…I probably should just triple it and I’ll be closer to the mark. To take one example, here’s the post I wrote earlier today. It was based on a little article that caught my eye in the Guardian, about an … Continue reading →
Someone once asked me about what I actually do as a blogger, and I replied airily, “Oh, I just write a term paper a day.” It was meant to be a joke, but the joke wasn’t so very far from … Continue reading →
Boy, I go away for a while and the comments get taken over by squabbling. I don’t mind a small amount of it, but no more than that. So, to repeat a post I wrote some years ago on the … Continue reading →
I find Drudge very depressing today. It’s probably due to the prominent place given to the Democrats being sworn into power in the House, and the sense of deja vu combined with a sinking feeling that I’ve often had in … Continue reading →
Blogging used to be the hot new thing. That was back in the dark ages of the Bush administration. I’m not sure when I first discovered blogs, but it was probably around 2002, about two years after I had transitioned … Continue reading →
The name of the northern California Sierra foothill town of Paradise is evocative. Paradise! A place you might want to go. A place you might even want to live. But reports are that the town of 27,000 is no more, … Continue reading →
At the moment, some readers are reporting a problem with comment editing. They can comment, but can’t edit afterwards. I don’t know if it’s the case for everyone, or just a few. I tried reinstalling and reactivating the edit plug-in, … Continue reading →
I tend to have an unofficial and unplanned schedule for blogging. I don’t always follow it, but usually I do most of my posting some time in the early-to-mid-afternoon. There are early-morning exceptions, of course, as well as late-night ones. … Continue reading →
Lately my spam filter seems to have occasionally been classifying perfectly normal comments from regular commenters as spam, for no apparent reason. It doesn’t happen often, but it’s been happening slightly more than usual. I try to catch it, but … Continue reading →
…and at first I think it’s just my site, so I’m actually relieved to find out it’s global. And now it’s fixed. The internet has become extremely sophisticated and ridiculously complex. No matter how many safeguards are built into it, … Continue reading →
I want to thank everyone who donated during my recent funding drive. I really cannot express how grateful I am. Every single contribution, small or large, is important to the continuation of this blog. All are deeply appreciated. Of course, … Continue reading →
There was another bot crawler attack last night, unfortunately. My apologies to all of you who might have gotten “error” messages for a while when you tried to access the blog. The good news is that it seems to have … Continue reading →