RackerDad
@onlyjazz45.bsky.social
MILITANT BLUE. Dachshunds. Fountain Pens. Coffee. Red wine. Jazz. Jeeps. Pipes. Latakia-forward English blends. Data/Econ wonk. KNOWS the 50-State Strategy WILL WORK. Certified Old Fart. Serious DMs.
I loved that you all were so great in your thoughts and comments. So, I have to share this Gary Larson (who is a jazz lover) cartoon with you. I laugh every time I see it.
December 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I loved that you all were so great in your thoughts and comments. So, I have to share this Gary Larson (who is a jazz lover) cartoon with you. I laugh every time I see it.
One dog/one cat...
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One dog/one cat...
Happy Birthday, somewhat belated.
We are brethren of an odd club, it seems. I just "joined" last year. The SuperAgers. Those who have crossed into the nineth decade and beyond.
Thank you for the follow. I followed you back. My avatar is Racker, our rescue dachshund in his Sister Mary Racker pose.
We are brethren of an odd club, it seems. I just "joined" last year. The SuperAgers. Those who have crossed into the nineth decade and beyond.
Thank you for the follow. I followed you back. My avatar is Racker, our rescue dachshund in his Sister Mary Racker pose.
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy Birthday, somewhat belated.
We are brethren of an odd club, it seems. I just "joined" last year. The SuperAgers. Those who have crossed into the nineth decade and beyond.
Thank you for the follow. I followed you back. My avatar is Racker, our rescue dachshund in his Sister Mary Racker pose.
We are brethren of an odd club, it seems. I just "joined" last year. The SuperAgers. Those who have crossed into the nineth decade and beyond.
Thank you for the follow. I followed you back. My avatar is Racker, our rescue dachshund in his Sister Mary Racker pose.
My folks had bunches of Hoagy Carmichael 78s, I listened to them endlessly.
I turned onto jazz when I was 11. My peers hated me, I listened to WNOP, they wanted to list to WSAI. I was driving. Check out the Wikipedia article for WNOP's hilarious history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNOP_(AM)
I turned onto jazz when I was 11. My peers hated me, I listened to WNOP, they wanted to list to WSAI. I was driving. Check out the Wikipedia article for WNOP's hilarious history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNOP_(AM)
December 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My folks had bunches of Hoagy Carmichael 78s, I listened to them endlessly.
I turned onto jazz when I was 11. My peers hated me, I listened to WNOP, they wanted to list to WSAI. I was driving. Check out the Wikipedia article for WNOP's hilarious history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNOP_(AM)
I turned onto jazz when I was 11. My peers hated me, I listened to WNOP, they wanted to list to WSAI. I was driving. Check out the Wikipedia article for WNOP's hilarious history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNOP_(AM)
Happy Hanukkah ...
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Happy Hanukkah ...
I have Callan working on a project in the UHC/Medicare For All, There are 11 significant challenges we have identified. All can be dealt with, given time and money. I think it is worth the fight to achieve. One avenue I am exploring is corporate cost savings in employee health care premiums
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I have Callan working on a project in the UHC/Medicare For All, There are 11 significant challenges we have identified. All can be dealt with, given time and money. I think it is worth the fight to achieve. One avenue I am exploring is corporate cost savings in employee health care premiums
💜💙 Rocogirl (wish I knew your name, I'm Bill), I love Racker the same way you love Masuke.
Not sure how many dachshunds you have had in your life, in the 70 years since Fritz, my first, and including 5 years of Dachshund rescue, I've been in love with well over 150, some for days, many years.
Not sure how many dachshunds you have had in your life, in the 70 years since Fritz, my first, and including 5 years of Dachshund rescue, I've been in love with well over 150, some for days, many years.
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
💜💙 Rocogirl (wish I knew your name, I'm Bill), I love Racker the same way you love Masuke.
Not sure how many dachshunds you have had in your life, in the 70 years since Fritz, my first, and including 5 years of Dachshund rescue, I've been in love with well over 150, some for days, many years.
Not sure how many dachshunds you have had in your life, in the 70 years since Fritz, my first, and including 5 years of Dachshund rescue, I've been in love with well over 150, some for days, many years.
Sumgui had a splashy GM post. My reply
Good feekin' luck with that, bucko...
🔷Rob and Michele Reiner
🔷Brown University
🔷Bondi Beach
🔷Measles outbreak in NC
🔷ACA Subsidies ending
🔷Any story about ICE
🔷Any story about MAGArads
🔷Any story about Evangels sexually abusing children
Good feekin' luck with that, bucko...
