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Hello Free Rangers,Did a week just happen? Since the last one of these? I can’t keep up. Strange days out here at Windswept Fields. A week of volatile energy and complete jackassery came to a head on this last hurried humid 60 degree December Saturday. Anything...

Hey Free Rangers, How are you all doing? When the pandemic set in, and these e-mails started to become whatever they are now, I set out to offer thoughts from daily street level life, mostly for the benefit of those who had/have the luxury/burden of staying home most...

I’m a bad liar Free Rangers,So, I just don’t bother with it. It was a tough week. Lots of demanding holiday tourists spending maximum time and minimal dollars (and occasionally calling me a liar), a record number of no maskers, and our lowest Turkey Day week sales in...

Well Free Rangers,I’ll skip the current events for the moment. It’s too much. Too dark. And I’m trying not to think about what comes next, especially if new Gerrymandered maps in the red states stand. If 80% of the votes are required to achieve 50% of the seats, we...

Here’s the thing Free Rangers,We’d make more money if we ran a shittier business.If the shop were open 10am - 10pm, and we sold pints of Georgi, red hot garbage booze, and what the professional drunks call “dollar shots”, this business would be far more...

Hey Free Rangers,Sorry about that glitch in the Matrix. I’m really trying to get better at sending these notes out on Sunday/Monday. We’ll see how long that actually lasts, but wanted you to know that concerted effort is currently going toward such...

It appears that the discount code may not have been working properly for everyone on the Breuckelen deal.We have resolved the issue and the discount will now be applied properly. If you already purchased but didn’t get the full discount, you’ll be getting a refund for...

Hey Free Rangers,Sorry about that glitch in the Matrix. I’m really trying to get better at sending these notes out on Sunday/Monday. We’ll see how long that actually lasts, but wanted you to know that concerted effort is currently going toward such...

Hello Free Rangers, Sometimes, when one makes their own deadlines, one slips away. Hence the MIA e-mail last week. Sorry about that. Also, I was applying for a job at the Chronicle for which at least 3 or 4 dozen of you are far more qualified than I. There’s a great...

Ya Know Free Rangers, Some people find me abrasive. No, it’s true. I rub some folks the wrong way. Reasons and excuses exist for individual interactions, but from a mile up it’s largely a defense mechanism. A defense of the limited time we are granted...