IdleGuy.com, September 2026, Volume 3, #9

1. Cover - The Twin Towers, 25 years later.

2. From the Publisher's Desk - Fearless Rick's personal reflection on 25 years of lingering September 11 questions, including his own skepticism of the official account.

3. Contents /Credits - Right Here.

4. Calendar - Every major sporting, financial, religious, and cultural date worth knowing this month.

5. State of the World - Twenty-five years after September 11: the doubts that persist, and the wars, costs, and consequences of the quarter century since.

6. Feature - Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Picks, updated weekly all season long.

7. Sports - College football picks for Week 1 and the season ahead, updated weekly.

7a. Sports Extra - MLB Players of the Day, plus updates on the tightening AL and NL pennant and wild card races.

8. Money - Why long-term rates and inflation are squeezing regular Americans, Treasury's bond buybacks, and what Fed Chair Warsh said at Jackson Hole.

9. Food & Drink - The surprisingly old history of tailgating, from ancient harvest festivals to the modern parking lot spread.

10. Books - Three books on September 11, free for download this month.

11. Public Domain / Toast of the Town - Guy de Maupassant's classic short story "The Necklace," plus a helping of irreverent quotes in Toast of the Town.

12. Outdoors - Why September is prime time to fish, and how to work around the fall turnover.

13. Travel - The real value of shoulder-season travel after Labor Day -- where the deals are genuine, and where they've dried up.

14. Mind, Body, Spirit - How exercise and meditation actually work on the body and brain, and why a well-rounded routine benefits from both.

15. Back Page - A look ahead to October: the MLB playoffs and World Series.

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France - September in France means la rentree -- the annual return to school and work after the long summer break -- but this year it's arriving alongside a genuinely turbulent month of strikes, policy changes, and a moment on the world stage.

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CREDITS

Publisher: (Fearless) Rick Gagliano

Assistant Publisher: Claude AI

Graphics: Fearless Rick renderings from freely-available sources.

Photography: Fearless Rick, various internet inputs.

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This month's issue is dedicated to the victims and surviving families of those who died on 9-11-2001 and afterward.