The Current Situation

U.S. Election post #4: Just admit it

Here are screenshots from the closing bit of Seth Meyer’s recent A Closer Look segment on his late night show:…

2 months ago

U.S. Election post #3: Project 2025 comics!

Since 1981, the American conservative think tank known as the Heritage Foundation — imagine decade-old mayonnaise in human form — have released…

2 months ago

U.S. Election post #2: Trump’s McCosplay is Dukakis’ tank ride all over again

Marc Canter (founder of MacroMind, which became Macromedia, which made Macromedia Director, the dev tool I used at my very…

2 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #14: Good thing I didn’t put away the generator!

As Murphy’s Law would have it, moments after posting yesterday that I hadn’t yet put away our generator just in…

2 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #13: I haven’t put away the generator yet

Here’s “Lil’ Red,” a generator we bought from a friend of the family a few years back, which I have…

2 months ago

U.S. Election post #1: When the town hall is going just great

What happened? Here are some news accounts: NBC News: Trump's bizarre music session reignites questions about his mental acuity New…

2 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #12: You don’t need a drone, just a pole and a phone!

Tap to view at full size. A day or two after Hurricane Milton tore its way through town, someone posted…

2 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #11: Clean-up

Tap to view at full size. A good chunk of today was devoted to cleaning up all the tree and…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #10: A farewell to silence

The stillness and silence from earlier this morning in our Old Seminole Heights neighbourhood broke at around 8:30 when people…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #9: “That’ll buff right out.”

I was still tired after waking up at 5:45 and writing the previous post, so I went back to sleep…

3 months ago