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John Boston | Who, the Holy Heck, Fixed My Index Finger?

September 15, 2023 2:57 am

Via a finger, I have a question. Is it more important that I have confidence in God? Or, is it more important that God has confidence — a demonstrable confidence

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Special Perverts Thrown into Volcanoes Edition

September 9, 2023 1:33 am

We’ll be starting off today’s trail ride with a feud. With none less than Time Magazine. Just wanted to warn you up front so you’d be loaded for bear.  That’s

John Boston

John Boston | Well Shrink My Prostate & Call Me Tiffany …

September 8, 2023 7:50 am

So. Last week, I got the prostrate operation. I am showered in the blessings of having so many friends who all, coincidentally, share the mental acumen of an eighth grade

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Booze & Drugs: Sometimes, Crime Pays

September 2, 2023 1:17 am

Happy darn Santa Clarita Saturday to you, saddlepals. First weekend in September. It’s a grand morning for a trail ride to distant Santa Clarita Valley vistas.  We’ve got moonshiners, ranch

John Boston

John Boston | The Best Moments of a Parent’s Life

September 1, 2023 6:37 am

Perhaps John Steinbeck is in Heaven, pounding away on yet another flawless masterpiece, pausing to glance down from a cloud and wondering who is swearing at him back on Earth.

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Andy Jauregui — They Broke the Cowboy Mold

August 26, 2023 1:35 am

Top of another hot August morn to you, dear saddlepals. We’ve a most interesting trail ride through Santa Clarita history ahead. We’ve got  unlucky CHP officers, movie stars, moonshiners, plane

John Boston

John Boston | Job of the Future: The Food Taster

August 25, 2023 4:32 am

Looking back, I’ve been blessed more than most men. But, there is a yawning chasm of personal achievement in my life that haunts me.   I’ve never had a food

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | Oil Balls: An Ancient Fashion Statement?

August 19, 2023 1:31 am

A most warm and Western howdy to you all, dear saddlepals. We’ve a most excellent adventure ahead. We’ll be oohing and aahing over 8-pound gold nuggets, epic tunnels, August flash

John Boston

John Boston | Phasers: Kill, Stun or Erectile Dysfunction?

August 18, 2023 3:36 am

Small things disturb me. Like, Phasers. You know. “Phased Array Emitter?” Remember? From the old 1966 TV show, “Star Trek?” Bill Shatner. Captain Kirk. “Boldly go where no man has

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | Did the Spanish Bring the First HOA’s?

August 12, 2023 1:22 am

​​​Top of a summer Saturday in the riparian Santa Clarita to you, dear saddlepals and saddlepal-ettes.  We’ve a grand trail ride through local history ahead. There’s movie stars both local

John Boston

John Boston | Your Baseball Cap Screams What You Are

August 11, 2023 1:37 am

I am probably the absolute last person to write an essay on dressing up. Except for a gorilla suit and my cherished Wilt Chamberlain No. 13 wife-beater basketball jersey, I could

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | So. Do You Live in Saugus? Or in Surrey?

August 5, 2023 6:22 am

A pleasant and sultry first Saturday in August to you, saddlepals.  C’mon. Swish around a little of that designer mouthwash. Slide into your loafers. Get a decent pair of sunglasses.

John Boston

John Boston | On Hunter, the Book of Job & Grasshoppers

August 4, 2023 3:31 am

The other day, I was chatting with a dear friend who still lugged around one of those old-fashioned beasties upon his tightly wound shoulders we older people like to call,

The Timer Ranger

The Time Ranger | Killer Heat, Dead Deer & Steve Gallion’s No-Hitter

July 29, 2023 1:39 am

​​​A happy Late July/Hotter Than Hades morn to you, saddlepals. Best we climb out of those bunks and hop into our saddles (taking the all-important middle step of putting on

John Boston

John Boston | Large Bosoms, Modems and High-Speed Internet

July 28, 2023 10:52 am

My mind is oft occupied by odd thoughts and that is why I’m not on the receiving end of The Big Bucks. Or, a heartfelt and long-lasting Hug Of Appreciation

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | Fancy Corpses, Pterodactyls & 1-Cent Potatoes

July 22, 2023 12:18 am

A sultry Sunday morning to you, saddlepals. Make sure those canteens are filled. Best we keep hydrated in today’s trail ride through SCV time.   There’s knuckleheaded crooks, a big potato

John Boston

John Boston | On Werewolves, Vulgar Naked Men & Laundry

July 21, 2023 6:32 am

I was often haunted by a childhood more horror movie than “Leave it to Beaver” but, those harsh memories have mostly drifted, replaced by recollections of blessings.  Despite the cowboy hat,

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Bankers, Bee-men and Lost Boy Scouts

July 15, 2023 12:48 am

Whelp. I have to ask. This fine, July Saturday morn, how the canned peach- eating heck are you, dear saddlepals?  Right on schedule, ahead we’ve a mighty fine trail ride

John Boston

John Boston | What We Need Is 14,006 More ‘Yellowstones’

July 14, 2023 4:28 am

I seem to remember being just drug-addict junkie hooked on “Yellowstone.” I am, of course, talking about the hit Paramount TV modern Western. Not the solemn one-word diagnosis from our

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | A Look at Fourths of July, Past…

July 8, 2023 3:37 am

​​​A happy and belated 247th birthday to — well. Whom else? Us. Great darn country and then some. Let’s do our part to keep this wonderful American civilization growing in

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