To explore strange new worlds

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

I was a child when the original Star Trek series aired, so young that my parents refused to let me stay up and watch, in spite of the fact that all of...

I'm not a lawyer, but I play one on the Web

Thursday, November 5, 2020

NOTE: This situation is fluid. As I get ready to post this, a lawsuit challenging the vote count in Georgia was thrown out by a Georgia Superior Court...

Redux

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Some years ago I was watching a press conference with John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, on the University of North Carolina campus. Something to...

Hoist by his own petard

Saturday, October 3, 2020

I have been waiting for the 50+ years since I studied Hamlet in Freshman English to use that headline. No, I’m not going to laugh at the President or...

RBG

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Sad day.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom the AP described on Saturday as “a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion,”...

No more teachers, no more books

Friday, September 18, 2020

My heart is broken over the situation with K12 education in the midst of the global pandemic. In NC, some schools are 100% physically open (mostly private...

I've always been good at tests

Monday, September 14, 2020

I had my second COVID test today. The first was during a visit to the ER in July and to be honest it is kind of a blur, but this one I remember. Yuck!

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Saturday, September 12, 2020

I am desperate for data. This whole conversation is full of people citing studies that don’t exist, or citing studies that do exist but don’t mean what...

Weighty matters

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Several year ago I wrote in my short-lived Reassured DMM blog about the link between obesity and dementia and swore I’d do something to lower my risk....

Fashionista

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

I’m such a trend setter! I saw on The Today Show today that wearing sneakers with dresses is trending. OMG! I’ve been there for 20 years! I wonder if...