A new neighbor moved in recently. A bunny! A tiny little bunny! I hope bunny hangs around. In 2019, a few days before my vision went permanently wonky, I took a tour of the National Cathedral. Not the usual tour. I took the “Behind the Scenes” tour, which was a lot of fun, very informativeContinue reading “A New Neighbor”
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Too Gorgeous a Day to Spend Inside
It is absolutely criminal to have to work inside today. The Geneva Conventions have never been so violated. Quite honestly, if I didn’t have critical publishing deadlines today, I would have given serious consideration to calling out sick and going to today’s Harrisburg Senators game. (It’s an 11 o’clock day game. An “Education Day.”) OrContinue reading “Too Gorgeous a Day to Spend Inside”
The Strange World of AI Slop
Two weeks ago, the day after Easter, Pope Francis died. Last Saturday, Donald Trump fell asleep at the Pope’s funeral in Rome. In the middle of the week, a reporter threw out a question to Trump at a scrum on the White House lawn about who the next Pope should be, and Trump said heContinue reading “The Strange World of AI Slop”
Scenes of Spring
Some random pictures from the past two weeks. The Lancaster Stormers fan fest… Two weekends ago, the Lancaster Stormers held their annual Fan Fest and exhibition game, playing against the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars. York also held their fan fest the same day, and I preferred to go across the Susquehanna for Lancaster’s fan fest thanContinue reading “Scenes of Spring”
More Things I Do Not Need
Facebook continues to astound in the ad department. I wrote a few weeks ago about ugly, unlicensed baseball shirts, and with Spring Training about to begin, Facebook has even more to show me. Honestly, I don’t hate this. A Chicago Cubs bowling shirt! Would I wear it, though? Oh, absolutely not. It looks like itContinue reading “More Things I Do Not Need”
A Bad Match
Oh, Indeed. You amuse me. You amuse me! I am exploring the job market for reasons outlined earlier, and yesterday evening I received a customized job alert for a local job. Very local. Like, a mile and a half from where I live. I could walk there. But. It’s not Bethlehem United Methodist Church anyContinue reading “A Bad Match”
The Cheeses of Craggy Isle
The Church of England is soliciting the public’s input for the next Archbishop of Canterbury. There’s only one candidate, really. Yes, Father Ted Crilly is a Roman Catholic priest, but if called upon, I am sure he would embrace the Church of England faster than Father Jack can move when he sights an unattended bottleContinue reading “The Cheeses of Craggy Isle”
Getting Better
I’m getting better at this backgammon thing. I still lose half the time, but I’m getting the hang of it. I do think xgammon cheats, because it comes up with just the right role to do damage far too often to be chance, but broadly speaking, I’m holding my own. I cannot access Facebook onContinue reading “Getting Better”
Hunt Valley Sunset
A Warm January Day
Today was the first day with temperatures above freezing in about a week and a half. I drove over to the state park overlooking the Susquehanna to get some photos of the river, the bridges, and the hills beyond Columbia before the snow started to seriously melt. It was a nice drive. The road throughContinue reading “A Warm January Day”