The Adventures of Roberta X

     Thought I had posted something this morning.  I'm still fighting this cold, though it seems to be fading.  It's no fun to have ...

     I enjoy hot chocolate in the winter.  I don't enjoy trying to keep milk in stock,* or washing out a pan used for heating it for jus...

     I have now reached the "obnoxiously crabby" stage of my cold.  It's probably a good sign; it means I've got enough me...

     I went off to the kitchen for a coffee refill and asked the robot to play "Saber Dance."  She picked a version by the Boston ...

     Tam had a very mild cold last week; she updated her cough-drop supply and spent a day at home.  It's still fading.      Friday eve...

     It's presently two degrees Fahrenheit in Indianapolis, up from zero when I woke up.  Tam and I shoveled the walks a couple of times...

     I admit it: my views on health insurance/health care have changed.  Coming up with a system that ensures all citizens get adequate heal...

     I'll repeat that headline to Democrats and Republicans alike: the chickens of 2025 have barely come home to roost, and while there...

     When I form my own country, we're going to vote in the legislature via some conventional way, but they'll have to live in milit...

     Indiana's where I live, and it's a pretty conservative place.  It's full of stubborn people, and if you want them to change...

     Ever bend a hard plastic rod?  Many plastics will go quite a ways, and then, all of a sudden--  They break.       Mr. Trump's Repu...

      Hey, remember when "consensus reality" and "objective reality" were pretty nearly congruent and widely shared?  Me...