Big C Update (Cupdate)
On Monday, Carol and I went for our first visit to my radiation oncologist, Dr. Poins*. He seems like a very competent practitioner and an all-round excellent guy, so we…
Some Tardy Notes on the Penultimate Season of Stranger Things
Being sick as a dog this past week with whatever is currently making the rounds in my little California town, and consequently out from work for three days, provided the…
Big C Update
[So, I promised to keep everyone up to date with my cancer diagnosis. As of this writing (January 20, ’26), I don’t have any new info; I’ll go see the…
Point Buchon
For me, a trip to Montana de Oro is always sort of an ecstasy-and-agony proposition. The ecstasy speaks for itself: wild nature, gorgeous coastline, and (usually) beautiful weather — what’s…
The End of the World
Welcome, pilgrims! Skellig Michael (Sceilig Mhichil) is a tiny rock spire of an island, lying off the Kerry coast of Ireland. Somewhere between the 6th and the 8th Century, early…
Fear of Flying, part 1
(With apologies to Erica Jong.) You could say that the whole dreary business began at around elevenses on a Wednesday in the spring of 1982. Occupying the aisle seat of…
Short Story: The Reaper of Styx Valley
“Stand by for orbital insertion burn.” The greasy-haired young man nodded without taking his eyes off the console. “Yeah, all set.” Dara Moser frowned. Can you for once answer the…
The Kingdom of Cats
Late Saturday night we got back from our trip to the island nation of Cyprus, where Carol had attended an astrophysics workshop, and I’d tried (with limited success) to get…
Gastronomicon
Carol and I are now on the island of Cyprus for a couple weeks. This week, she is attending an astrophysics workshop involving ULIRGS and other vaguely threatening-sounding cosmic phenomena,…
Engagement
Thursday, Carol and I got back from a short run down to Paris. The latest updates to my Adobe and music applications, after repeated warnings, have decided they can no…
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