I need some assistance.
I believe that the saying;
“Onto every parade, some rain must fall.”
Was created ‘whole cloth’, by me.
I’ve attempted to look it up, and all I can find is Longfellow’s
Rainy Day:
“Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”
I also have found the phrase ‘Rain on your parade’.
My lovely bride claims she has heard it before. It’s just too pithy to be my creation…🤨
Please use the term media cave, - I hate the phrase man cave - it’s reductive and derogatory. As Sebastian Maniscalco said “my father had a man cave it was the house”
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
“Go west ‘old man’!”
Here are our stops for our westward journey to begin on Monday 04/20/2026.
2198 miles in total.
My ‘calendar math’ was off by a day, I always forget to count ‘0’, as in the 20th. We will arrive at our destination, Superior MT, 27 April.
If you live close to any of these locations, and would like to ‘Break bread’, let us know!
- To Montana
Now Acworth, GA
4/20 Calvert City, KY
4/21 Boonville, MO
4/22 Pacific Junction, IA
4/23 Kimball, SD
4/24 Box Elder, SD
4/25 Hardin, MT
4/26 Three Forks, MT
4/27 Superior, MT
Picture:
The Big Blue Beast, at our Montana property
“Getting ready”
To get ready.
I’ve not worked out since Thursday. I did do 200 kettlebell clean and presses that day, a personal best.
Since then I’ve been working on getting ‘The Big Blue Beast’ road ready. I detailed costs in another post. Friday I wrestled 4 Sumitomo 215 75/R17.5 tires around (85 lbs each) got them mounted on the rig and ‘torqued’ their nuts to 100lbs.
Yeah, I know, that just sounds dirty and wrong.
On one hub, I had to replace the Disc Brake ‘shoes’. The inside disc’s clips broke off. Which are required to keep it in place. This requires removing the Caliper, and reinstalling it.
While doing so, the bolts that attach the caliper to the axle were tight (I should have lubed them), the socket wrench slipped, hitting my right eye brow, just to the right of center.
I realized just how hard I hit myself when blood dripped off my glasses. 1/4” split in the skin. My projects always come out better when i put a little blood in.
Saturday I put new watch batteries in...
