connect the evidence on Who, Why, and When. You may see yourself in his musings.

Elizabeth Nickson’s “Welcome to Absurdistan” never falls below Excellent in unabashed readability and solid fact. Her piece “Never Forget – Climate Change Was an Invention of the Rockefellers” is more than just a “good read”. It’s high-velocity ammo for the brain.

A current, pointed, and ironically amusing take on the climate insanity, Jenna McCarthy and “Climate Panic Has Reached Cruising Altitude”

Professor Wall, “From Steal to Succession” had some kind words and a re-run of “The Crime of Noticing”, one of my earlier Substack pieces.

Have you noticed the Trump-Massie food fight? This post from former guest, Sen. Rand Paul, separated the fluff from the facts.

Finally, one that slipped by “the news” without serious fanfare, HHS Sec. RFK announced his latest “vision” to protect you from you: Get a Wearable! Few things scream Nanny State! Big Brother! Keeping You Safe! than an encouraging, intrusive “suggestion” from Your Federal Government. FOX Senior Medical Analyst, Dr. Marc Seigel got all jiggy telling Dana Perino, “Your doctor needs this information to keep you safe!”, blowing past Perino’s pointed concerns about personal privacy. Like Seat Belts – the Government's voluntary “option” that morphed into “Click It Or Ticket” - starts with a massive ad campaign (paid by whom?). Join me in watching this grow into another porky government snout snorting up your most personal life - “for your safety.”

More on that later.

Good to be (mostly) back for wacky action. More Bumpy Rides straight ahead!

Thanks for sticking around.

BW