The Adventures of Roberta X

     I frequently encounter -- and loathe -- invincible ignorance, the kind of weaponized not knowing that denies anyone could know anything...

     It's annoying.  It's terrifying, and most people are nowhere near concerned enough: the President of the United States spent a ...

     When I was young and (some) regular household electronic devices still had genuine light-up vacuum tubes inside, I took Radio-TV Produc...

     Most people are familiar with organization charts, graphics showing lines of control and responsibility; most people have seen the over...

     With the 2026 legislative session wrapping up this weekend, it's a little late, but the Chamber of Commerce has a nice PDF with a f...

     It's eleven at night and the cat wants me to go to bed so much that he's trying to steal things off desks so I'll chase him...

      This morning, it was over 70 degrees outside and dark, as thunderstorms -- even a tornado or two, farther north -- rumbled across the ...

      We have raccoons in our chimney.  There is no fireplace at Roseholme Cottage, but there used to be a coal-burning furnace, with a flue...

1. Local, Local, Local      Indianapolis had its very own electric power utility for decades, and people liked Indianapolis Power & Li...

     A nasty headache has had hold of me all day, from a morning of wordless, sensation-based nightmares to an afternoon of slogging though ...

      Wander around social media in recent days and you'll probably trip over someone reminding that "we created the mess in Iran....

      Does it make a difference?  There are questions about what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was spending her department's money on, espec...