🔷Rob and Michele Reiner
🔷Brown University
🔷Bondi Beach
🔷Measles outbreak in NC
🔷ACA Subsidies ending
🔷Any story about ICE
🔷Any story about MAGArads
🔷Any story about Evangels sexually abusing children
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sumgui had a splashy GM post. My reply
Good feekin' luck with that, bucko...
🔷Rob and Michele Reiner
🔷Brown University
🔷Bondi Beach
🔷Measles outbreak in NC
🔷ACA Subsidies ending
🔷Any story about ICE
🔷Any story about MAGArads
🔷Any story about Evangels sexually abusing children
Good feekin' luck with that, bucko...
🔷Rob and Michele Reiner
🔷Brown University
🔷Bondi Beach
🔷Measles outbreak in NC
🔷ACA Subsidies ending
🔷Any story about ICE
🔷Any story about MAGArads
🔷Any story about Evangels sexually abusing children
Narcissistic psychopaths exhibit a lack of empathy, superficial charm, manipulative behavior, entitlement, and arrogance.
Trump's statement on Rob and Michele Reiner's murder.
Trump's statement on Rob and Michele Reiner's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Narcissistic psychopaths exhibit a lack of empathy, superficial charm, manipulative behavior, entitlement, and arrogance.
Trump's statement on Rob and Michele Reiner's murder.
Trump's statement on Rob and Michele Reiner's murder.
And, we are dog people, that's for damn sure...maybe even dachshund people!!!
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
And, we are dog people, that's for damn sure...maybe even dachshund people!!!
I've had dachsies who cuddled up with my cats. Booker (a Turk) and Barney, a long-haired white and brindle dapple standard, were best buds.
Here is an AI-generated card back for a Tarot deck I build, along with one of the Aces from the deck, just for you...
Here is an AI-generated card back for a Tarot deck I build, along with one of the Aces from the deck, just for you...
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I've had dachsies who cuddled up with my cats. Booker (a Turk) and Barney, a long-haired white and brindle dapple standard, were best buds.
Here is an AI-generated card back for a Tarot deck I build, along with one of the Aces from the deck, just for you...
Here is an AI-generated card back for a Tarot deck I build, along with one of the Aces from the deck, just for you...
Was reading an article the other day, Business Insider. Context was that to make it today, ya gotta be HOT. Whatever that means.
I always wonder if I'm included in Starter Packs like this. Pro'ly not, cuz if there is one thing I sure as hell ain't-HOT. Ain't no damn way to be HOT after 80+ years. 🤣
I always wonder if I'm included in Starter Packs like this. Pro'ly not, cuz if there is one thing I sure as hell ain't-HOT. Ain't no damn way to be HOT after 80+ years. 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Was reading an article the other day, Business Insider. Context was that to make it today, ya gotta be HOT. Whatever that means.
I always wonder if I'm included in Starter Packs like this. Pro'ly not, cuz if there is one thing I sure as hell ain't-HOT. Ain't no damn way to be HOT after 80+ years. 🤣
I always wonder if I'm included in Starter Packs like this. Pro'ly not, cuz if there is one thing I sure as hell ain't-HOT. Ain't no damn way to be HOT after 80+ years. 🤣
Happy Caturday...
Our beloved Seranne celebrates her 19th birthday this weekend...
Our beloved Seranne celebrates her 19th birthday this weekend...
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Happy Caturday...
Our beloved Seranne celebrates her 19th birthday this weekend...
Our beloved Seranne celebrates her 19th birthday this weekend...
Equal parts of Feynman and Clooney...brains and class from both.
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Equal parts of Feynman and Clooney...brains and class from both.
Tom, we've (the US) been an oligarchy (within the economic definition) since the 1980s.
The watershed event, IMHO, was the Dodge v. Ford decision by the Michigan Supreme Court. That dates back to circa 1916.
Take a look at this graph, as well.
Oligarchy is not defined by personal wealth, BTW.
The watershed event, IMHO, was the Dodge v. Ford decision by the Michigan Supreme Court. That dates back to circa 1916.
Take a look at this graph, as well.
Oligarchy is not defined by personal wealth, BTW.
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tom, we've (the US) been an oligarchy (within the economic definition) since the 1980s.
The watershed event, IMHO, was the Dodge v. Ford decision by the Michigan Supreme Court. That dates back to circa 1916.
Take a look at this graph, as well.
Oligarchy is not defined by personal wealth, BTW.
The watershed event, IMHO, was the Dodge v. Ford decision by the Michigan Supreme Court. That dates back to circa 1916.
Take a look at this graph, as well.
Oligarchy is not defined by personal wealth, BTW.
I have so many one-liners.
🔷Like you tried for the Nobel?
🔷Like you tried to get into the Army?
🔷Like you tried to be successful in business?
