BWJ 2025

We had great weather for Bike With Joe 2025. We rolled out around noon, took the long way around Shell Lake, then shot out Highway K to Spooner, coming back basically the same route.

A lot of folks crowding the bike path through Shell Lake, and it was even closed off around the tractor pull event, causing a high Resentment Quotient for us. The coal rolling of toxic black diesel fumes did not add to the aesthetic, unless you were one of the crowd of onlookers who gazed lovingly at the smoke cloud poisoning the atmosphere. But it was what it was.

We think we'll emigrate to Canada soon.

Sunday Funday

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs) that plague your life. Quick Reminder: The simplest and most effective way to disenfranchise most DFUs from your life is to boycott social and mainstream media (SMSM), where 96.4% of all DFUs reside.

Today is Sunday. I was supposed to go up to the cabin this weekend, but the weather forecast was for s**t, so I decided not to go up. This had the secondary benefit of allowing me to have GUPPY EFFECT rock-n-roll due rehearsal with Stefan this afternoon, which I full plan to do after 1. getting a bike ride in and 2. making sweet potato peanut stew.

I have noticed a significant decline in the accuracy of the weather forecasting lately. I attribute it 1000% to the dismantling of NOAA by DOGE. You can feel free to prove me wrong, but soon after DOGE downsized NOAA to 10% of its pre-DOGE staffing levels, the weather forecast has been a complete load of s**t. Correlation is not causation, but the correlation coefficient here is 10 (on a R scale of -1.0 to 1.0 = 1000%).

I don't have much else to report, but I wanted to share a mindfulness exercise with you all that I call "Three Things." Each day, identify 1. three things you are grateful for, 2. three things you can do today that would make the day a success, and 3. three things you want to "manifest" through intention (i.e., future goals or desirable outcomes that can come to pass indirectly or directly via your intentional actions...).

Take care.

Fin.

Hiatus

Hi Dear Readers!

It has been a little while since I have posted. I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). Indeed, the reason for my lengthy hiatus from your life is that I was diligently battling DFUs via intentional acts of positivity, joy, kindness, compassion, and altruism (you know...the Jesus-y type things).

Yesterday was Monday and a recovery day from Sunday, which is when my rock-n-roll acoustic super duo GUPPY EFFECT performed a superb house concert for a bunch of cool peeps (videos forthcoming shortly). I thoroughly enjoy performing at house concerts. The main reason is that it's at a house, and thus private property, where the performers and attendees have a lot of autonomy and control over the experience. Typically, there is no charge to attend a house concert, but people are asked to bring a tribute, usually in the form of a snack, side dish, or beverages to share. Optionally, there is typically a tip jar, into which people can reposit legal tender, if they determine that: 1. they were too lazy to acquire the requisite shareable OR 2. the requisite shareable provided was inferior to the sheer magnitude of the awesome rocking happening at the house concert (which they would not have known in advance).

GUPPY EFFECT is going to showcase the open mic at Brix Cider House in Mt Horeb WI this coming Thursday night (8/14). If you're in the area, swing on by. We plan to go on about 8 PM ish.

Fin.