A humorous filler video: Fresh Sushi anyone?
RichC | April 26, 2026
Do we really need sushi that is this fresh? 😊
Filler: Where did the “Pig in a Poke” idiom come from?
RichC | April 21, 2026
After a pre-posting … but incorrectly dating … Music Monday post (next week) and Tuesday late addition, here’s a humorous social media video that triggered an idiom idea. The video is a “pig in a chair” with the comment of a “pig in a blanket” X.com comment. For me it had me thinking about “pig […]
Filler: Smiled at this Lazy Dad’s Baseball practice tip
RichC | April 16, 2026
I might give this a try when my granddaughters come down for their summer visit. 😊
For those with political interests this APRIL 1, 2026
RichC | April 1, 2026
This might trigger a few who attend the No Kings rallies or find that their blood pressure rises at the thought of President Trump, but suspect those who are more tolerant and enjoy political humor might appreciate these two items on April 1st. 😉 On the other hand, if you are like me, I’d prefer […]
We’re definitely not under 40, but we do go “clubbing” at Costco
RichC | March 31, 2026
Shared with our kids last week and after watching Brenda laugh, decided this social media share was worth posting on the blog. We all had a good chuckle. 😊
Definitely DESULTORY: Who is the Finnish Saint Urho?
RichC | March 28, 2026
Neither my wife or I are Finnish or know much about Finland (although Brenda’s mom was 100% Swede – so I call that close) … but one of the stories that our beach-walking friend Byron (Finnish heritage) shared with us was the tale of Saint Urho (see below the break for a few more details)? 😉 […]
More 2026 Delray Beach renourishment and walking sites
RichC | March 17, 2026
Although we’ve walked in more questionable storms (kicked off the beach due to lightning), Friday’s weather was the wettest. We were totally soaked through our light rain jackets, but had a lot of fun “singing (and walking) in the rain.” 😉 The Delray Beach “renourishment” project is nearly to Atlantic Dunes where we usually start […]
Discussed a couple interesting automotive items this past week
RichC | March 8, 2026
This past week in my social media automotive group, I posted one of the rare Volkswagen vehicles: A VW Aeteon. If it were not for my desire for something a little more practical (SUV-ish) … I could see driving something like this? While the conversation normally highlights the vehicles themselves, something else was discussed as […]
Filler: Simple humor with a condo shower update photo
RichC | February 26, 2026
Ok … this really isn’t humor or even a “Dumb Dad Joke” #DDJ … but I still couldn’t help sharing it. On the other hand, I needed an excuse to post an update on our condo’s guest shower and plumbing repair. So far so good, although Brenda has a few issues that she is already […]
Every once in a while, you wonder what someone is thinking?
RichC | January 4, 2026
As someone who has spent most of their career dealing with “graphic design” in one way or another after 40 years working at Consolidated Printing and Publishing Co, this sign on the door struck me as humorous. We can only hope it isn’t real? On a non-humorous note, I found my K4RDC (amateur radio) U.S. […]
Tidbits: Workshop 3-In One oil cans from the past
RichC | December 23, 2025
A regular social media Ohio guy that I follow on X.com always posts and asks interesting things dealing with people who still clearly remember the 1970 and 80s. A question and photo asked: “Are you this old? Hmm 😒 🤔?¿” (followed by a can of “3-in-One” oil”) Fortunately or unfortunately … I am not only that […]
Happy Birthday wishes to “middle aged” Megan (family joke)
RichC | October 15, 2025
What, another “middle age” birthday for Megan? The “middle age” joke has taken on a life of its own when it comes to our adult children. It is kind of fun when “we” are young and in our early 30s (Megan’s 30th Birthday), but I’m starting to think that it could be both an insult […]
Humor: A doggie-dog good joke and some AI artwork
RichC | September 21, 2025
What do you call a dog that is part Labrador Retriever, part Collie and part Dalmatian? A Colaberation. 😊 (photo assistance by Grok)
Crazy thinking about kids and going back to school already? #TBT
RichC | August 7, 2025
It is crazy to realize we are now in August already and soon kids across America will be going back to school (some actually start in July)! Anyway, for a #TBT triggering post, I spotted this video on social media that reminded me of the Ironing Board reenactment post of Brian Regan‘s comedy. Whoa … […]
