The Adventures of Roberta X

     They've got knees, you know, moving in a forest of long, scissoring legs like a busy assembly line of robots.  This one went zoomin...

     It looks like Canada has definitively rejected "Trumpisme érable," which should put an end to talk of Anschluss from the Whit...

... Oh Oh Fibo- Fibona- Oh, Fibonacci Oh, Fibonacci chi chi chi Yes, Fibonacci, Fibonacci, math whiz you are! It's amazing, just...

     Think of it as mac & cheese on performance-enhancing drugs.  Alessi sells several versions of pasta and cheese: cheese and broccoli...

     Already flirting with fatigue, chairing the writer's critique group yesterday left me tired and out of sorts.  It's fun neverth...

     Tam and I both fought viral bronchitis and I have to say, too many more victories like this and we will be undone.  We're both stru...

     I had to put Microsoft Teams on my home computer for work and now every time the computer starts up. there's a splashy notice that ...

     Not today, ever-increasing sense of futility.  Not today.  I will enjoy the sunshine as much as I can.      Also, the eagle flew on sc...

     He wasn't the leader of my religion; I don't even have much in the way of religion.  But I will note the late Pope Francis as a...

     As my hearing slowly goes wonky, I get delightfully surreal flashes: "Funding provided by Bakery Drinker, supporting the upcoming ...

     I meant it.      Today brought new evidence of arrogant incompetence.  If they'd take their jobs seriously, it would make up for a...

     Some commenters tell me to calm down about the politics; one guy claimed that the country had "suffered greatly" under Presid...