tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152178632024-03-13T23:18:15.852-07:00explosive-cargoMichael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.comBlogger697125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-56509882227815874722022-01-04T06:23:00.000-08:002022-01-04T06:23:03.410-08:00My most recent Xcargo postings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkdxt9c7givsIxruv-Rs6Cxpby56AWFUWDYsCQ2HKw6oSfqk8mBLrAiqYnnKXDGyLhlUQU2JjsqZ5Rh2M8D4aYUSwPGtzO3N1rEMQP3hs578BKAFc2ZHle5Ln_n7CJx7DS61FZYF0qK_W35Gen6jCyYvNX3abC8liIdNrKVVKNhuV_V92GeGo=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2491" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkdxt9c7givsIxruv-Rs6Cxpby56AWFUWDYsCQ2HKw6oSfqk8mBLrAiqYnnKXDGyLhlUQU2JjsqZ5Rh2M8D4aYUSwPGtzO3N1rEMQP3hs578BKAFc2ZHle5Ln_n7CJx7DS61FZYF0qK_W35Gen6jCyYvNX3abC8liIdNrKVVKNhuV_V92GeGo=s320" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My Candles At Work</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hey Everyone!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There's been a lot o' stuff happening in my life, and so, alas, I've not be posting here as much as I should. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, here's what's been on my blog the last few weeks:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dec 13, "The Art Of The Wax," <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/the-art-of-the-wax" target="_blank">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/the-art-of-the-wax</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So, as you know, I’m in the middle of one of my infamous multipart series, this one on making candles, which is the hobby I sort of picked up during lockdown and I was bored to the proverbial tears. Or even tears without proverbs. Which is worse, I’m sure. ‘Cause you know what they say. A rolling English major gathers no moss when there’s a dog in the apple a day and it’s always late than better. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m sure they say that. Heard it a million times.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Okay, today’s the day I’m going to talk about working with wax.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Which is really kinda…strangely enough…a lot of fun.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And sort of artistic.</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dec 20, "Wax, Wicks, And Shapes," <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/wax-wicks-and-shapes" target="_blank">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/wax-wicks-and-shapes</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Okay, last time I talked about doing color and wax and candles. Today, I’m going to talk about shapes and wax.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s gonna be fascinating, I’m sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Okay, maybe I’m not sure…but, heck, we can all pretend, can’t we?</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dec 27, "Merry (belated) Christmas," <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/merry-belated-christmas" target="_blank">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/merry-belated-christmas</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So this is just a belated Happy Holidays message. I wasn’t able to post before now because, as you know if you read my social media, I became a grandfather for the second time last week. We’ve been down visiting the kids and their kids in Austin over the last few days.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, I wanted to announce the birth of Miles Tillman Tucker, who joins his big, three-year-old sister Hazel Muir Tucker, on the planet Earth as of December 21, 2021. </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jan 1, "Happy New Year!" <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/happy-new-year" target="_blank">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/happy-new-year</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy 2022 everyone! Have a great time tonight, but be safe! No drinking and driving, and avoid Covid. I haven't got that many friends, and I sure as heck don't want to lose any of you!</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jan 3, "Okay, I Can’t Help It. I’m A Political Animal," <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/okay-i-can-t-help-it-i-m-a-political-animal" target="_blank">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/okay-i-can-t-help-it-i-m-a-political-animal</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes folks, I tried to lay off politics in my personal blog. But, alas, I just can't help it. I'm a political animal. </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stay tuned! More to come!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">~mjt</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-66699517520502608642021-12-07T18:53:00.000-08:002021-12-07T18:53:01.135-08:00To Wax Eloquent…or at least to pour it<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidy-nAeozf3DjEO-o7x0ZVlZIo3rCfi5g1NPpOk_ukdx-Omddl3RLXmzWh9OTW2IuyjjjQ5VtL4ybrEYombmFHGS9WGAERUs0Pep2Zfx9MhJvM_rjJDyxICg2vZ8dRduhajcLGpl-0SabZ9e-myZbcT41zCUYKGzrO-Qty5vp9v2yQbwKrMf8=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1687" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidy-nAeozf3DjEO-o7x0ZVlZIo3rCfi5g1NPpOk_ukdx-Omddl3RLXmzWh9OTW2IuyjjjQ5VtL4ybrEYombmFHGS9WGAERUs0Pep2Zfx9MhJvM_rjJDyxICg2vZ8dRduhajcLGpl-0SabZ9e-myZbcT41zCUYKGzrO-Qty5vp9v2yQbwKrMf8=w383-h464" width="383" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: large;">Some of my candles in operation...</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I forgot that yesterday was Monday, and that my current blog posting was going up. Sorry. But, better late than never.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This week's column is all about pouring hot wax, and getting some charming little wax burns in the process. Grand time was had by all. You betcha.