The Adventures of Roberta X

Red Baron fought the Wolfman, The end was clear to those who knew: For one of them could loop-the-loop But the other was Loup Garou! ...

     And I didn't even do all that much!  I had to discontinue the anti-inflammatory, which was doing terrible, terrible things to my di...

     I'm back to "camping in the back yard" with my Surface Pro again.      My "new" (refurbished) desktop Windows...

     Trump Derangement Syndrome hit The New Yorker magazine early and hard; they coasted into the election confident that adopted New Yorke...

     Tam and I have started watching The Expanse together.  It's a second time through for me and I'm still enjoying it.  Oh, it...

     What did I just watch...?      A local TV reporter lead the 6:00 a.m. news today, standing in front of a not-yet-opened Dollar Genera...

     So, this morning I'm cooking a sausage for breakfast, and I look at the label: Polish Sausage 25% less fat than beef or pork sa...

     Not quite.  After a year (a year!) or tarping-over the raised bed in front of the house, I laid down permeable barrier cloth and began ...

     To the Peru Hamfest, that is -- it's an amateur radio swapmeet, officially the North Central Indiana Hamfest , organized by ham rad...

     Adam Gopnik at the venerable old New Yorker magazine can, on a really bright day, almost see himself in a mirror -- but he still can...

     Yes, I'm up at oh-dark-thirty because I'm due -- overdue! -- for a cleaning and exam.  I try to schedule these things outside o...

     They say, "Locks only stop an honest man," but down at Bradis Guns, on the southwest side of Indianapolis, locks, block walls...