The Adventures of Roberta X

     Tamara's line for times like these is "Events leading up to...," that part at the beginning of a history book (or maybe a...

     I want to get back to a country where it's (mostly) safe to (largely) ignore politics.  The problem is, of course, that politics is...

     The Trump administration's DOJ -- far more a creature of Presidential whim than ever before -- is investigating the member news or...

     The most recent barbarism from the Trump administration is the planned public execution of the man who committed the 2009 Fort Hood mas...

     ...Maybe they just went up .  Consider the source, but the source's source is a well-respected Denver TV news station.      The wo...

      With the mid-term elections about a month away, I'm going to make some guesses:      One in ten to one in twenty chance of politi...

      So the radio ad offered "Free gutter examination," and I thought it would be nice to have a professional look at 'em.  I...

     I made peposo for dinner last night, and it was fantastic!      Put too much salt on the meat at the start, and had to dilute the brot...

      Various teams and individuals have been searching for Amelia Earhart -- or what's left of her airplane -- ever since she disappear...

     The centuries between the Romans and us -- the so-called Dark Ages -- were darkened by plagues and population loss, by painful decentra...

     I had computer problems the last few days -- stumbled into a stupid trap link.  I think I rooted out the worst damage, but who can be s...

     Because why not?  Our corner grocer makes a first-rate chicken salad sandwich, served on a fresh-baked croissant, and despite the -- sh...