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-4j72d"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it" target="_blank">Did you ever spill hot wax on some very sensitive part of your anatomy? Say, while you’re using an oven mitt that isn’t nearly as heatproof as you’d think a oven mitt would be and you are picking up a metal container (full of wax) and you are trying to schlep the damn thing across your deck, and you discover that a flower pot has mysteriously appeared in exactly the spot where you intended to put your left foot?</a></span></span></p><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-fbeug"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it" target="_blank"><br role="presentation" /></a></span></span></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-ai2sg"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it" target="_blank">Please don’t answer that question.</a></span></span></p><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bl1uo"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it" target="_blank"><br role="presentation" /></a></span></span></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5ua48"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it" target="_blank">Some things are just too painful to share.</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it" target="_blank">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it </a></p><div data-hook="rcv-block9" type="paragraph"></div><div data-hook="rcv-block10" type="empty-line"></div><div data-hook="rcv-block11" type="paragraph"></div><div data-hook="rcv-block12" type="empty-line"></div>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-76187476697684990172021-11-29T12:15:00.001-08:002021-11-29T12:15:27.673-08:00Melting Away Again In Margaritaville …<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C4o0QZJ5-m0/YaU0tNkWD-I/AAAAAAAAFZ8/zMH8jgxGhRkWRPayrgMMrz_H9r7y1DWBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2254.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C4o0QZJ5-m0/YaU0tNkWD-I/AAAAAAAAFZ8/zMH8jgxGhRkWRPayrgMMrz_H9r7y1DWBACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2254.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i> Some of my candles...</i></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My current blog posting, all about melting candle wax, preparing candle wax, and spilling candle wax on very sensitive places. Great fun for everyone...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-foo"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank">Okay, back to candle making!</a></span></span></p><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-4i551"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank"><br role="presentation" /></a></span></span></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-4qn21"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank">Time before last, I talked a bit about wicks and made many very stupid jokes about being wick-ed and so on. This time, we’re going to get around to actually melting wax. Yes, it’s going to be a hot time in the double boiler tonight.</a></span></span></p><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-d047s"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank"><br role="presentation" /></a></span></span></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-2aodb"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank">As you’ll recall, I got into candle making out of sheer boredom. It was lockdown and there wasn’t much to do, and there’s only so many times you can order delivery from The Pit Barbecue or Fortune Garden Chinese and pretend that you’re eating out. So, I turned to candles for, ah, a spark of life.</a></span></span></p><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-6437q"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank"><br role="presentation" /></a></span></span></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1fk0h"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank">I had a bunch of used candle stubs left over from various times and places, and I had some other wax from one place or another, including some “curse-reversing candles” that I’d gotten, kinda as a joke, but which proved to not reverse many curses that I’ve seen, and, truth, given how dimly they burned, they weren’t really that great as candles, either. But maybe I’m being too harsh. And, honestly, once I get the incantation right, and sacrifice a few small furry animals by the light of a full moon, I’m sure they’ll do just fine. </a></span></span></p><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-dkcj0"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank"><br role="presentation" /></a></span></span></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-9t7rb"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank">Anyway…</a></span></span></p><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-f6p3f"><br /></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville</span></a></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-88289048509925953462021-11-23T15:25:00.000-08:002021-11-23T15:25:04.057-08:00Fire Safety While Working With Candles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ50_hZ8nUM/YZ14ImRVhxI/AAAAAAAAFY0/ibPmYBeEv6ciAosGQB97VftIu9WfMsKtQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/fire-flames.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ50_hZ8nUM/YZ14ImRVhxI/AAAAAAAAFY0/ibPmYBeEv6ciAosGQB97VftIu9WfMsKtQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/fire-flames.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's my most recent blog posting. It's on fire safety if you're working with wax. And, believe me, if you have any plans to make candles, you need to be careful.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/fire-wax-and-safety" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/fire-wax-and-safety</span></a></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-11935883380908818712021-11-15T08:47:00.001-08:002021-11-15T08:47:51.793-08:00A Wick-ed Good Time<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vgpbOwqbqfc/YZKPCARQzaI/AAAAAAAAFYA/o1dHoFHhke0q7fPVyG_depZEAhC2ccC-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2027.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vgpbOwqbqfc/YZKPCARQzaI/AAAAAAAAFYA/o1dHoFHhke0q7fPVyG_depZEAhC2ccC-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2027.