The Adventures of Roberta X

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

Wednesday, February 04, 2026

It's Missionaries All The Way Down

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     The first place I saw the company logo was the same as a lot of people: on an amplifier.  You saw big ones at concerts and smaller ones...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Heat Wave

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      Yesterday's high was at least 30°F and it was a real relief.  After a long stretch of single-digit temperatures either side of zer...
Monday, February 02, 2026

Rabbitholes And Politics

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     After recent special elections keep turning up surprise Democrat victories in states and districts that heed been electing Republicans ...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Succotash With Ham

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     It was more or less succotash.  And it worked out well.      I wasn't feeling especially ambitious for dinner.  There was a packag...
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Read It For Yourself

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     The indictment against journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and several apparent protestors (or maybe reporters)  has been released and...
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Friday, January 30, 2026

A First Amendment, If You Can Keep It

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     A pair of journalists who covered a protest at a church have been arrested for it by Federal authorities .      This is...problematic....
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Overheard In The Office

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     RX: "Are you interested in bacon?"  [Holds out plate with a bacon/egg/cheese sandwich on whole wheat, with a couple of half-s...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Screamin' Cold

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      As the bitter cold and deep snow goes on and and on, I find myself less willing to get out and deal with it.      Oh, deal with it I ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Compare And Contrast

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      An unpublished comment accused me, "I remember when you were all giddy about the righteous shooting of Ashli Babbit."      ...
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Sunday, January 25, 2026

It Did Snow

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     That's right around nine and a half inches of snow on the picnic table.  It was still snowing when I took the photograph, and we m...
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Saturday Dinner

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      I'd made Hoppin' John early in the week, a big pot of blackeyed peas, ham, red, yellow and green bell peppers, a big onion, ca...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

I've Been Quiet

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     I've been quiet.  What am I supposed to do or say when federal forces are operating as an army of occupation in a major metropolita...
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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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