December 2023 - Musings

Veracity

Confabulation, Hallucination, Delusion, and Lying. They are all distortions of the Truth or Reality. I think of them as different forms of making shit up […]

Vindaloo Porn

Susan made some spicy Lamb Vindaloo for us tonight. She uses Patak’s Vindaloo paste and some garam masala (like the Spice mélange from Arakis). And […]

This Week in COVID

Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 197 video address from Baylor College of Medicine. In it, Dr. Klotman looks back at all his weekly addresses of […]

In the News

As we come to the whimper that is the close of 2023, the torrent of news just keeps coming. Today, the Secretary of State of […]

Series

It was the Fall semester of 1965, and I was sitting in Dr. Farmer’s Integral Calculus class. Farmer was a young fellow who was probably […]

Making Rome Great Again

They say that even if history does not repeat itself, it does tend to rhyme. So, it strikes me just a tad humorous that Gaius […]

Robota

All of my FB nerd buddies know that my title refers to Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. from which we inherited the word, Robot. In Czech, […]

This Week in COVID

Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 196 COVID Update. This update take the form of a Q&A or FAQ, if you prefer. The highlights are: There […]

Solstice Dinner Porn

This evening we celebrated the Winter Solstice with a pan-fried filet of Redfish served with some freshly made homemade spicey aioli, mac & cheese, and […]

The Return of the Horde

I woke up to the sound of gnawing in the attic yesterday, and I know that they’re back – the Norwegian rat Viking horde. It […]