Category Archives: Life in the Atomic Age

The discharge paperwork finally went through last night and I slept in my own bed. I awoke to find my leg, ankle and foot back to normal size, but looking very sunburned. Apparently, I had a really bad case of … Continue reading →

Sorry folks. I’m recovering from the worst flu virus I’ve seen in a decade. It started with chills and shivering so bad I injured my leg Thursday night. Then I slept for 35 of the 48 hours which encompass Friday … Continue reading →

Somebody in California wants to get a free trip to D.C.. State panel outlaws ‘dark money’ in California political campaigns The state’s campaign finance watchdog agency on Thursday adopted new requirements that nonprofit groups that contribute through a federal political … Continue reading →

Hit this link and read on. It is brutal. Nor should it be kind, since it on the topic of Obama’s foreign policy debacles.

So, I have a sister who likes to travel. Damn near every year she takes all of her vacation time, which is a considerable amount, and goes somewhere far, far away. The past couple of years it has been somewhere … Continue reading →

They weren’t giving out participation awards. If you haven’t yet read Rolf’s account of the Hugo Awards event at Sasquan, you should do so now. Also, this post at The Stars Came Back site.

Not a dramatic improvement, but an improvement nonetheless. We are excited to announce that Yelp has concluded an agreement with the federal government that will allow federal agencies and offices to claim their Yelp pages, read and respond to reviews, … Continue reading →

You decide Vandals keep snipping fiber optic cables in California with impunity Vandals snipped another fiber optic cable line in the San Francisco Bay area this week, the 12th incident of its kind in the region over the past year. The … Continue reading →

Not “hardly working”. Sure, the PacNW gets some heat and a freight car worth of work rolls into the shop. Let me just note that I’m changing shirts at lunch because the one I wore to work in the morning … Continue reading →

Howdy! Some update to the site’s security went all Judge Dredd on anyone who clicked in. Hopefully, if you were effected, everything is all better now, thanks to Barron. If not, well, you can’t read this anyway. I’m getting my … Continue reading →