Let’s do this, people!

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This is the first October 1st since 2017 that I haven’t been on Walt Disney World property to celebrate. On that day, I won my age group in a 10K race. Today, I am sick. Anyway, Happy Birthday, WDW!!!!!!

The Mariners talking to the AL West Championship trophy in 2001.

I have been home for about 9 hours, and I can barely remember my pickle milkshake.

After this guy invades down south, there is a need for reconstruction.

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol. Not because of vaccines. Not because of some headline. I’m autistic because that’s how my brain works. Stop treating us like a problem. Start listening to us.

“So before we end, and then begin We'll drink a toast to how it's been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say I've loved these days.” - Billy Joel I 💜 my Disney friends. My life is much better since my 1st day as an AP.

It may not be as soon as you think, Magic Kingdom. I’ll miss you. I won’t miss the TTC.

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

If your waffles ain’t mouse, get out of my house.

#53 🦄🐐💙⚾️🇯🇵🦄🐐💙⚾️🇯🇵

Pumpkin-Mascarpone Ravioli at the Forest & Field booth for Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival.

After six months in Amish Country, I finally returned to the real meaning of living with the land.

Guess who’s back…back again…Rick is back…tell a friend.

To paraphrase the old idiom, “Close your eyes and think of the UK Pavilion.

…and I miss you like the deserts miss the rain.

Making my way back to the mouse.

Pearl Jam playing “Jeremy” in concert: Arms raised in a V. Me in the 300 level:

Sarah Says when the person behind her in the Haunted Mansion recites the Stretching Room script out loud. @sarahsays13.bsky.social

Róisín is on the hunt for anyone saying anything Transphobic this week. She has claws. 🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🏳️‍⚧️

A few pics from the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Mets) on Wednesday night against the Portland SeaDogs (Red Sox).

From my trip the past two days, a tribute to Mother Jones in the Coal Regions of Pennsylvania where she organized workers for a strike.

Just a small sample of my visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

A Hall of Fame breakfast before heading to Cooperstown.

Today was such a great day. I wanted to quickly stop by Muhammad Ali’s training facility in Deer Lake, PA today. Well, the man who runs it actually let me into the training building.

The renovated field where Babe Ruth played baseball at Saint Mary’s Industrial School for Boys; an exhibit on Saint Mary’s; the bed on which Babe Ruth was born; and a plaque outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Took the tour at the Guinness Brewery in Baltimore on Friday, and ate at their restaurant afterwards. That ketchup was absolutely delicious. 🇮🇪☘️💚🍺🇮🇪☘️💚🍺

On Friday, my family visited the Irish Rail Road Workers Museum which is being updated to the Irish-American History Museum. Such a great experience. ☘️🇮🇪💚🚂☘️🇮🇪💚🚂☘️🇮🇪💚🚂

Can we get an official popcorn bucket of the Fonz jumping the shark to signify how popcorn buckets have now “jumped the shark”?

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)

Aberdeen IronBirds baseball and…more importantly…snacks.

I just bought tickets to Shohei Ohtani’s next scheduled start on Thursday in Pittsburgh. I also have tickets to see him/them on Friday and Saturday in Baltimore, but I have never seen him pitch yet.

I am pretty sure anyone who cares about another couple’s income gap is scoring at home, or anywhere else for that matter.

The only #45 I respect. Shohei goes yard. I see him in less than two weeks. Can I see #50 two years in a row?

How I think I looked recording back-to-back podcast episodes about The Muppets. You can hear those episodes right now by heading to the Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty YouTube channel, or wherever you get your podcasts.

#44!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy National Roller Coaster Day!!!!!!! What is your favorite Western-themed roller coaster that is currently in a refurb at Magic Kingdom and Gillian and I rode ten times the day before it closed for the refurb?

It may not feel like it now, but we will get through all of this. While we are still going through it, help someone, create something, punch a Nazi.

#42 on the season, #100 at Angels Stadium, and #96 in a Dodgers jersey. GOATing. 🦄🐐🇯🇵⚾️💙🦄🐐🇯🇵⚾️💙

I have been so busy that I am just posting last week’s episode of the travel podcast. Maz and I are talking about Broadway. Sarah and I will have to cover this same topic in the future.

#41 for the Unicorn!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🦄🐐🇯🇵⚾️💙🦄🐐🇯🇵⚾️💙

Who has two thumbs and tickets to see Bob Dylan on Saturday?

#39 and he is pitching today. Once they reverse the “hit” decision that was clearly an error, he will have a clean record on the mound, as well. 🐐⚾️🦄🇯🇵💙🐐⚾️🦄🇯🇵💙

I like a high-brow Broadway joke.

What is the max wait time for you to ride Nemo?

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty has officially lasted longer than the Confederacy, so this is my call out for someone to put up a statue dedicated to me.

Róisín and Cassie don’t look like they plan on being very productive while the humans are at work on Monday. They could at least fake it.

There is a Disney Adult joke in “The Naked Gun.”

We are talking Dick Tracy again this week on the podcast.