The Adventures of Roberta X

        Alas, whining* doesn't help.  This is an oucheriffic morning for me  Loud sounds -- like normal conversation or my fingers hamme...

     Yes, now I have two S&W revolvers -- the lovely pre-18 .22, and this:      "Right in your wheelhouse," she said, and ...

     Do not inhale oatmeal!  It doesn't work at all well like that.

     Christmas Day was mild and lovely, a little hint of Spring.  Every day since, it has rained, varying from drizzle to downpour; when it ...

    ...I went, I dropped off presents, I departed.  A dozen people in a very small house!  Wish 'em all well.

     Pocket revolver in .32 S&W* made by the Hopkins & Allen Arms Co.      Five shots and a design that holds the firing pin well...

     Here's the best wishes of the season, from all of us at Roseholme Cottage (yes, even Rannie Wu) to all you out there in blogland!

     There's been a bit less grumbling over holiday greetings this year, but for those of you who need a reminder, when someone says ...

     Dan Zimmerman, widely held to be a longtime intellectual property thief and, I am given to understand, founder of Dead Hooker Magazine...

     So, home after an early-shift day yesterday, I watched some more of The Expanse .  It remains visually nice but muddled of story and a ...

     Turned out pretty fair.  I gave it the full treatment: potatoes, corned beef, onion and two different (mild) peppers, an Anaheim and a ...

     I watched the pilot of The Expanse and gave it benefit of the doubt on an implausibility or two.  Making decent film or video SF is tri...