The Adventures of Roberta X

     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...

     Okay, maybe it's not exactly his style, but if you're not claustrophobic -- and I most definitely am not -- and you put in the ...

      A part of my day will be about imaging -- they're going to stick me in an MRI machine* and look at my back.  It's still giving...

     His most famous role never held much interest for me, though I was happy that the more extroverted outcasts, oddballs and theater kids ...