The Adventures of Roberta X

     It's not even a "suspicion."  It's confirmed.  The Governor of Texas has long had sweepingly broad emergency powers, ...

     I'm still thinking about the recent elections.  They have restored my faith -- not in the essential goodness of the American people...

     We're in for some interesting months, I think.  Chaos is threatening to break out among the GOP, from the #2 seat in the party orga...

     Tam's been fighting an atypical cold for several days, one that started with chills and fatigue, and settled in her lungs.  I'v...

     I woke up this morning to discover the GOP had received significant chastisement at the ballot box, in ways and places I had not expect...

      Tam and I went and did it, colds notwithstanding (hers is way worse -- mine is still tentative, which is good, since Amazon screwed up...

     I had meant to post yesterday.  I even had a topic picked out.  ...I think.  Today, Tam and I plan to vote, despite a cold that may be ...

     Friday night, while Tam and I were watching television (an episode per night of the current season of Slow Horses ), a fire truck siren...

     Voting, not so much.  Too many people.  I was never very good around people -- shyness, I liked to claim.  I'm the retiring type, h...

     The paint has come off the window frames around the living room windows, especially the sills.  Those windows are original to the house...

     The last week or so before an election is always pretty wild, but the candidates and politicians campaigning for them are crazier than ...

    Walter Koenig passed away earlier this week.  We're down to Kirk and Sulu from original Star Trek cast.  Koenig was an interesting ...