Music Monday: 1978’s SNL was definitely better than today
RichC | August 4, 2025
Who growing up in the 1970s or 1980s didn’t enjoy watching Saturday Night Live, or the program that just goes by SNL these days, once in a while? It is hard not run out of space to list the many talented comedians and actors that rose to fame while appearing on NBC’s unique weekly late […]
The Great Cordoba Keychain Conspiracy, a ChatGPT story
RichC | July 28, 2025
Some collectors go for muscle cars. Others chase rare diecasts or obscure dealership brochures. But @Car_Guy_Tom? He had a more refined ambition: cornering the global market on Cordoba keychains. It all began on a lazy Sunday morning at a suburban Chicago area garage sale. Nestled between a box of spark plugs and a velvet Elvis […]
Humor … but it is not when it comes to the airlines and luggage
RichC | April 24, 2025
Gravity Goes Topsy-Turvy on April 1st, Say xAI Experts
RichC | April 1, 2025
Can GrokAI really pull off an April Fools Day prank in a blog post? Nope … artificial intelligence better leave this to humans with the talent for comedy. 😊 In a shocking revelation, xAI scientists claim gravity reverses every April 1st for 24 hours. “It’s nature’s prank,” says Dr. Fictus, a totally real researcher. “People […]
The stock market gyration has me pulling out my hair this week
RichC | March 14, 2025
The manic markets and crazy movement down and up (today) are enough to have investors pulling their hair out. Thankfully there was a reprieve from the steady down movement over the tariff dispute between President Trump and many of our trading partners (more on that this weekend). Consumer sentiment is not positive and will likely […]
Chuck Norris Internet #humor still makes me laugh …
RichC | February 27, 2025
An interesting turn of events happened last month … Brenda started to use social media — a little bit (she took pride in avoiding it). At first I spotted her flicking through X.com and then noticed a “heart” or two showing up on my posts. I even noticed she left a comment and answered a […]
A little … very little … Sunday morning humor
RichC | February 16, 2025
Believe it or not, I had a longer Sunday post on Psalms typed and ready to go, but it disappeared. ☹️ So I’m going to rewrite it for next week and try to include it. So for today, I’ll add a little … very little … church humor.
Music Monday: Stumbled back to the 1960s for some good vibes
RichC | February 10, 2025
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Leftover political humor highlighting a U.S. postage stamp
RichC | February 2, 2025
Although I’m sure the November 2024 election loss might still be raw for some, a leftover lampoon of the 46th president and a U.S. postage stamp “might” of had me smiling … as did “this real video” a couple months ago. It could have been tossed to the computer trash or left to humor others […]
A clean and very funny Silent Letter Day comedy #video
RichC | January 5, 2025
Before I add the humor (video below), I wanted to include a photo of the girls ice skating on their last day of Christmas break. It was so nice to have the extra time with “Mommy Katelyn” on Friday and doing something special (great smile and photo)! Spotted this on X.com and it made me […]
Getting better sleep by watching an episode of Hogan’s Heroes
RichC | December 26, 2024
Sleep has never been a problem for me until this past year or so. I don’t know if it is age or that my mind is filled with too much stuff — my running out of hard drive space theory (a worthless thought for another time). Anyway, I mentioned this to my primary care physician […]
Left over post-election Biden vs The Press humorous #video
RichC | November 30, 2024
Perhaps it is just me, but this leftover video of a press corp reporter begging for President Biden to make a comment on a recent trip to South America had me laughing. Rarely do I feel sorry for the media, but in this reporter’s case, I do. 😊
Leftover August 2024 images to clear out MyCubby folder
RichC | August 31, 2024
The folder labelled “MyCubby” on my Microsoft OneDrive is a place I collect images, links, photos, etc that might be worth looking at again … or perhaps used on the blog. Each month I try to start fresh with a relatively empty space … so to prepare for September 2024, I’ll archive a couple items […]
As an active financial markets watcher, August 2024 is volatile!
