The Adventures of Roberta X

     Some days, it's not worth turning the TV or radio on.  The news gets stranger and stranger.  The Feds lay off a few thousand more p...

     It's exhausting, but the unceasing churn of the news cycle bears watching, mostly to see who they're after now.  It's basic...

     The U. S. joined with Russia, North Korea and a rogue's gallery of nations in voting against a UN amendment that condemned Russia f...

     Yesterday was an important anniversary.  I'd never heard of it.      Hylton v. United States was argued before the U. S. Supreme ...

     A commenter recently suggested one of the online, black-market (masquerading as gray) digital archives as a source of the out-of-print ...

     Saturday, I once again chaired the writer's critique group, an activity I enjoy but which leaves me exhausted.  Unless you're a...

     It's looking like Dolly Parton's Imagination Library won't get matching funds in Indiana's next state budget , putting...

     Yesterday was a wipeout due to a migraine, and the migraine came in with the wave of colder weather and snow.  Better now, especially s...

     Space Service , the book I was after, showed up at a well-known online auction site for slightly more than the dust jacket I almost bou...

     The other day, I almost bought an obscure anthology edited by the late Andre Norton * that I wanted to read.  Space Service is long ou...

     The day is almost over and I haven't posted anything!      Look, we warmed up to temperatures in the teens today and there's t...

     Corned beef hash is a favorite of mine, though presently available canned versions fall short of the mark in my opinion.      The best...