Yesterday, Facebook served me an ad for a trip through Ireland and Scotland. A 10 day cruise! Visits to Dublin! Glasgow! Edinburgh! The Isle of Skye! Wait. What the frell is going on with that map?!? Let’s get this out of the way. It’s pure AI slop. Done. Dublin is in about the right place.Continue reading “Where Is He Going? What Is He Doing?”
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Somehow the Frost Giants Survived
Legend tells that in ancient times the mighty Odin slew the Frost Giants and brought to an end an unceasing age of cold and darkness. Somehow the Frost Giants survived. I don’t know how much snow and ice fell yesterday, though I’ve seen that the official total for Red Lion (ie., a town next doorContinue reading “Somehow the Frost Giants Survived”
Snow (Sun)Day!
It’s been a while since Pennsyltucky has had a massive snowfall event. Like, about ten years. Well, Mother Nature is socking it to us today! The long-range forecast has called for a major snow event this weekend for about a week now, and the snow totals have ranged from about 12 inches to about 30Continue reading “Snow (Sun)Day!”
A Tough Day
I am not okay today. My dad is in the hospital. I’m in Lynchburg to visit for a few days, before the large storm hits. The slim sliver of the moon at sunset brought to mind the same a month ago, when I drove down to Lynchburg to take my dad to a doctor’s appointment.Continue reading “A Tough Day”
A World Gone Pink
I looked up from my computer in the living room yesterday and looked out the window. Through the curtains, things looked a bit weird. I opened the door. It was close to sunset. It was snowing lightly. And the world had gone pink. My phone was close at hand, but my shoes were not. ByContinue reading “A World Gone Pink”
No! More! Apps!
I do not like them, Sam I Am.I do not like them, apps and ham A friend emailed me yesterday. He had sent me a message over the weekend on Facebook Messenger, and I hadn’t yet replied to him. He wanted to make sure I’d seen it. I had seen it, but… I don’t haveContinue reading “No! More! Apps!”
Snow Squall!
I was in the kitchen, when I heard a howl of wind outside. “Well, that’s interesting!” I thought. I went to the door, opened it, looked outside… There was a frumious snow squall! It was over within five minutes and the skies cleared off. I guess this is the expected cold front coming through. There’sContinue reading “Snow Squall!”
Meeting Deer
At some point, I was going to visit the cemeteries in Baltimore and tell my mom’s family that she had died. Now, if the afterlife is a thing you believe in, there was really no need to do so; depending on what kind of afterlife one believes in, one could argue that her family wouldContinue reading “Meeting Deer”
An Unseasonably Warm January Day
It reached 60 degrees today in Pennsyltucky. Except to go to the grocery store, I’ve been a homebody since I returned from North Carolina on the penultimate day of 2025 (ie., December 30th), and it’s been absolutely cold. I drove over to the state park, just because it was lovely. The Susquehanna was frozen over,Continue reading “An Unseasonably Warm January Day”
A Gallimaufry
As I write this, I am listening to WAMU’s Hot Jazz Saturday Night, and this first program of the year is a “gallimaufry” — a mixed bag, a potpourri, a hodgepodge. I happen to like the word “gallimaufry.” I used it once in an email at work. No one in that email knew what IContinue reading “A Gallimaufry”