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Cheap Thrills

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Mike Slickster

Was sitting on that bank of sand, watching the Delaware River and full Snow Moon flow this evening. Thought for sure the clouds would be obscuring the view, as a couple of storms are passing through this weekend. It cleared … Continue reading →

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Snowmageddon, Or Is It: Snowpocalypse?

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Mike Slickster

Another snow event is forecasted for the Philadelphia region on Sunday, February 7, but not cause for a state of emergency for many as this past week’s three-day event turned into. Haven’t seen this much snow in a while. It’s … Continue reading →

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Peace, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll!

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Today, one has to be careful about what they post on the Internet, for nothing is temporary, even if the comments or illustrations are deleted by the poster. Archival websites capture everything and provide dirt on everyone who may have … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 20s, 30s, 40s, abode, abolish, adversary, Archival Websites, beliefs, blog, boomers, business owners, cacophony, Cancel, celebrities, cliquish, clubhouse, company policies, cooper, corporate fat cats, cover tune, dead of night, denizenss, digs, Eagles, employers, entitled, facebook, fedora, Fender, Fender t-shirts, full, givve a shit, Go Phils, high school, house key, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, ignition key, incumbent, insolvent, internet, love, Net-speak, new residents, parking lot, parking space, payroll tax contributions, peace, perpetrators, phillies, political correctness, politically correct, politicians, post, public officials, re-elected, reflection, retired, Rie Waits, Rock and Roll, S.O.B., sad state of affairs, scratches, sdpider web, selfie, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, shrivel up, sneakers, social media, Social Security, Social-Media influencers, teens, tirades, Trump, tweets, twitter, vengeance, work, Yankees., youngsters | Leave a comment

Into Week Two Of Self-Isolation

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Mike Slickster

New Jersey is now in the state of lockdown. The governor today ordered residents to shelter in place. All non-essential retail businesses must close until further notice. People are allowed on the roads only to shop for groceries, medicine, healthcare, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged beer outlets, beloved, Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Changes in Latitudes-Changes in Attitudes, close, confirmed cases, coronavirus death, COVID-19, DelawareRiver, development, essential services, executive order, exercise, governor, Governor Murphy, Governor Tom Wolf, groceries, healthcare, Jimmy Buffett, liquor stores, lockdown, medicine, neighboring friend, New Jersey, non-essential retail businesses, ospreys, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania officials, post, practice, President Trump, public, residents, roads, safe sex, self-isolation, shelter in place, social distancing, Spring, Spring has Sprung, state, stay indoors, tweet, twitter, walking, wine stores | Leave a comment

The Saga Continues

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Mike Slickster

On Monday, March 2nd, the winds had died down, giving way to favorable conditions for flying a drone. Taking the freshly repaired, small unmanned aircraft (sUA) to an open field in Philadelphia, I made my second attempt to get this … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Andalusia, blade, blade motor, bounce, craft, crash, crash-landing, Delaware River, distributor, drone, flip over, flying, foray, gear, hapless, hover, malfunction, mishaps, mowing grass, neighborhood, nice scenery, parts, philadelphia, post, propellers, remote control, saga, shaft, shorted out, showcase, small unmanned aircraft, sortie, spare motors, stripped, SUA, test flight, tree, trim, twitter, winds | Leave a comment

How Do You Sleep At Night?

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Mike Slickster

To whomever had the bright idea of printing return-address labels in the names of people on donor lists, and sending them out nowadays with contribution drives made by every nonprofit, charitable organization, you should receive a Pulitzer Prize for Fund-raising … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Andalusia, Andalusian ospreys, astral plane, bills, bird-watchers, bird-watching, birds of prey, bitch about, braggart, Camels, charitable, charity, complaining, Delaware River, desert sand, donate, fall, fund raising, greeting cards, Guilt Factor, How Do You Sleep At Night, ingenuity, john lennon, junk, junk mail, labels, low tide, mail, mailbox, mate, migration, money, nesting, nesting pair, night owl, one-upmanship, ospreys, PA, photographer, photographing, photography, post, Publisher's Clearing House, Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, Pulitzer Prize, raptors, retirees, return address labels, South America, stationary, tirade, Winter, working-class heroes | Leave a comment

Curses, Foiled Again!

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Mike Slickster

“Procrastination: hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now,” expressed a meme I posted on Twitter for #WordlessWednesday. It garnered one like. Perhaps my faithful followers were waiting until later to respond, but I deleted … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged #WordlessWednesday, acoustic, anger, August, authorized inspection center, cash, coffee, cooper, Cover Your Ears, curses, faithful followers, foiled, I Really Don't Want to Know, July, Les Paul, Mary Ford, Mini, Mini service center, money, oil change, oil pan, post, procrastination, Rie Waits, September, small claims court, state inspection, tirade, twitter, unplugged version, WaWa | 1 Comment

Old School Accounting 101

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Mike Slickster

Spent a good portion of this afternoon balancing my checkbook. A rainy day was a good time to do it; although, the 25th of every month is when I pay my bills anyway. Usually my checking-account ledger is off by … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Accounting, accounting principle, ATM, bank, bills, calculations, charitable organizations, Chas Jankel, checkbook, checking account, Cover Your Ears, credit card, debit card, decadence, donations, Drugs, exercise, fixation, fun, handwriting, Ian Dury, internet, ledger, legible, madness, mail, Net, old school, payment portal, play, post, public-service organizations, reward points, rock-and-roll, sex, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, sing, smartphones, snail mail, song, Visa, Web, Web site | Leave a comment

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