The Adventures of Roberta X

     A few days ago, the faucet in the washroom sink here at Roseholme Cottage stopped shutting all the way off.      The fixture wasn'...

     For fans of The Expanse and Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies: Tweety Bird has a Belter accent!  "Dat mean ol' Puddy Tat, him a we...

     Only they were red and blue lights, instead.      As mentioned in the previous post, I went into work for a few hours late on Christma...

     The Christmas ham turned out fine, despite trouble keeping one side of my indirect-heat divided fire going on the grill.      You see,...

      I'd like to thank my math teachers and the book "Thinking With A Pencil" for today's meal planning: I bought a great...

     Also merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah (late), best wishes for Kwanzaa, blessed Solstice, Yule greetings, an early Happy New Year and sea...

     Justice is imperfect.  We are, after all, only mortal, and that includes police, perpetrators, victims, judges, prosecutors, defense at...

      It's looking like we're deep into the "Grandpa is crazy, humor him" stage of things, with the U. S. Navy supposedly ...

      The Bulwark compares the health care system in Japan to ours .  We don't come off looking so great.      I can only point out ye...

      Reading about the history of health risks from asbestos and the things companies did to cover it up, I learned that not all of it was ...

     Oops -- the National Institute of Science and Technology's time servers in Bolder, Colorado have been hosed by a prolonged power ou...

     First lesson, when recovering from a cold, Mandarin oranges are delicious -- and so are imported, dark-chocolate-covered cherries! (One...