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MAKE MAD, PASSIONATE LOVE TO LIFE!
Chuck Linart 4.0 is LIVE This site hit the scene way back in 2006. That’s right: 2026 represents the 20th anniversary of chucklinart.com! I’m back for the fourth iteration. The other three have been obliterated by bit-rot and carelessness. You can still find some of the stuff on the Wayback Machine. Unfortunately, a lot of the old multimedia files — music, pictures, and self-hosted videos — are gone with the wind. Somebody probably downloaded copies, I suppose. Lucky them. Turned up to 11 This iteration will be different. In previous versions of this blog/site, I played small ball, ever cognizant…
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More Martin Luther Kings, Fewer Elon Musks
What happened to real movers and shakers? As I woke up this morning, happy to have a day off, I found myself horrified by a since-deleted post I wrote while drunk and frustrated about Twitter/Musk. I have always liked Twitter and feel that it has gone downhill since they removed the character limit. The thing I liked about old Twitter is that it was very organic and one did not need to waste a lot of time finding one’s interests or expressing one’s thoughts. It’s frustrating that I see Musk’s latest tweet at the top of my feed every time…
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What the F%(# Is Going on With Silver?!?
Is silver the new Bitcoin in terms of building generational wealth in a matter of years? Disclaimer: I am not qualified or allowed to answer that question because I don’t have a piece of paper from the government licensing me to give financial advice. What follows is not financial advice, just one man’s opinion. The most telling thing about silver’s recent explosive rise in value compared to the U.S. dollar is the mainstream media’s complete silence on the issue. It’s almost like they’re being told to shut up about it by the entities that own them. I’m speaking, of course,…
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Earth Energy — What Is It?
A very fine Cuban cigar got me thinking… … all that ancient wisdom about “Chi” or “Shakti” is obviously true on some level. I’m not a big cigar smoker, though I am a lifelong nicotine addict. Nicotine addiction has had me since I was forming in the womb — back then, women didn’t know that smoking while pregnant was le bad. I’m not sure it is, frankly. Both my brother and I turned out pretty well, and we were both born as nicotine addicts. He kicked it, but I’ve leaned into it. Tobacco is a sacred gift of the Great…
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Maduro Found Guilty of Ruling an Oil-rich Country and Not Kissing Uncle Sam’s Ass
US Imperialism rears its ugly head again with the “arrest” of Nicolas Maduro who is only guilty of ruling a country that has a lot of oil.
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Colombia — All I Can Say Is WAOOW!
Medellín Is Kinda Blowin’ My Mind One gets the sense that if all human activity ceased, this place would revert to a state of nature within years; not centuries, not decades, years. This is, by far, the most verdant, fertile place I’ve ever been, both literally and figuratively. I’ve been here just over 24 hours and have already had a bunch of wonderful, beautiful, life-affirming experiences; have already met interesting, fun people; have eaten some amazingly fresh fruit (those who know me know I loves me some fruit) and have barely spent any money. This city is NOT paradise. Visible…
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Experimenting With a Real Camera
A big 35mm lens and no software effects makes a big difference! I think I’m the only person in the world who considers the iPhone camera to be Barbie-tier, a neat toy for little girls but not a serious tool for serious photographers. I know a lot of people would disagree with me on this, and that’s fine. Not that I’m a serious photographer, but I do appreciate raw images, big images in terms of file size, images that can be enhanced to my taste with tools of my choosing, images that can be printed in a decent size with…
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