Unless you’re completely unplugged from the world (and if you are, I am occasionally jealous of you), you’re aware of what is almost certainly the most significant court decision of my lifetime. Being who I am, a straight white man (aka “The Lowest Difficulty Setting”) who is nonetheless aware of his relative privilege when compared […]

As I’m still fighting off this respiratory thing, I spent the weekend largely down, trying to rest and medicate this thing away. The weather cooperated with me by being largely garbage all weekend, so I wasn’t particularly tempted to push myself with outdoor exercise. I watched a couple of movies, played some Pokemon, read some […]

Hell of a week this was. Couple of twelve hour work days, sprained wrist, and cold-like symptoms the last several days, which have played hell with my anxiety, as I’ve been having dreams the early part of this week that I’d caught the ‘rona at RavenCon and that would sideline my plans to participate in […]

Apart from all the bullshit (insert link to absolutely any news website right now), some cool stuff happened on the US political front this week.  President Obama visited the White House for the first time since he left office back in ’17, in support of a fix to the “family glitch”, a calculation bug in […]

Much has been made of the stories of the current conflict resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Zelenskyy’s masterful social media management; the stories of bravery from Ukrainian citizens, Putin’s seemingly unhinged state of mind. Americans missing the effing point… It’s interesting, that for, perhaps the first time since WWII, certainly the first time in […]

This weekend, amidst the snow storm that (at least around these parts) was much ado about nothing, my adopted home inaugurated a new Governor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, one of those “business” guys certain people like so much, because success in one area inevitably guarantees success in another, right? As one would expect, the inaugural address […]

While I was taking my leave of the online world this weekend, another ‘rona variant arrived on the scene, designated Omicron (o), which a much scarier sounding greek letter than Delta (δ), even if we don’t know much of anything about it and it’s actual impact just yet. As for what I’m doing about it, […]

This week, apart from that thing I mentioned yesterday, has been pretty bog-standard. It’s been colder around here, so it’s been a little more hiking rather than biking, both because of the temperatures and a general malaise and sinus pressure that comes along with it. Work’s been more of the same, with the addition of […]

The whole idea of blowing up a legislative body right now is (figuratively, of course) maybe a little more attractive to me than it probably should be. Apart from the current shenanigans around BIF/BBB (some of which might actually get a vote today? maybe?) which almost certainly played a small part* in the less-than-preferable election […]

Listen to Liz, folks! It’s election day, everyone – get yourself out there and vote. Unless you’re here in Virginia (where election coverage is never-ending) or New Jersey, you likely have a slate of local offices on the ballot, but those are terribly important; those folks – school board members, county commissioners, etc – are […]