Pox-Math

You’ve probably seen the reports today that three states have declared Monkeypox a public health emergency – first New York, and today California and Illinois. […]

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If Their Lips are Moving …

They’re lying, of course. This evening, I was pondering how Republican candidates for public office would parry questions regarding their positions on a woman’s right […]

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The Crescent Nebula

This image is the composite of 18, 6-minute frames taken from the backyard observatory’s 130mm astrograph fitted with a quadband filter. The Wikipedia entry for […]

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Siblings

I have only one. Our son has none. That’s the way it goes. Most of my siblings are brothers from another mother. There is our […]

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COVID Prophylaxis

If you’re thinking vaccination, that’s the best prophylaxis for most of us, but it doesn’t work for everyone. Consider folks who have impaired immune systems […]

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About those Consequences

In my blog post of June 24th, 2002, I posited that striking down abortion rights would have Unexpected Consequences that might include things such as […]

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About Pronouns & Rubbernecking

Mine are he/him/his, but if someone included me in a sentence using the pronouns they/them/theirs, I would simply assume that they were either referring to […]

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Taco Porn

I made tacos al carbon for dinner last night using our leftover Cowboy ribeye steak. Tacos al carbon are akin to beef fajitas, but they […]

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Hole in the Wall

You will likely remember that the Wild Bunch, a group of outlaws led by Butch Cassidy, had a Wyoming mountain pass hideout called the Hole […]

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