The Adventures of Roberta X

The further and continuing adventures of the girl who sat in the back of your homeroom, reading and daydreaming.

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Filtering History

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     It's best to let historians do their own fighting; they'll do so at the drop of a hat, and discuss the hat's provenance, or...

Apparently, They Don't Know Beans

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     Stopping by the other foodie-mart on my commute yesterday, I bought a "southwest hash" mix that looked interesting -- diced r...
Friday, August 15, 2025

And Now, Threats

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     It's hilarious.  The barbarians, having breached the gates (and claiming to be "defenders of culture," which is apparentl...
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Night Shift Spider

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      There was no sign of a spiderweb when I got home from work yesterday but -- Thursday being trash night -- I went outside with a bag of...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Exceptionally Self-Deluded

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     The United States of America is in the midst of a Viktor Orbán-style takeover of the institutions of our republic -- including many tha...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

A Philosophical Approach

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     "Aim high; adapt to difficulties; do your work; clean up after yourself."      Last night, an ambitious spider the size of a ...
Monday, August 11, 2025

The Mutally-Invisible Debating Society

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     There's a pretty lively discussion in my comments section, kind of.  None of you are getting published.  As of this posting, I'...
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How Safe Is Safe Enough?

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     An unpublished commenter, while noting that pulling the plug on research stymies getting answers, said he wasn't convinced of the l...
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Sunday, August 10, 2025

Reality Check

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     I'm linking to a fact- and link-heavy newsletter from The Bulwark , which addresses in detail how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s HHS ...
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Saturday, August 09, 2025

Oh, The Geeky Temptation

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     There has been a very old, vacuum-tube portable audio mixer for sale on eBay for quite some time now.  None of the usual buyers want to...
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Thursday, August 07, 2025

The Great Crash, 1929

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      I finished John Kenneth Galbreath's book about the stock market crash and, almost in passing, its connection to the Great Depressi...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2025

It's Too Nuts

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     So, I'm online this morning and President has climbed onto the (flat and railed) roof of the White House Briefing Room because...we...
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
I'm *mindlessly* fascinating. My internal monologue is like a frog in a blender, swimming like mad to keep ahead of the blades.
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