Another 9/11 anniversary is here. Predictably, my Facebook newsfeed is filled with the obligatory cheap and disposable patriotism that emerges on this day now. It’s always amazing to me how people can treat patriotism like a t-shirt; put on and pulled off at need. Like a young adult getting dressed for a night of partying, […]
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Unbowed, Unbeaten, and Alive
August 24, 2013 
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My Scar my scar – etiolate; but my vigor remains I stand unbowed, unbeaten, and alive © Ron Sparks, 08/24/13 Over 41,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with oral cancer in 2013. That’s a lot of people and we’re now finding out that one of the leading causes of oral cancer, in addition […]
Continue readingJust Add Beans
May 4, 2013 0 Comments
Made me laugh this morning. Though you’d enjoy. Hybrid Motorcycle
Continue reading Leesburg Bikefest 2013
April 27, 2013 0 Comments
I say it every year; the Leesburg Bikefest motorcycle rally is the best Florida rally there is. It is better than Daytona, if less well-known. I rode to the rally this morning solo. The Binary Princess is in Phoenix, AZ visiting a close friend. The kids stayed at home. I was, for the first time […]
Continue reading Boston Just Proved That The Terrorists Have Won
April 19, 2013 3 Comments
(EDIT: lively Facebook discussion on this blog here. Feel free to join in) On the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 I blogged about how the terrorists had succeeded in changing the very fabric of our culture and had thus won. Now, in the wake of the horrific events surrounding the bombing of the Boston Marathon, I say again […]
Continue reading Parents Should Teach Their Children Gun Safety
April 13, 2013 0 Comments
There’s a lot of media coverage this past week about children and guns. It’s to be expected, it’s the media theme of the month. There is not an increase in gun-related deaths, only an increase in the reporting of them. There is a lot of talk and rhetoric about gun control and changes necessary […]
Continue reading My Google Gal is Moving to Pittsburgh
April 3, 2013 2 Comments
Yep; the Binary Biker is moving to Pittsburgh. Actually, it’s the Binary Princess that is moving. My lovely wife is now employed by Google and is relocating to work in their Pittsburgh office on the Google Shopping product. It all started about six months ago when my wife’s company, for which she has been working […]
Continue reading Walk a Mile In My Shoes …
March 26, 2013 2 Comments
… before you give me unasked for advice on how to avoid getting sick so often. Let me start by saying I have a great support network of friend, colleagues, and relatives who all care deeply for me and my health. I am gently pushed, reminded and encouraged daily to lead a healthy(ier) lifestyle, to get […]
Continue reading I have a daughter and her name is Ashlee Sparks
March 16, 2013 1 Comment
She didn’t want me in her life. Not at first, anyway. I was mommy’s new boyfriend and I was a nuisance because I kept getting in the way of how things were supposed to be. Sure, she liked me. I was funny, considerate, and I actually talked to her and was interested in who she was. But […]
Continue reading More TSA Tomfoolery
March 10, 2013 0 Comments
This question isn’t whether or not the TSA should allow knives on planes. The question is why is the TSA even involved in private travel in the first place? (why is there even such a thing as the TSA?) Security is the job of the airlines and the airports; not the federal government. When a […]
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