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My current blog posting. All about wicks. Lots of dumb stuff follows:</p><p>For example: "...<a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/a-wick-ed-good-time" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>a whole bunch of my early efforts ended up with their wicks off-center. I mean, way off-center. As in the poor things looked like a cross between an inebriated tiki torch and Lon Chaney as Quasimodo. During an earthquake. On springs</b></span></a>."</p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-76103744344484222002021-11-11T12:11:00.002-08:002021-11-11T12:11:22.518-08:00Football, Sports, High School…My Fury<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QwSoGDWduTo/YY14qNXje2I/AAAAAAAAFXg/aYR7rt4WFEESmka7wQliowRFKTFCjoE4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/football_stadium.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="2048" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QwSoGDWduTo/YY14qNXje2I/AAAAAAAAFXg/aYR7rt4WFEESmka7wQliowRFKTFCjoE4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/football_stadium.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i>We don't need more of these...</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This week's blog posting. It's all about how furious I am that schools are using windfall Covid funds from the government to pay for...more sports. Not education. Sports.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Argh.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/football-sports-high-school-my-fury">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/football-sports-high-school-my-fury</a></span></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-59793937857316458122021-11-04T09:47:00.005-07:002021-11-04T09:47:59.972-07:00“One Meatball…” and other weirdnesses<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> In which I explore a silly song...and the hard life of a musical genius.</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/one-meatball-and-other-weirdnesses">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/one-meatball-and-other-weirdnesses</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="374" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I5banQi2LuM" width="500" youtube-src-id="I5banQi2LuM"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-19644089871022842032021-10-29T10:29:00.003-07:002021-10-29T10:29:00.215-07:00“And gave her father 40 Wax…”<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_ac8bdf77ec6b46de8fe46c275cd17c17~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_839,al_c,q_90/72941e_ac8bdf77ec6b46de8fe46c275cd17c17~mv2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="800" height="280" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_ac8bdf77ec6b46de8fe46c275cd17c17~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_839,al_c,q_90/72941e_ac8bdf77ec6b46de8fe46c275cd17c17~mv2.webp" width="494" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This one ran on Oct 25, 2021, and was all about the joys of (ouch!) hot wax...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/and-gave-her-father-40-wax"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/and-gave-her-father-40-wax</b></span></a></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-3266819365546391132021-10-28T06:56:00.001-07:002021-10-28T07:05:15.518-07:00QAnon Fatherhood…and lack thereof<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_7f0227b120ca48d3a26aeefe734e42e6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_1480,al_c,q_90/72941e_7f0227b120ca48d3a26aeefe734e42e6~mv2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="210" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_7f0227b120ca48d3a26aeefe734e42e6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_1480,al_c,q_90/72941e_7f0227b120ca48d3a26aeefe734e42e6~mv2.webp" width="210" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The horror of it ...</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/qanon-fatherhood-and-lack-thereof" target="_blank">This one</a> ran today (Oct 28 2021) and deals with an incredibly tragic situation. It is the story of a young man, a Parkland school shooting survivor, whose own father became a QAnon cultist and now believes that the boy is part of a "False Flag" operation.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is, as I say, fantastically tragic, and says much about QAnon in all its horror.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Go here: </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/qanon-fatherhood-and-lack-thereof">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/qanon-fatherhood-and-lack-thereof</a></span></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-85599393160108054322021-10-28T04:00:00.001-07:002021-10-28T04:00:00.237-07:00Sonnet 39<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qwXpyRytm8s" width="320" youtube-src-id="qwXpyRytm8s"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p>This ran on Oct 18, 2021, and was in homage to my beloved Martha. That was her birthday. And she will always be the Lady of the Sonnet to me....</p><p>A video: </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/sonnet-29">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/sonnet-29</a></b></span></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-9688705722621667282021-10-27T04:00:00.003-07:002021-10-27T04:00:00.211-07:00What Day Is This?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_05b73200f3754b4d82b777847b06bcd6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_1013,al_c,q_90/72941e_05b73200f3754b4d82b777847b06bcd6~mv2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="800" height="246" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_05b73200f3754b4d82b777847b06bcd6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_1013,al_c,q_90/72941e_05b73200f3754b4d82b777847b06bcd6~mv2.webp" width="359" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Is this their day?</i></div></i><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/what-day-is-this">This appeared on Oct 11, 2021</a>, and is my reaction to the Columbus Day. Or is it Indigenous Peoples' Day? Well...