Author Archives: Clete Torres

What’s your favorite part of Spring? Flowers? Grass? Baby birds chirping outside your window at 5am? Personally, when I see the first tractors of the year turning dirt, I’m a happy guy.

Rey, I’m sorry I missed this one. As we prepare to (already did) spring forward on Sunday, some might dread the looming loss of an hour of sleep. Recent polls show that over half of U.S. adults now oppose daylight saving … Continue reading →

Thanks Rey for the excellent palate cleanser. Given the current wave of political correctness and cancelling anything or anyone deemed offensive to the woke, we still have comic strips, which have been popular forever.  Traditionally printed in newspapers and magazines, … Continue reading →

Have plans with your favorite somebody? Just going to hang out at home and enjoy time together? Whatever it is you have planned, have a great time!

Final football game of the season. So let’s talk about the plays, the commercials, and what passes for a halftime show these days.

…and the creation of a new class of scolds called ‘Karen’ Today’s post is from @Myrmidonot After (intentional) delays and misleading datasets, here we are. After four years of obfuscation, there is enough data to plot the ‘anthropogenic’ fear porn … Continue reading →

In an effort to utilize parts of our corridors, without having to massively expand the freeway system. Today’s piece comes from Myrmidonot Modern track overlay proposal for further discussion. In an effort to improve safety and stability, I propose that RR … Continue reading →

– J. Lennon This New Years Eve post comes from Rey. Thank you Rey, and Happy New Year to all. As the year draws to an end, people all over the world, as we all are here on FR, are … Continue reading →

Retrieved from A Charlie Brown Christmas: “I guess you were right, Linus. I shouldn’t have picked this little tree,” said Charlie Brown. “Everything I do turns into a disaster. I guess I don’t really know what Christmas is all about. … Continue reading →

We are two weeks from the end of 2024, and only nine days from Christmas. This year has gone so fast it’s hardly believable. As you all know, I’m no FR, I’m not much of a writer. I do well … Continue reading →