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I have rather suddenly developed an interest in local history. Most specifically, I’ve decided I want to know all there is to know about Flamm City, a place that was probably never actually any kind of a city, but which has intrigued me for many years. I’ve discovered a ton of historical resources at the […]
Do you know the feeling of sleeping in a bed with cool sheets? I love it, especially in warm weather, and I think I finally understand the formula. Before I spell it out, I want to describe some of the many traps that have been set out for me. I used to think it was […]
The Bonneville Salt Flats are located on the western edge of Utah along I-80. They are world renowned as the place where land speed records are set, chosen for their natural flatness. I was looking for a place to camp overnight on my camping road trip during June of this year, and this was a […]
My reading progress this month has been rather poor. I was stuck on The Raven Boys for three weeks because it took that long to catch my interest. Every time I tried to read a little, it made me sleepy, which is never a good sign. The characters developed slowly, and I guess I don’t […]
I just read what is essentially a scene-by-scene analysis of Star Trek VI. It was quite interesting to read, because it examines the film in a way that I never have. This is my favorite Star Trek film, I have watched it many times, and I have long admired it for its economy of story […]
A couple weeks ago, I went to a meet-up of writers in Jefferson County. It was a small group, and I enjoyed it. A couple of published authors, and a fairly loose discussion of things we’re working on. I discussed the space station murder mystery I am planning, and while I didn’t receive a lot […]
I am forty-five years old, and until now I have had only an approximate idea of where I was born. When I was younger, I was told I was born “in St. Louis.” However, I grew up in unincorporated St. Louis County, and in our mailing address, the city was always given as “St. Louis,” […]
The voting skills of the American electorate have frustrated me for some time. Our Presidential candidates this year are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton of all possibilities, and now the UK has had Brexit. I have long wondered what to do about it. Restore journalism ethics? The driving motivator isn’t there. Educate voters about the […]
The Pawnee National Grassland is located in northeast Colorado. As the name would imply, it is a large expanse of grassland, relatively flat, set aside for public use much like the National Forest system. It is a very beautiful place, and very peaceful. Except, perhaps, for the cows. There are three small developed campgrounds at […]
At work, we use monitoring systems to alert us to problems with the system, so that we can react to them quickly. We take the monitoring systems quite seriously. Today, on one of my personal servers, I discovered that a service had crashed, and I hadn’t noticed for fifteen hours. It was quite a shock […]