</i></p><p><br /></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-foo"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Today is either Columbus Day, or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or just old Monday, depending on which calendar you read, and which politics you happen to embrace.</span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block1" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8ks2b"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><br role="presentation" /></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block2" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-cu4am"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Should I explain that? Probably not. Probably nobody in North America doesn’t get it. But, just on the off chance…</span></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-cu4am"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><br /></span></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-cu4am">Go here:<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b> <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/what-day-is-this">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/what-day-is-this</a></b></span></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-55473591407549078242021-10-26T04:00:00.001-07:002021-10-26T04:00:00.215-07:00Giordano Bruno: Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_aa83271c33d44489b72d5cfcce33e72c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_918,al_c,q_90/72941e_aa83271c33d44489b72d5cfcce33e72c~mv2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="800" height="265" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_aa83271c33d44489b72d5cfcce33e72c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_918,al_c,q_90/72941e_aa83271c33d44489b72d5cfcce33e72c~mv2.webp" width="428" /></a></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _1oG79 _328F_ _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5mkcr" style="text-align: center;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>The trial of Giordano Bruno. This is a bronze relief done by the artist Ettore Ferrari (1845-1929). Source: Wikipedia</em></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">This <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/giordano-bruno-part-2">the second part of my piece on Giordano Bruno</a> and his meaning today. It ran on Oct 7, 2021</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-2f00r"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;">When they took Bruno to his execution, they fastened his tongue with a wooden vice so that he couldn’t speak.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block24" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8r74l"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br role="presentation" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block25" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8n3va"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thus, even in the spare few moments before his death, as he traveled his last mile…</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block26" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-85ic3"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br role="presentation" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block27" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7h3dc"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;">They feared not his actions…</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block28" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-72lho"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br role="presentation" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block29" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1fjc"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;">But his words.</span></span></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1fjc"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1fjc"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Go here: <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/giordano-bruno-part-2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/giordano-bruno-part-2</span></a></span></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-63330191557713798022021-10-25T08:01:00.002-07:002021-10-25T08:01:24.076-07:00Homage to Giordano…and vaccines<p><i> </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_d3b3791959c14a6ea17913d18425e16a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_2220,al_c,q_90/72941e_d3b3791959c14a6ea17913d18425e16a~mv2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="800" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72941e_d3b3791959c14a6ea17913d18425e16a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1480,h_2220,al_c,q_90/72941e_d3b3791959c14a6ea17913d18425e16a~mv2.webp" width="533" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i><p></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>My blog posting from Sep 30, 2021</i></p><p><br /></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-foo"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Three seemingly unrelated facts:</span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block1" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-63n7a">First, the least important fact (well, important to me, but maybe not to others): my birthday is February 17.</div><div data-hook="rcv-block3" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-6gtnu"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><br role="presentation" /></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block4" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7k87a"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Much more important, on February 17, 1600, the philosopher and scientist Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for a variety of intellectual “crimes.”</span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block5" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5s19r">And, finally, on July 25, 2021, at a mass rally in London attended by “thousands” of anti-vaccine militants, British conspiracy theorist Kate Shemirani told the crowd that soon doctors and nurses promoting the anti-Covid vaccine would be tried like Nazi-era war criminals, and “hung” (sic) as a consequence.