Last night there was a lunar eclipse on the east coast. Of course, the weather was terrible. It started raining about 10 o’clock last night. Thunder, lightning, the whole shebang. There was a break in the rain about 11:30, but the cloud cover was too thick. There was a brief break in the clouds. ThisContinue reading “Lunar Eclipse”
Author Archives: Allyn Gibson
Lake Ontario Forever
Over the weekend, Canada rejected a trade deal with the United States that would have resulted in a loss of economic sovereignty for our northern neighbors. Donald Trump took this surprisingly well. Oh, who I am kidding. Donald Trump doesn’t take anything well. He’s a petty little B. It took me about thirty seconds toContinue reading “Lake Ontario Forever”
Dolly Parton
When I was fourteen my family went on vacation to Tennessee. My mom had a rule. Vacations were not strictly for pleasure. We went to King’s Dominion outside Richmond one day, we went to visit the Virginia Capitol the other day. We went to Nags Head one day, we took a tour of an historicContinue reading “Dolly Parton”
Thank You, Captain Obvious
On Sunday I went through my Junk Email folder for the first time in about two weeks. To my surprise, I had an email from Glassdoor letting me know there were new reviews of Diamond Comic Distributors. “That’s interesting but useless,” I thought. Still, I was curious, and I wanted to take a look. LookingContinue reading “Thank You, Captain Obvious”
Looking for Some “Piece of Mind”
A few days ago YouTube thought I should watch a video on a lost Beatles song. Of course that would pique my interest. I started the video, and the “lost” song was none other than “Piece of Mind,” which I wrote about in the distant days of 2008. For those who have not heard it,Continue reading “Looking for Some “Piece of Mind””
Victory! Sweet Victory!
At last, I have solved Minesweeper at the highest difficulty level. Well, a Linux clone of it, xbomb. I have come close–two mines to find, and I either slipped up or deduced incorrectly. This is the first time I’ve solved the whole thing. The top right corner, as you might guess, proved to be theContinue reading “Victory! Sweet Victory!”
Summer’s End
Summer isn’t really over, but last night was the final day of the Dallastown carnival. The kids start school next week. I walked up to Dallastown a few nights ago. I needed the exercise; I’ve been lax, I thought my legs would hate me, but they didn’t. I saw deer on Oak Road as IContinue reading “Summer’s End”
The Last Days of PREVIEWSworld
PREVIEWSworld is no more. I went last night to get a link to an article I’d written for a cover letter I was writing — yes, still on the hunt, rationing my meds, and #OpenToWork — and I got a 404 error. When I went to previewsworld.com directly, I was redirected to an Enesco website.Continue reading “The Last Days of PREVIEWSworld”
A Moment of Kindness
An elderly man was struggling with the door to one of the coolers at the grocery store. He had his cane in one hand and an item in the other. He was trying to grab the handle with the left hand (the one holding the item) while keeping himself upright with the cane in right.Continue reading “A Moment of Kindness”
A Return to the Shire
I wrote a Python program. No vibe coding. No AI. Just me, an idea, the keyboard, a couple of hours of coding as time allowed, and finally about an hour’s worth of debugging. In the autumn of 1999, I reread The Lord of the Rings and, for the first time, really studied the Appendices. AppendixContinue reading “A Return to the Shire”