The Adventures of Roberta X

The further and continuing adventures of the girl who sat in the back of your homeroom, reading and daydreaming.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Monday? There Was A Monday?

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     There was a Monday, and I didn't post anything.  Sunday was a fairly busy day, once I got moving, but action has consequences:  gri...
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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Fancy Pork Roast

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     The thing about pork is, it's cheap -- and it's good, especially if you can cook it low and slow.  The grocer had Boston Butt, ...
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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Sneaky Ragù

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      Last week, I tried a dehydrated "Lazy Food" one dish dinner, a Sicilian ragù with chickpea-flour rotini and vegetable-protei...
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Critique Group

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     The critique group I chair met this morning, and I continue to enjoy the level of talent the members have, both natural gifts and a wil...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Kerosene Burners

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     The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has bumped up fuel unavailability and prices.  Some of it it is easy to understand: ...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

He Said What?

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     It would have been inconceivable to my parents: a Republican Vice-President, speaking at a conservative group's event and addressin...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Deserts Of News

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      At one time, it was easy to be awash in news: pretty good newspapers, five-minute radio newscasts -- even the screamin' Top 40 sta...
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Monday, April 13, 2026

Dire Strait?

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      Let's see -- we approached the weekend with Iran declaring the Strait of Hormuz was closed -- unless you handed them a million dol...
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Sunday, April 12, 2026

New Phone, Who Me?

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     For years, I carried an iPhone, mostly for work and web-browing, and an Android that was on another carrier that had all my family cont...
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Saturday, April 11, 2026

A Reminder

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     I am not obliged to publish every comment I receive, and I don't.  If you have an argument with something I have linked to, go to t...
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Fatal Ignorance

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      Perhaps the most infuriating thing for me over the last decade is watching my country turn away from expertise and embrace ignorance a...
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Thursday, April 09, 2026

I'm Sorry, Who?

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      When word came yesterday (or was it the day before? Time moves quickly when governments are flirting with genocide) that Vice-Presiden...
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
I'm *mindlessly* fascinating. My internal monologue is like a frog in a blender, swimming like mad to keep ahead of the blades.
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