Things are slightly improved for my ex-husband. The rehab hospital found a medical problem that had escaped detection by the regular hospital, which I find interesting. My ex has started PT and OT and all the T’s. I’m planning to … Continue reading →
Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97. I’ve written about Lehrer before; you can find many of those posts here. I was raised on Lehrer from early childhood, which is a bit weird since many of his songs … Continue reading →
The story on my ex’s medical travails isn’t good, unfortunately. I don’t want to go into too much detail, but the basic situation is that he currently has delirium, presumably caused by an infection that so far has been resistant … Continue reading →
This article was linked at Althouse, and that’s how I came across it. It contains a curious narrative about what happened to one woman when she took weight loss drugs. The woman apparently lost not just weight but also her … Continue reading →
In 2017 I got a wonderful new refrigerator. I fell in love with it instantly, and my love for it has only deepened as it ages. But about a year ago its light went out. I was going to replace … Continue reading →
I was generally an excellent student, but my worst and most disliked subject was foreign languages. I’m not sure why, except that I hated having to memorize lists of words. I took Spanish because I was told it was easier … Continue reading →
Brian Wilson’s recent death has called forth a great many tributes, but the fact that the Beach Boys were the quintessential California group has also conjured up a huge wave of nostalgia for the California that used to be and … Continue reading →
A musical genius, gone at 82. Then again, who ever thought Brian Wilson would reach the ripe old age of 82? But he did, and gave us a lot of music along the way. The Beach Boys were a family … Continue reading →
And now for a commercial break. I have a bathtub that’s somewhat porous. I suppose it’s old and has lost some of its finish. I have no wish to replace it, but it seems that it gets dirty quite quickly … Continue reading →
Rain, rain, rain here in New England – for the past few weekends. Today is the same. It doesn’t matter all that much to me, since I set my own hours and weekends are not especially special. But I know … Continue reading →
Commenter “Jamie” has an interesting observation: I am reminded that this blog used to be called NeoNeocon, and I used to read it as eagerly then as I do now – and I believed to my bones something approximately the … Continue reading →
You can consider this fact depressing or inspiring. Or perhaps both. Depressing, because those little buggers can live a long long time without a good feed. Inspiring, in terms of the myriad methods earth’s creatures can develop in order to … Continue reading →