RichC | August 6, 2024
As an amateur market follower, I have watched economic indicators that signal boom and bust cycles for years. One of the more insightful signals is the spread between treasury yields (inverted yield curve) … especially the 10 and 2 year treasuries. An inversion has been a good indicator of a recession … as posted a […]
Watching President Biden struggle as he ages is difficult, even for those of us who disagree with his leadership and policies
RichC | June 29, 2024
This past week, I had the intention of blogging in a bit more detail on the first Biden – Trump Presidential Debate … but it almost feels wrong to be critical of President Biden in his current rapidly deteriorating condition. I’m not sure he will make a second debate no matter how accommodating it is […]
Music Monday: Weird Al Yankovic and “The Saga Begins”
RichC | May 6, 2024
If you’ve followed Music Monday entries in the past, you might have noticed a post or two have been generated by Fox Business segment breaks. On Friday, Stu Varney’s producers slipped in “The Saga Begins” a parody song by Weird Al Yankovic from 1999. I thought to myself, the short 15 second audio-only segment does […]
I have finally gone “Full Howard” (an inside family joke) #TBT
RichC | April 18, 2024
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An analogy of Republicans in Congress #DarkHumor
RichC | April 2, 2024
The humor may be dark, but each time I think the Republican controlled Congress (although barely the majority) might be trying to curtail the excessive spending or the heavy-handed policies enacted by President Biden or progressive Democrats, they fail due to infighting amongst themselves. It is ridiculous just how dysfunctional these “roaring” Republicans are as […]
A March 31st meme instead of an April 1st Fool’s Joke this year
RichC | March 31, 2024
I tried to come up with an April Fool’s Day joke … but failed … so I’m posting this “Over-The-Speed-Limit” meme a day early. 😊
Pondering the Presidential Election on November 5th, 2024
RichC | March 5, 2024
The presidential election for 2024 is nowhere close to being certain (7 months away), but it is looking more and more like a repeat of 2020: President Joe Biden (81) and Donald Trump (77) … an election for the “aged.” 😉 Outkick.com host and WWE wrestler, Tyrus made an interesting analogy last week comparing the […]
What doesn’t belong here? Very Waldo-ellian! #DDJ #humor
RichC | February 10, 2024
Ok … so the title of this post is questionable. The twisting of the “Where’s Waldo” picture game with the Orwellian like doublespeak obviously shows that I was too tired in preparing to add this photo to the blog. My plan in putting this “snail shell” in a palm tree was to See if it […]
How does a manual transmission and clutch work? #video
RichC | February 6, 2024
While looking for an excuse to modify and add this automotive humor meme to a post … Below the break there’s an animagraff that details a front wheel drive manual transmission and clutch assembly on YouTube. It’s well done and rather mesmerizing.
A couple of humorous meme photos for Wednesday
RichC | January 17, 2024
What parent hasn’t made that Great White Shark face and an excellent sailboat name.
Beware of dogs … when disposing of Christmas trees #humor
RichC | January 7, 2024
Just a bit of Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday cleaning up humor found on X.com.
My favorite Babylon Bee Parody Video For 2023
RichC | December 31, 2023
After commenting back in 2022 on a favorite Babylon Bee parody video (added from YouTube below the break), this 2023 year year end New Year’s Eve favorite is another California oriented music video. Both parody clips highlight memorable songs as well as destructive policies from progressive Democrats governing a once idyllic state. It does seems […]
Phone booths today vs phone booths yesterday #TBT
RichC | December 14, 2023
Since I was a heavy phone booth user as a sales guy back in the day (usually drive up style) … hence #TBT post … I couldn’t help finding humor in this social media meme.
Archive: A shark on the beach and a toothless granddaughter
RichC | November 29, 2023
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Mid Day Motivation .. we all need it!
RichC | November 14, 2023
It is hard to believe that Brenda and I have been with the same insurance company for auto and home since 1982. I’ve rarely put in a claim (although the basement water damage comes to mind), but after a $400 renewal bump in our automotive policy that Liberty Mutual could not tweak or requote lower, […]
Those TV commercials that trigger emulation #video
RichC | November 4, 2023
Occasionally a television commercial tickles my funny bone and makes me smile every time it comes on the TV. My wife knows that I’ll be emulating the “sometimes all it takes is a piece of pie to bring a little sunshine in their life again” (with a very flawed southern accent). Unfortunately for Fox News […]
Who else has tried to “pinch-to-zoom” a paper map? #humor
RichC | September 23, 2023
I had to laugh at myself the while reading one of the World War II Pacific Island campaign history books then looking up at my cork wall and trying to “pinch-to-zoom” the paper map for more details. Oh, the tech habits we adopt! And since this is a random kind of filler humor post, below […]
It looks like it’s time to clean out the birdhouse? #TBT
RichC | September 21, 2023
It is humorous to see just how much a bird can put in the bluebird birdhouse that the granddaughters and I made back in 2020 (hence, the Throwback Thursday #TBT photo at left from 2020). It was completely stuffed full when I took it down from the pole at their house last week. My plan […]
Blog stats and a humorous Iceland tourist article
RichC | September 16, 2023
It’s interesting to see the changes in how people access Internet content over the years … or at least access information on MyDesultoryBlog.com. Microsoft Windows was once dominate, but Mac, Linux and Chrome OS computers are gaining ground. Perhaps the biggest change since starting the blog in 2005 is just how dominate iOS and Android […]
A little (very little) #humor for my Dutch son-in-law
RichC | August 27, 2023
One can be sure that I will always laugh at “toilet humor” … but this one is for Drew!
