The Adventures of Roberta X

     Still here so far, and expecting a Phone Company person later this morning to install faster Internet, since what I have is now obsolete.

     There is a chance Google will yank the account I use for this blog tomorrow.  It's not likely, but it's not impossible.      I...

     Just not blogging much.  You know what I think of current politics, and there's only so much pointing-with-alarm one can do.  TV an...

     Tamara and I had a simple meal -- Turducken roll, slow-cooked in a covered pan on the grill with turnip, fennel bulb and apple; mashed ...

     This is a day to be thankful.  And I am -- I'm thankful my boss tolerates my quirks and foibles, and that Tamara does, too.      I...

     It is possible that my experience is not the usual thing.  I have worked for many different managers, both my direct supervisor and the...

     Here it is, all you need to know in the shortest time:      U. S. domestic politics is awful.      World politics is awful.      War...

     It's been all over the news, all over social media -- junior Senator for Oklahoma Markwayne Mullin offering to fight Teamsters Pres...

     I've got it: the hot new toy.  It's a Tesla Cybertruck in the style of the "Transformers" toys, only when you transfo...

     My paternal grandmother cooked on a kerosene stove.  She preferred them.  She would have grown up with wood-fueled cookstoves and a ker...

     The current received wisdom is that veterans are a bit irked by pro forma thank-you-for-your-service recognition of the day -- and of t...

     Busy at work, busy fighting this lingering cold, busy watching politicians....      I watched some of the Republican runners-up debate...