</div><div data-hook="rcv-block7" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1c930"><br /></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1c930">And I’m afraid.</div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1c930"><br /></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1c930">For the rest, go here: </div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1c930"><br /></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1c930"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/homage-to-giordano-and-vaccines" target="_blank">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/homage-to-giordano-and-vaccines</a></div>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-58090061062597682132021-10-04T08:40:00.003-07:002021-10-04T08:41:10.750-07:00Depth Charges!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">My current personal blog posting is a Depth Charges...the lowest form of Explosive-Cargo!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This week I talk about getting violently hung-over, learning to hate cicadas, not quite getting Covid, and...and...and...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Never ever being even remotely as cool as my old Dad.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sigh.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">check it out: </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/depth-charges-1"><b>https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/depth-charges-1</b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gOf-_g5XGm4/YVsf788KMyI/AAAAAAAAFQQ/_CC_gFHO_mw2c3VNeiIjl-f47vt1BSoBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/LifeOfTheParty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gOf-_g5XGm4/YVsf788KMyI/AAAAAAAAFQQ/_CC_gFHO_mw2c3VNeiIjl-f47vt1BSoBACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/LifeOfTheParty.jpg" width="240" /></i></a></div><i><br /></i><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Life of the party, that's me...</i></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-71815365233989591152021-09-28T13:14:00.002-07:002021-09-28T13:14:36.259-07:00Waxing Poetic<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Most recent blog posting. Still more about making candles. And wax. Plus more wax. And then, for a change, some wax...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/waxing-poetic"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/waxing-poetic</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AH9_J5CVjt4/YVN3UGo_UZI/AAAAAAAAFPc/jQwzNTqzdNQ1bi1RarNH6r9xwez6SobdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/KinkyCandle.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AH9_J5CVjt4/YVN3UGo_UZI/AAAAAAAAFPc/jQwzNTqzdNQ1bi1RarNH6r9xwez6SobdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/KinkyCandle.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i>This image has nothing to do with the <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/waxing-poetic" target="_blank">column</a>. But it made you look. Ha. Pervert. </i></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-77344847288788367512021-09-21T10:30:00.001-07:002021-09-21T10:30:20.751-07:00Bell, Book, and Candles…<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/bell-book-and-candles">this was my blog posting f</a>or yesterday, Monday, Sep 20, 2021. It was the second in my ongoing and very weird series about making candles. Badly.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Very enlightening.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">HA. Get it? Enlightening. Light. Candles. Hee.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, never mind.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, give it a read...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjXpRmhqJpU/YUoWK3tAnII/AAAAAAAAFM4/HVQEek9uraQyIWL2rFxBPACkOBH2ME0WACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/SexyHalloweenLady.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1927" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjXpRmhqJpU/YUoWK3tAnII/AAAAAAAAFM4/HVQEek9uraQyIWL2rFxBPACkOBH2ME0WACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/SexyHalloweenLady.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Sorry, gentlemen. She's not <u>really</u> in the text. </span></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/bell-book-and-candles"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/bell-book-and-candles</span></a></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-7002647841736211982021-09-13T09:32:00.002-07:002021-09-13T09:33:01.045-07:00Better To Light A Single Candle…so long as it isn’t one of mine<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> So here's <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/better-to-light-a-single-candle-so-long-as-it-isn-t-one-of-mine" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">my blog posting</span></b> </a>for the day. It's all about how I came make candles...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Really lousy candles...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And that's just the beginning...</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/better-to-light-a-single-candle-so-long-as-it-isn-t-one-of-mine" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g7YTDXVgURE/YT97800CIXI/AAAAAAAAFL4/cn8IJK9jF4w9zV80tUqiZyWGAvZM5X4sQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/candle1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sample text from same:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div data-hook="rcv-block3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7fhs" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height, unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; z-index: 10 !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No. Really. Candles. You know. The wax things. That burn. “And oh what a lovely light…” Except mine sometimes don’t burn and often look like a sand clod with a side order of buffalo chip. But we won’t go into that. It’s far too horrible.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7fhs" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height, unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; z-index: 10 !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 10 !important;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Check it out:</span><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/better-to-light-a-single-candle-so-long-as-it-isn-t-one-of-mine">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/better-to-light-a-single-candle-so-long-as-it-isn-t-one-of-mine</a></span></span></b></span></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-77358585673181020962021-08-30T10:17:00.004-07:002021-08-30T10:18:39.056-07:00A Whole Lot of Shifting’s Going On…<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--VnYOh-_hxM/YS0SGsM3HVI/AAAAAAAAFJw/l5YkeWMTB_Eoh0aFHsJ5QTDLhetYKZ-YwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/GirlAndGiraffe.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--VnYOh-_hxM/YS0SGsM3HVI/AAAAAAAAFJw/l5YkeWMTB_Eoh0aFHsJ5QTDLhetYKZ-YwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/GirlAndGiraffe.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _1XrpH _328F_ _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-924iu" style="text-align: center;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/a-whole-lot-of-shifting-s-going-on" target="_blank">Because right now we all need more happy kids with giraffes in our lives...</a></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is my column for the day. It's all about how I'm going to be writing more about happy stuff and less about grim stuff. Because, well, we're all tired of politics...aren't we?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/a-whole-lot-of-shifting-s-going-on"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/a-whole-lot-of-shifting-s-going-on</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-9309977081026535782021-08-28T14:23:00.003-07:002021-08-28T14:24:11.187-07:00Glimmers In The Gloom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/glimmers-of-light-in-the-gloom" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="2048" height="174" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xq39-caVrdE/YSqo2cJmK7I/AAAAAAAAFIo/Bp_lgupJL_0HIpUqDKuNFj_qcmqtPH8SQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Lightbulb2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My most recent Xcargo blog posting is about finding a few gleams of light, even in Afghanistan...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/glimmers-of-light-in-the-gloom">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/glimmers-of-light-in-the-gloom</a></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-6452694055184799542021-08-24T08:55:00.001-07:002021-08-24T08:55:16.992-07:00This week's Xcargo: Biowar<p> Hey, everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>So just to let you know, I post to my Xcargo column at least once a week, usually on Mondays, usually first thing in the morning. As you know, the new address is <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog</a></p><p> Yesteray's column was titled "biowar," and in it I asked if the Trump insurrection will be the first revolution in history to wage biological war against <i>itself</i>.</p><p> Check it out. It's both text and a video: <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/biowar">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/biowar</a><br /></p><p> cheers</p><p>mjt </p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4tzYhQ4sx98/YSUWOS8EoKI/AAAAAAAAFDw/bT-ZupeIuO4hLTlMHswo9FkBWDfMe61ZACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/bigstock--177075628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4tzYhQ4sx98/YSUWOS8EoKI/AAAAAAAAFDw/bT-ZupeIuO4hLTlMHswo9FkBWDfMe61ZACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bigstock--177075628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> Covid's no joke. Get vaccinated!</i><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-31784137234871495622021-08-24T08:42:00.000-07:002021-08-24T08:42:08.693-07:00Just a quick reminder...don't be stranger now that you know the way :-)<p> Hello, Everyone!<br /><br />So just about a year ago (on 5 July, 2020, to be precise) I announced that I was moving this blog, explosive-cargo, to my own webpage. You can see the page here, <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/" target="_blank">MichaelJayTucker.com</a> and you can see the new version of explosive-cargo here, <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog</a><br /><br />Well, I’m not moving the blog back here. Heck, I had enough problems just getting everything packed up and schlepped last time :-)<br /><br />But, I did realize that maybe I could post some pointers to what I’m writing about here, just in case anyone hasn’t followed me over to my address. So, I’m going to start doing that!<br /><br />Which is all another way of saying, Stay Tuned, Everyone. Lot’s more coming!<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />mjt<br /><br /><br />#Xcargo #explosive-cargo #Xcargo #Michael_Jay_Tucker</p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ufhxFOQwTqA/YSUS6QnnWjI/AAAAAAAAFDg/uYJ8JlbzV5coUjG2LaQZXW6M56GjbYH9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/runningman-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ufhxFOQwTqA/YSUS6QnnWjI/AAAAAAAAFDg/uYJ8JlbzV5coUjG2LaQZXW6M56GjbYH9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/runningman-1.jpg" width="320" /></a><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Not me, but how I looked moving to MichaelJayTucker.com</i><br /></div><p></p>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-80360691286179998702020-07-05T07:46:00.000-07:002020-07-05T07:46:28.618-07:00Xcargo’s Moving! Here’s the forwarding address!<span style="font-size: large;">Hi, Everyone!