“Let’s Ride!” Although this probably not the “kind of ride” the phrase was intended for … but Happy Birthday Brenda
RichC | August 12, 2023
Although by the time “we” get to these years, celebrating another birthday isn’t the same as it was when we were pinning tales on donkeys, wearing cone shaped hats and eating as much cake and ice cream as we wanted. I asked Brenda how she wanted to celebrate her birthday and it was more like […]
Discussing AM radio with a journalist friend and a very funny John Pinette video snippet #TBT
RichC | July 20, 2023
An automotive journalist friend of mine regularly promotes his radio appearances on Chicago’s talk radio, which often leads to discussions regarding radio in general. Often the thoughts are to broadcast radio, both AM and FM, verses streaming via an Internet signal (or perhaps satellite)? One thing lead to another and I reflect on my amateur […]
Generation “DOOMED.” #humor
RichC | June 28, 2023
Saw this image on Twitter with the tagline “Humanity is Doomed” the other day … and although I smiled … it is unfortunately the appropriate comment.
Happy Father’s Day with a few leftover garage sale photos
RichC | June 18, 2023
It was an end of the week “Safety Town graduation” and garage sale for Katelyn, Brenda and the girls (and Saturday sale for Drew) as they “unloaded” some stuff before having to move it. They did well and on top of it was a great time to be together (from what I’ve heard). All in […]
Archive: Coffee and then mixing compost and planting flowers
RichC | June 7, 2023
Who doesn’t smile when waking up to a cup of coffee in the morning — oh, I can smell it now. I know I do … and would be shocked if it actually smiled back! Really this is just adding to the archive in getting the yard ready for summer and the family this weekend. […]
Filler Friday: A fun dad entertaining his son #video
RichC | June 2, 2023
It seems like a shorter than usual week (it was with Memorial Day), so I’m tossing in a Friday Filler video and a #DDJ below the break that is sure to make most of us smile.
Music Monday: Pushing a Jimmy Buffett memory forward
RichC | May 15, 2023
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Wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to Brenda and Katelyn … and Happy Birthday to my daughter too
RichC | May 14, 2023
Blooming love’s embrace,Mother’s heart, radiant grace,Forever cherished. While listening to a news program a couple of weeks ago, the morning hosts talked about receiving too many long, overly wordy interoffice emails and notes; I assume journalists can be longwinded? A Haiku challenge ensued. Haiku (俳句) is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. […]
Kids will be kids … we’re talking goats #video
RichC | April 30, 2023
Some animals “kids” are just like human kids. Who doesn’t see the similarity between goat kids and human kids when it comes to playground excitement.
NPR’s Twitter account gets an appropriate label
RichC | April 13, 2023
There is part of me that can’t help but smile when seeing the new label that Elon Musk’s Twitter put on NPR’s feed. The left-leaning taxpayer-funded media title is partially accurate since tax dollars are used to support public radio and television. At this point with the variety of media news and programming available in […]
Friday Filler: Did someone ask the gardener to smile?
RichC | March 24, 2023
Who among us wouldn’t smile back at this unique plant? Very unusual looking to say the least? Although Friday Filler — or is it Filler Friday(?) — isn’t really a thing on MyDesultoryBlog, it does tend to be a way for to fill space on Friday with a Filler Foto when there’s no time to write or post. […]
The 3 monkeys have added a 4th. A sign of our times #filler
RichC | January 12, 2023
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Solar panels aren’t the solution for every home and climate
RichC | January 10, 2023
As I commented on Twitter … “until nuclear fusion arrives in bulk, there are limits to living without fossil fuels.” We need political leaders, climate activists and business leaders restricting capital through ESG measures who can exercise a little bit more commonsense when it comes to restricting and going to war with US domestic energy […]
Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.