Tell you what, if the Democrats sweep the Senate and House with unbreakable margins and numbers, I’ll do a fuller pose with just the stickers accenting the body. I say that because I’m not a real believer in the big-ass blue wave that all the polls are predicting – those same polls had Hilary Clinton winning 80% to 20% back in 2016, so, wake up America. The media has also been continuing their self-destructive bent, and seem thirsty for a red surprise or something that stops their declining ratings, not realizing that we don’t want to see or hear from lying MAGA assholes anymore, nor do want to give them equal time and ‘both sides’ treatment as if lies were merely another take on issues. That said, Andy and I voted early last week and got the requisite stickers for it, so get out tomorrow and vote blue, and if things go well I’ll keep my thirst-trap promise. On with the weekly recap before we lose our democracy and they shut this shit down…
It began with my seven-year anniversary of not drinking, and a memory of my first stint in rehab.
Ben Cohen took his clothes off for his annual calendar exhibition.
Our cowboy fall continued as we went ridin’ bareback.
To Howard Stern goes the musical glory.
Remnants of a Hunter’s Moon in downtown Albany.
A favorite lunch spot that I have never tried gatekeeping because everyone should try it.
‘Tis the time of the year for things like toadstools and fairy rings and other autumnal magic.
Our FAFO feature returned in a big way, with a letter from Andy to Gernot Döllner, CEO of Audi.
A day in the life of Human Resources, but you didn’t hear it here.
A cowboy song fit for the road that disappears into the sunset.
Barren tree, chopped.
The eve before All Hallows’ Eve.
Ghost riders in the sky made for a fitting Halloween cowboy entry.
Halloween has always been seen as amateur hour around here.
On the night that the veil between two worlds is thinnest…
Turn to Chapter Five of The Fall of the Cowboy.
A lonesome kind of cowboy love.
Dazzlers of the Day included Zohran Mamdani, Liam Layton, and Abdul El-Sayed.
