If I ever have to be identified from skeletal remains, you won’t need dental records. A look at my right clavicle should do it.

Ride your bike long enough and you’ll pop a clavicle. Or maybe two.

My wife designs flowers for weddings. Calla lillies that last week were $20-$23 per pack are now $30 from the wholesaler. Reason: tariffs. Consumers need to get ready for an inflation explosion.

Here in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico is an important part of life. We have Gulf beaches, Gulf hurricanes, Gulf tides, and all sorts of other things. I will never again refer simply to the “Gulf.” From now on, we have Gulf of Mexico beaches, Gulf of Mexico hurricanes, and Gulf of Mexico tides.

The most useful class I ever had at judges’ school was a class about recognizing implicit bias. Probably it qualified as a DEI class. It taught me to slow down when making decisions and don’t jump to easy conclusions. It’s not about racial bias, it’s any sort of bias -

I will never refer to the Gulf of Mexico by any name other than its internationally-accepted name.

In MLK Day I reread Letter from Birmingham Jail, one of the 20th century’s greatest pieces of literature. Few thing exemplify the wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr., better than this essay. And the story of how it came to be makes it more amazing.

My four-year old grandson fell at preschool today and broke his femur. He’s about to go into surgery. It will wreck Christmas, but my daughter and SIL are glad it happened now instead of after Jan 1 when their health ins deductible resets. Health insurance truly sucks.

My family’s group text is reveling a betting pool whether the killer was (1) a disgruntled patient or family member with a complaint about coverage; (2) a hitman hired by his wife or other family member; or (3) a disgruntled UHC employee or someone similar upset about business practices?

Anyone other than me scroll right past a post that begins, “Drake . . .,” or “Kendrick Lamar . . . “?

My ancient rolling pin broke while rolling out the apple pie crust. Now there are ball bearings imbedded in the crust. Tough on the old molars.

I’ve not seen the movie yet and it was years ago that I saw the play, but I never realized Elphaba was green. For those of us who are differently-color abled, details like that tend to slip past us. Color is an artificial social construct created by The Man to keep a brutha down.

This is a pre-dawn Falcon 9 launch from August 8 this year as seen from Fox Lake Park in Titusville. Predawn launches are the best.

This is my first blue sky post after moving over from the other place. I’m into rocket launches, given that KSC launches rattle my windows day and night. Here’s a photo from a predawn launch during an early bike ride this summer: