Filler: Smiled at this Lazy Dad’s Baseball practice tip
Posted By RichC on April 16, 2026
I might give this a try when my granddaughters come down for their summer visit. 😊
Congress Should Pass the SAVE Act (submitted to TheHustings)
Posted By RichC on April 15, 2026
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act – known as the SAVE Act or SAVE America Act – would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. 
It has already passed the House and is now before the Senate. Congress should approve it without delay.
The bill amends the National Voter Registration Act to ensure that applicants provide acceptable documents such as a U.S. passport, a REAL ID that indicates citizenship, a military ID with birth records or a birth certificate paired with photo ID. It includes provisions for name changes (like marriage certificates) and allows states to use the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE database to verify records and maintain accurate voter rolls. Some versions also require photo ID at the polls for federal elections.
The goal is simple: make certain that only U.S. citizens vote in our federal elections.
Federal law already prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections, with penalties including fines, imprisonment and deportation. Yet registration currently depends almost entirely on self-attestation under penalty of perjury. That system leaves gaps.
Last week we enjoyed some time on Delray Beach with family
Posted By RichC on April 14, 2026
We had a good time “shelling” even though the beach winds were a little more challenging than the Delray Beach, FL spring break normal (sand was on every towel and in every orifice). 😉
Brenda’s sister Chris and husband Jerry were down for a week … and are beach “diggers” (for shells) … unlike us – we are walking beach combers (and fast walking at that so I’m sure we miss a lot). Nevertheless, we all are happy with this years’ finds after the 2026 beach renourishment project.
Besides the smiling photos of our mugs after a windblown day, I’ll include Brenda’s box of shells after our season walking the beach. It is hard to believe we stopped and picked up this many shells … although Brenda would clarify she did most of the picking up (FYI, I did most of the rinsing in the ocean and quality inspection). 😉 Good times!
Music Monday: The Temptations – “My Girl” (and nasty weather)
Posted By RichC on April 13, 2026
It has been a week of abnormally rainy and windy weather for the Easter spring break folks in Florida this week. Brenda and I have braved the elements (at least it is still in the 70s) and are keeping up with our beach walking now that our time down south is ending. Nevertheless, we are still enjoying it … and each other’s company. 😉
Weather aside, I’ve been humming and singing a few lines of “My Girl” while walking … to a singing along with my wife adding the harmony. It was an ear worm all last week so for Music Monday, here’s The Temptations version of the song Smokey Robinson wrote thinking about his wife. It was The Temptations first number-one single back in 1964 (lyrics below).
| The Temptations – “My Girl” | 1964 |
Filler: A very simple painter’s tape hack #video
Posted By RichC on April 12, 2026
There have been plastic snap on or wire paint can gadgets to eliminate dripping and prep your brush, but very few tips are as inexpensive and disposable as this painter tape hack.
Looking forward to Artemis 2 astronauts safe return #NASA
Posted By RichC on April 10, 2026
NASA successfully launched Artemis 2, its first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972 on April 1. The mission sent four astronauts on a 10-day trip around the moon aboard the Orion spacecraft which travel further from earth than any human has ever traveled.
On Friday evening, the spacecraft will reenter the earth atmosphere and splash down off the coast of California. The mission restarts manned space flights to the Moon and an eventual landing in 2028. It’s a very exciting time to be alive … just as it was for “those of us who were around” during the Apollo space program.
Click image above or this link to watch the YouTube feed from Space.com
EDIT add: Splashdown video
Tech Friday: Some interesting information on online security
Posted By RichC on April 10, 2026
Have you ever given thought to how much data is being collected when you are using computers, tablets, phones and devices these days? The answer would be A LOT!
If you’ve never thought about it … just ask the question, 
why do so many Internet companies give away their services for free?
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- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.