🔷Like you tried to be a decent human?
🔷Like you tried for the Nobel?
🔷Like you tried to get into the Army?
🔷Like you tried to be successful in business?
🔷Like you tried to be a decent human?
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I have so many one-liners.
🔷Like you tried for the Nobel?
🔷Like you tried to get into the Army?
🔷Like you tried to be successful in business?
🔷Like you tried to be a decent human?
🔷Like you tried for the Nobel?
🔷Like you tried to get into the Army?
🔷Like you tried to be successful in business?
🔷Like you tried to be a decent human?
Here's a coupla fruitcakes in Goldywood's Fantasyland. One looks like he's wacked out on Akkaris Spice, the other looks like he's being kicked in the balls every coupla minutes.
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Here's a coupla fruitcakes in Goldywood's Fantasyland. One looks like he's wacked out on Akkaris Spice, the other looks like he's being kicked in the balls every coupla minutes.
Wonder if we can ex-pat in Spain while we are here?
The Canary Islands, part of Spain, is a coffee-producing area. So, today, the carafes are topped off with SEA ISLAND coffee, the TENERIFE BLEND. As always. NO WAITING.
The Canary Islands, part of Spain, is a coffee-producing area. So, today, the carafes are topped off with SEA ISLAND coffee, the TENERIFE BLEND. As always. NO WAITING.
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wonder if we can ex-pat in Spain while we are here?
The Canary Islands, part of Spain, is a coffee-producing area. So, today, the carafes are topped off with SEA ISLAND coffee, the TENERIFE BLEND. As always. NO WAITING.
The Canary Islands, part of Spain, is a coffee-producing area. So, today, the carafes are topped off with SEA ISLAND coffee, the TENERIFE BLEND. As always. NO WAITING.
We even has placards, 'bout that heres in Da Big Apple, 'bout Coffee 'n' Adultin'...
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We even has placards, 'bout that heres in Da Big Apple, 'bout Coffee 'n' Adultin'...
Good morning, all...
First--the following is one of Gary Larson's funniest "weiner dog" panels and is dedicated to the folks who: 1. love and have dachsies as their companion furballs; 2. love coffee; 3. usher in my Coffee Bar.
First--the following is one of Gary Larson's funniest "weiner dog" panels and is dedicated to the folks who: 1. love and have dachsies as their companion furballs; 2. love coffee; 3. usher in my Coffee Bar.
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Good morning, all...
First--the following is one of Gary Larson's funniest "weiner dog" panels and is dedicated to the folks who: 1. love and have dachsies as their companion furballs; 2. love coffee; 3. usher in my Coffee Bar.
First--the following is one of Gary Larson's funniest "weiner dog" panels and is dedicated to the folks who: 1. love and have dachsies as their companion furballs; 2. love coffee; 3. usher in my Coffee Bar.
While there are important issues facing us...
It is time again to face a perennial question, which is MORE IMPORTANT than other items.
IS DIE HARD A HOLIDAY MOVIE?
I'm in the "HELL, YES" camp. Festive trees, drinks and less mayhem than HOME ALONE, relatively speaking.
(Read alt text)
It is time again to face a perennial question, which is MORE IMPORTANT than other items.
IS DIE HARD A HOLIDAY MOVIE?
I'm in the "HELL, YES" camp. Festive trees, drinks and less mayhem than HOME ALONE, relatively speaking.
(Read alt text)
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
While there are important issues facing us...
It is time again to face a perennial question, which is MORE IMPORTANT than other items.
IS DIE HARD A HOLIDAY MOVIE?
I'm in the "HELL, YES" camp. Festive trees, drinks and less mayhem than HOME ALONE, relatively speaking.
(Read alt text)
It is time again to face a perennial question, which is MORE IMPORTANT than other items.
IS DIE HARD A HOLIDAY MOVIE?
I'm in the "HELL, YES" camp. Festive trees, drinks and less mayhem than HOME ALONE, relatively speaking.
(Read alt text)
The way I'm feeling right now--today is Snarkasmday.
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The way I'm feeling right now--today is Snarkasmday.
What a cute little piece of meat.
Below, a Bone-in Gotham Steak at Old Homestead Steakhouse, NYC. Racker (my avatar) loves the "doggy bag"!
Below, a Bone-in Gotham Steak at Old Homestead Steakhouse, NYC. Racker (my avatar) loves the "doggy bag"!
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
What a cute little piece of meat.
Below, a Bone-in Gotham Steak at Old Homestead Steakhouse, NYC. Racker (my avatar) loves the "doggy bag"!
Below, a Bone-in Gotham Steak at Old Homestead Steakhouse, NYC. Racker (my avatar) loves the "doggy bag"!