(video of cut trails after the 12/18/2020 snowstorm) I live in New England– Massachusetts, to be precise. We can expect comparatively short summers that usually span from some time in May to some time in September. We’re known for … Continue reading
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(Picture from here.) I had a different entry primed for this day but, since it is the first of the year, it seemed to me I’d look at some interesting science that has happened in the last year. I set … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) As I sit here and write this on 12/14/2020, the last few electors in the electoral college are voting. The last few states are Hawaii, California and Oregon– another 66 electoral votes, officially making Biden president-elect. This is … Continue reading
A review of Jackie’s Boy, a post-apocalyptic Huck Finn: Eleven-year-old orphan Michael scrabbles to survive the violent chaos after deliberate plagues killed 99% of the world’s population. He still writes letters to Mom. Jackie, an elephant bioengineered to speak, has … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) I am so tired of being… well, tired. I’m tired of spent hacks trying desperately to hold on to power. Tired of one side being outraged at the other only to find the other side just as outraged. … Continue reading
I was thinking about many different topics for this blog. Some of them were political. Notably about there not being acceptance of voting reality. Or maybe the about Moderna’s new vaccine– or an even more nano-particle vaccine that does exceedingly … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) I was going to write some long eloquent essay on the election but, frankly, it’s too depressing. The only thing I will say is that in 1984, George Orwell postulated a whole English industry and ministry dedicated to … Continue reading
I spoke a few weeks back how I’d pruned the grapes. (See here.) At that time I said I would go into it more when I was able to upload the pictures. Well, the pictures are uploaded now. Heck, they were … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) By now it cannot be a secret that I like small stories. These are stories where there might be a major cataclysm, catastrophe, war or other great event but that is backdrop. It might impact the story and … Continue reading
Okay. I’ve been home a month now. Things have settled out some. There’s no longer the issue of feeling anxious until I start to work. My desk had three monitors on it but I can only use one at home. … Continue reading