The Adventures of Roberta X

      The RapiDoc (not its real name) went well, but came with a short lecture.  No, it wasn't about not startling the cat (I think that...

      Headed to the instant doc shortly.  Setting it up online wasn't so instant.  But my bandaid job from last night is not entirely ad...

      It rained off and on all day.  The good news is that the temperature dropped.       I startled Holden the cat this evening and he wen...

      Now, commenters are warning me that they might not sit with me at lunchtime!       Guys, I eat lunch alone.  Always have.       I get...

     Complaints, my, don't I get complaints!  "Your blog is usually interesting as long as you stay away from political rants,"...

      The weekend saw another deadly nitwit of a mass shooter, this time in Buffalo, New York.  All the usual kinds of politicians came out ...

      About what, I'm not sure.  Even the weather is a fraught topic these days.       I missed a small family reunion picnic yesterday...

      Kinda missed blogging yesterday.  I've been feeling physically lousy, and then there's the conceptual side of things: what'...

      Last night, I woke up after midnight spluttering and coughing, having inhaled an unknown amount of acid reflux.  I was choking on the ...

      I did, at least, manage to keep hydrated yesterday.

      Vladimir Putin didn't do anything especially awful yesterday.  Just his typical awfulness of trying to stomp a civilized country b...

      Yesterday and Saturday, I filled a thirty gallon trash bag with dandelions, mostly from the back yard.  That's not all of them, bu...