By MONTE DUTTON Uh, don't tell me I've nothing to do. Click here. A few things to ponder on a dreary Monday morning: The next generation will never learn to tie its shoes. It’s a useless knack. I never do it anymore. I was up to 2 a.m. watching the stock cars race. It’s a …
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Yessiree, I found some barbecue!
By MONTE DUTTON Customers enjoy a lively drive-thru experience. Click here. Everywhere has its unique places. They don’t seem unique to the folks who live there because, well, they are theirs. But I am new to this area, and I am amazed. During the NASCAR years, I took an avid interest in eating places. I …
New thoughts from the hills
By MONTE DUTTON A charming mountain general store and café with people enjoying the porch For the first time in short-term memory, no World Cup game was scheduled for Wednesday. The world will survive. We are back at war with Iran. I think the world will survive. It’s so easy to overreact. It just seems …
For once, Il Duce, let it be
By MONTE DUTTON Exciting World Cup final moment with fans cheering for Argentina versus Brazil. Click here. Slapdash observations from a weekend of watching sports and being American: One of my enduring nitpicks with NASCAR telecasters is their misleading comments on road courses and short tracks. A car slows for a flat turn. The car …
Our little 4th fireworks adventure
By MONTE DUTTON Families enjoy a lively Fourth of July fireworks show. Click here. On Friday night, the fireworks went off Adventure Village. I’d had a frustrating day with a new computer. (Still am.) I stopped by the office to see if The Transylvania Times had arrived. It hadn’t, but back at the shoe box, …
What the World Cup teaches me about the world
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The World Cup has us running around, trying to think of a reason to say “Turkiye.” The smallest country, by both population and area, ever to play in the World Cup is Curacao. It should be noted that world football has joined virtually every American sporting league in expanding the …
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Soccer on the radio
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I had a new experience on Friday. I listened to soccer on the radio. Serious radio. I mean Sirius. XM may have been involved, too. It was rather stirring, the USA’s 2-0 victory over Australia. I listened to it breathlessly, or maybe I was breathless because I was pulling a …
A lot to unpack
By MONTE DUTTON USA leads Mexico 2-1 in a tense World Cup match in Doha. Click here, The USA played Paraguay in the World Cup on Friday night. Paraguay is where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met their fate. Or was that Uruguay? If I wrote a song about Paraguay, I’d have no choice …
This is the end of the innocence
By MONTE DUTTON People endlessly walk in a voting loop symbolizing repetitive election promises. Click here. As is my habit, I voted. I like to do it the old-fashioned way, perhaps because I can’t remember ever standing in line. I like the poll workers. There’s time to chat. I heard a guy say this on …
Where AI comes in handy
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I use Artificial Intelligence. Often I illustrate these blogs with images created by WordPress as part of the deal for providing this site. Also, it’s easier to ask AI the derivation of “lead-pipe cinch.” The standard Internet search now offers lead pipes I can purchase in the first 20 items. …
Nightrider's Lament 