The Adventures of Roberta X

     It's junk science, too: "A.I.," which is certainly artificial but has yet to demonstrate actual intelligence, is going to...

     It's harder and harder to jump back in the hopper of the daily grind.  I'm not sure if I'm more hopeful or more worried abo...

     Anymore, I'm not all that sure what we mean by "labor," and to what extent a Federal holiday to celebrate it means anythi...

     Tam and I watch the Sunday political talk shows.  I wouldn't say we like watching them, but it's not a hate-watch either.  The...

     It's not a metaphor.  A large Orb Weaver has set up shop in our side yard, between one wall of Roseholme Cottage and a skinny woode...

     Lying and cheating is kind of expected of politicians -- but they're not supposed to embezzle millions; they're supposed to kee...

     Here's a whole series of pages with old General Radio publications!  Great stuff if you like that kind of thing; GR built a lot of...

     Watching national and world events is like having a front-row seat to someone else's nightmare: not only does it not make sense, ev...

     I was diagnosed with an eye infection in my non-dominant eye some time back, and prescribed steroid-antibiotic eye drops to treat it.  ...

     Will Murray was a pulp historian, literary agent for the estate of Doc Savage creator Lester Dent, and a pulp writer himself.  He'd...

     Nope, not my back -- my toolbox.      Working on my off-center-fed dipole ham antenna in its post-treefall location, I was using a 3/8...

     Tam and I enjoyed pork barbecue Friday night, the kind that consists of pork and a few vegetable cooked down in a smoky, tomato-based s...