The New Normal (Or How Not to Go Splodey)Hey, blank paper. I’m back. It’s February 2, 2021, and the world has survived. January was rough, what with all the craziness here in the…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
Auntie Trek: My Geek Cred Reigns SupremeA few weeks ago I signed up for Quora. As a woman of a certain age with varied experiences and interests, I figured I’d be great at…Dec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020
Scrooge McSnooze: My Holiday GoalsA lot….a looooottttttt has been written about how COVID is changing the way people are celebrating the holidays in 2020. Yes, there are…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
Cheap AF: How I’m Figuring Out Medium on a BudgetSomewhere in the late 1980s I discovered money. Or more importantly, I discovered the value of money — in that I didn’t have a lot of it…Dec 8, 20201Dec 8, 20201
He Groweτ to be a Frogge, if He Be Nat Eton.In my desire to find something to write about today, I read an article about writer’s block and depression by Mary Robinette Kowal. In it…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Elliot, Adira, and the Era of Gender DiversitySo, Elliot Page came out as a transgender man this week. The actor, who came out publicly on Tuesday, was nominated for an Academy Award…Dec 4, 2020Dec 4, 2020
2020: A Spaced OdysseyIt has been a really weird year, and it keeps getting weirder. I mean, we’ve gone from plagues to projectile Trick or Treating, with a…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
The Noisy Reality of AnxietyI’m having A Day. Anyone who’s suffered from clinical depression and anxiety knows what that’s like. A day where, with no seeming cause or…Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
Everything I Know I Learned from TVLike most of us born between the Boomers and Gen-X, I was pretty much raised by television. Whether it was Norman Lear or Sesame Street, I…Nov 28, 2020Nov 28, 2020
Black Friday: When Christmas Goes DarkKat, my wife, recently signed up for a month of streaming services with the Hallmark Holiday Movie Channel. Yup, all those awesome films…Nov 26, 2020Nov 26, 2020
