The Adventures of Roberta X

     Still waiting on more examples, but so far, my theory about what it takes to run a successful human spaceflight program is holding wate...

     I finished the first season of Apple TV's Star City a few weeks ago.  It's the Russian-side companion to their alternate histo...

     It's no secret that I don't think much of Mr. Trump, or of how he and his gang of Republicans are running the federal governmen...

      The thing about "A.I." is that there's a lot of smoke over very little fire -- and every coat-tail riding grifter and ha...

     And, oh shucks, nobody missed me.  (Well, hardly anyone.)  This, in my kind of Engineering Department, counts as a success: if we do ou...

     The White River peaked through Indianapolis last night, having set new records at several measuring stations -- but never quite overtop...

     Despite rising floodwaters, Tam and I are, so far, nearly untouched.  Roseholme Cottage is about a mile away from the White River to th...

      Not only do most hairdressers support your right to self-expression by changing your hair color, many of them are willing to dye for i...

     That's the occasional headline: "Unclear Primary Results For Dems" is the most common version, but in fact, the Republica...

     About all I did today was struggle with paperwork.  The extended leave time and medical stuff involves two big and doctrinaire insuranc...

     It wasn't worse for me, though it could have been.  I was on the standby list for physical therapy, and the called this morning wit...

     The rain missed us!  Storm warnings to the north but we dodged it.  But there's another chance tomorrow.