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”
Trump Makes His Ultimatum
A week and a half ago I wrote my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady), about standing up to the president on acquiring Greenland by force. Yesterday, the president sent a letter to European embassies and the Norwegian prime minister stating, to sanewash his incoherence into something eloquent, “You, Norway, denied me the peace prize. Therefore, IContinue reading “Trump Makes His Ultimatum”
This Is the Week That Was
I don’t even know how to describe the last week. H.P. Lovecraft could not have written a more sanity shattering work of prose if he tried. The only place to begin is with this. The President of the United States, upset that Denmark will not sell him Greenland and incensed that the public threats ofContinue reading “This Is the Week That Was”
Stephen Miller and the Lessons of The 34th Rule
Do conservatives get Star Trek? I have serious doubts. I bought this up a decade ago when Senator Ted Cruz (R-Despised By His Own Wife) claimed that Captain Kirk would be a Republican. I allowed that it might be true, but James Tiberius Kirk would not be a Ted Cruz Republican. He’d be an EisenhowerContinue reading “Stephen Miller and the Lessons of The 34th Rule”
Othello, But Bigger!
I discovered a few days ago, while trying to do something else, that in Iango, ie., GNOME Othello/Reversi, you can change the size of the board from the standard 8 by 8 to, well, whatever you want. iagno -s 12, for instance, will generate a 12×12 board. So that’s what I’ve been playing as late.Continue reading “Othello, But Bigger!”
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!”
The Christmas Tree of White House History
About fifteen years ago I bought my mom a Christmas ornament at the post office. It was one of the ornaments from the White House Historical Association. They have an annual series of ornaments, which depict the White House and its Christmas traditions through the ages, usually (but not last year, 2025) through the lifeContinue reading “The Christmas Tree of White House History”