by vrtapscott | Jul 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Well, it’s hot. Today was 111 and for the next three days (and the previous week) it’s been well over 100 every day. Thank goodness it moves down to a mere 97 on Monday and then down to the relatively cool high 80s to low 90s after that. The heat has me thinking about...
by vrtapscott | Jul 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have to say, I don’t really care about cheese that much. I mean, it’s there. It has its uses, like on pizza, for instance. In fact, pizza without cheese just sounds weird. But that’s also mozzarella, which is a kind of cheese that’s pretty much only used in baking....
by vrtapscott | Jul 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
My original title was ‘Is Religion Dying Out’, but I thought that was really too inflammatory, and not the reason I was writing. I believe that our ‘regular’ religions continue strong, although I think some of the same problems I detail below haunt the major...
by vrtapscott | Jul 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
So, today is “Don’t Step on a Bee” day. This could be a blessedly simple and short blog today, but you never know what I’m going to wander into. After all, I was almost sucked into writing about ‘Clerihew’ poetry, since it’s also National Clerihew Day. A sample...
by vrtapscott | Jul 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was reading a book by Lawrence Schoen (The Conroyverse, which is great!) and came across some interesting data regarding the unlikelyhood of you ever having been born. That all these factors came together that gave you some infinitesimal chance of existing. Now, I...
by vrtapscott | Jun 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
So, today’s garbage day. It’s an interesting concept, where we simply put anything nasty or dead or rotten into this box by the curb and it magically goes away. It reminds me of a joke about the ‘magic coffee table’ where you leave your chip bags, your crumbs, your...
