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  • SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

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    Did it ever occur to anyone around here that the “What Ricky Likes” contest should have been judged by, uh — Ricky? Seriously.  One of the reasons I’m so glad to finally have my own Roof Rack Report is that after hearing for over a year about what I supposedly think and what I supposedly [...]
  • ONE SHINING MOMENT

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    It’s time to announce the winner of the “Ricky’s Favorite Things” playoffs, and I have to admit, I’m feeling pret-ty guilty — for two reasons.  One:  Nepotism.  Yes, the winner was Matt, my oldest son — with a perfect score of 30.  I obviously should have realized that in a contest of this nature, family [...]
  • LA/XC-3 — ALREADY???!!!

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    You’re not gonna believe this, but last week I overheard Beagle Man and Matt talking about LA/XC-3 — the 2013 cross-country road trip.  2013? Didn’t we just get back? Not that I’m complaining.  I could be on the road 365 days a year and be perfectly happy.  The thing is, though, I’m not sure I [...]
  • LEWIS AND CLARK

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    Last Sunday, Ricky and I discovered a brand-new hiking area.  Well, all right, we didn’t actually discover it.  My friend Sarah, who has China the chow chow, told me about it, but Ricky and I did have the whole place to ourselves on Sunday.  Well, all right, not exactly to ourselves — but there certainly [...]
  • BRAZILIAN SILLINESS

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    When Beagle Man introduced The Roof Rack Report in early September, he said I’m more of a “political animal” than he is.  He got that right.  But I gotta be honest with you:  After the election, my interest in politics does, well, tail off a bit.  So I hope you won’t mind if I veer [...]
  • PLAYOFFS

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    Yesterday on the FAN, Joe and Evan were analyzing the Jets’ dwindling playoff chances.  I have to admit — earmuffs, Robby — they were more bullish than I am at the moment.  Their conversation brought to mind a recent family discussion about what Ricky likes most.  Of course, we then started ranking those “likes,” pitting [...]
  • BARRY WINS — AND THEN THANKS RICKY!

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    Oh, sure, I was around in 2004 and 2008, but I didn’t take part in those elections the way I did this year.  I mean . . . my own blog? And actually being allowed inside the polling place? They didn’t know quite what to make of me at first:  B-Man asked a campaigner outside [...]
  • SANDY, CHRIS, BARRY, AND MITT

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    Bummer!  No debate this week.  Though I couldn’t have watched it, anyway; we still have no power, thanks to Hurricane Sandy — or “Super Storm Sandy,” as they’re now calling it on radio.  Cute.  Come to think of it, how am I going to watch Brad and Carrie hosting the CMA’s tonight?  I suppose we [...]
  • THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED

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    Yeah, yeah, yeah — the beagle actually landed four weeks ago.  I know that.  I thought of this title the day after writing “It’s a Wrap,” my first post LA/XC-2 report, and have been wishing I’d used it ever since.  Sort of the way Barack felt, I’m sure, on October 4, when he thought of [...]
  • I WANT TO KISS A DOG

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    Yes, of course this title is a play on Keith Urban’s I Want To Kiss A Girl. You know I pretty much spend my life riding shotgun in Beagle Man’s car, and I know every song on his iPod by heart.  So today Dogster ran a headline — Do You Kiss Your Dog?  You Might [...]