Month: May 2016

by Doctor Science — a day late. Many of my friends on livejournal/dreamwidth are in the habit of posting “what I’ve been reading” book lists on Wednesdays. Meanwhile, one of the nicer online things that has happened to me in the past year or so has been becoming part of the community at File770, where … Read more

by Ugh Well, there we have it.  Barring something completely unforeseen and unprecedented – or at least more so than to date - Donald Freaking Trump will be the GOP nominee for the 2016 United States of America Presidential Election/Leader of the Free World Rumpus.  The frowny faces on journalists this morning is due to having their … Read more

by Doctor Science This is the nest of an American Phoebe, on the back wall of our single-story house outside the master bedroom: There are at least 4 nestlings — it’s possible there’s another one behind the ivy leaf. I took this picture May 1; they’re still there this evening, May 2, but I expect … Read more