<br /><br />Well, as you know, I have started a new website, <a href="http://michaeljaytucker.com/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>MichaelJayTucker.com</b></span></a>. It comes with its own blogging facilities, so I will be moving explosive-cargo there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Definitely drop by at <a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog"><b><span style="color: blue;">https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog</span></b></a> and have a look. Oh, and you can also just go to the home page of <a href="http://michaeljaytucker.com/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>MichaelJayTucker.com</b></span></a> and click on “Xcargo” at the top of the page.<br /><br />I’ll leave all my older Xcargo postings here. So you’ll always be able to find them if you want them.<br /><br />In the meanwhile, come on over to <a href="http://michaeljaytucker.com/"><b><span style="color: blue;">MichaelJayTucker.com</span></b></a> and https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog<br /><br />I’m looking forward to seeing you there!<br /><br />mjt</span>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-63546566813387353112020-07-04T04:00:00.000-07:002020-07-04T04:00:04.947-07:00Happy Birthday, America<span style="font-size: large;">Well, everyone, like it says, Happy Birthday to America on this Fourth of July. May the nation know many long and happy centuries to come.<br /><br />I am quite serious about that. I am, in my own way, an American nationalist. I believe that who we are, as a country, something good, and important. Yes, I suppose, on some weird level, I evn believe in American exceptionalism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />And I hope, truly, that we will soon exit this time of troubles, and that under another president, and with a different Congress, we will find our way forward, to greater wisdom, greater achievement, and greater happiness.<br /><br />*<br /><br />One quick note. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be moving this blog to my own website, which is <b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://michaeljaytucker.com/">MichaelJayTucker.com</a></span>.</span></b> Very shortly, explosive-cargo will be here: https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/blog. So, do check it out.<br /><br />cheers<br />mjt</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">About me: I’m a writer and former journalist who has published material on everything from computers to the Jazz Age. (Among my small claims to fame is that I interviewed Steve Jobs just after that talented if complicated man got kicked out of Apple, and just before the company’s Board came begging him to come back.)<br /><br />And please visit my webpage, <a href="http://michaeljaytucker.com/">MichaelJayTucker.com</a>.<br /><br />Looking forward to meeting you!</span><br /></span><br />Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-21548273233775993822020-07-01T04:00:00.000-07:002020-07-01T04:00:09.933-07:00Putin’s Bounty Hunters<span style="font-size: large;">So now we learn that Russia was offering bounties for the lives of American soldiers. We also learn, or at least strongly suspect, that Trump knew about this from the beginning, and he either didn’t care, or didn’t notice when the information was presented to him in a national security brief.<br /><br />In other words, holy crap.<br /><br />I keep thinking, each time Trump does something incredibly stupid or fascistic that, “Right, here it is, he can’t keep going, this is the end...”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />But, then, somehow, his supporters find a way around it. They decide that it is Fake News, or a Liberal Hoax, or, well, fill in the blank. <br /><br />It is astonishing. It is amazing. It is an exercise in willful disbelief that is truly one for the ages. You have to stand in awe at their capacity for not believing the obvious. <br /><br />But, then, why should I be surprised? They have so far managed to overlook the deaths of over 126,000 Americans from Covid-19 (as of this date), which Trump continues to downplay or ignore. Why should a little thing like the murder of Americans in uniform penetrate the concrete?<br /><br />So...what will make them sit up and take notice? What will make them wonder if, after all, their hero is actually leading them to their destruction?<br /><br />Maybe nothing. Maybe they will not notice...not even when they have entered the abattoir, and are marching with smiling faces (but not masks!) to the blade itself, and never even noticing when it enters the flesh and begins the grisly business...<br /><br />Of the slaughter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">About me: I’m a writer and former journalist who has published material on everything from computers to the Jazz Age. (Among my small claims to fame is that I interviewed Steve Jobs just after that talented if complicated man got kicked out of Apple, and just before the company’s Board came begging him to come back.)<br /><br />And please visit my webpage, <a href="http://michaeljaytucker.com./" target="_blank">MichaelJayTucker.com.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking forward to meeting you!<br /> </span>Michael Jay Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015757724155976764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15217863.post-14286425100773436122020-06-29T14:33:00.000-07:002020-06-29T14:36:05.630-07:00My New Website<span style="font-size: large;">Hello! Hello!<br /><br />Well, I have finally broken down and created a fer-real website for myself. It is still very much a work in progress, and far from complete, but you can see the beginnings of it here: <b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://michaeljaytucker.com/">MichaelJayTucker.com</a></span>.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />As I say, still in a work in progress, and please forgive me if I can't make something work (like responding to any notes you send me in short order). But, I'm doing my feeble best :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, I promise, someday I will hire a professional to actually make it look good. But, in the meantime, at least it’s up and running.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Give it a glance!</span></b></a><br /><br />cheers<br />mjt</span><br />
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