The Adventures of Roberta X

     It has a long history in Western culture.  Antisemitism is the worst sort of xenophobic nonsense and it brings out the worst in people....

     The thing about kings is, traditionally, historically, they're both cause and blame.  A good harvest?  The king  -- or the pharaoh ...

     I think it's a sign of something.  Age, probably.  Sunday, I started in straightening up my bedroom and I kept finding purses and b...

     The title is from a WW I Allied enlistment poster featuring a slavering subhuman in a pickelhaube, bloody club in one hand and a fair m...

     Two cups of coffee and I'm still sleepy.  I didn't get a lot of sleep last week.  Maybe I'll have a nap.

     I could offer up my commentary and insight on current events, but it's just too depressing.  Hey, you know what?  Be respectful and...

     Picking up the asterisk from yesterday's post:      * Yes, "rack room," or occasionally "rack compartment," l...

     It was the problems with the data-loggers on the old Billy How that clued me in that the ship's new owners were going to be diffic...

     As we approach Halloween, a verse for the season: Arch-wizard Worthington Wells Was entirely too careless with spells He used them ...

     Follow the link.  Read it.

     These are parlous times, right? I keep hearing people saying everything's falling apart, it's all getting worse--     ...

     There's some kind of head cold making the rounds at work.  We've all been trying to be careful, lots of handwashing and disinfe...