After a month away, I have returned. I got home yesterday a bit before noon. I walked in to find that not only had my neighbor taken fine care of my kitties, but he also cleaned up my place to a degre...

I'm finally nearing the end of my lengthy sojourn to greater Palm Springs.

The finale episode for Strange New Worlds' troubled fourth season dropped today, and if we're grading on a curve, it was pretty decent.

Week four of my visit to greater Palm Springs is fairly productive while also being boring.

Things are progressing down here in the scorching desert (less scorching now, I think the high today was only in the low 90s), but though taskwise I feel like things are slowly getting accomplished, o...

At this point I have to ask if anyone on the writing staff of Strange New Worlds has now or ever had any interest in writing for Star Trek. Because they have done their damnedest to avoid it all seaso...

Here's a little something that amused me, and since amusements are infrequent down here I thought I'd share. From the latest episode of Ted Lasso, wherein Ted sets up a dating profile with assistance ...

"Isn’t artificial intelligence better than none at all?”

Starting week three down here in the scorching desert, which thankfully is somewhat less scorching right now (

The latest episode of Strange New Worlds is a departure from the rest of the season. Which is to say, it's not a departure from the basic Star Trek concept.

A lackluster update from greater Palm Springs, as I continue my second week here. Since the last post, I've had one day dealing with a relatively lucid Dad for most of the day before the confusion abo...

The past couple of days have been frustrating but also starting to border on routine.

I've been down here at Dad & Marty's place for a week now, and it appears I'll be here at least a couple more.

Strange New Worlds delved into yet another gimmick this week. Are we sick and tired of gimmick episodes yet?

I continue to be challenged in my understandings of my dad's condition. Maybe there is no understanding to be had, but I'm one of those that has a compulsion to theorize. I'm inclined to lean heavily ...

I just watched this week's episode of Strange New Worlds. Unlike with the rest of this season's episodes, I don't have questions. I have question. Singular. With variants. To wit: Why was this even m...

I am  back down at my dad and Marty's place in greater Palm Springs, about a month-and-a-half ahead of schedule. I drove down beginning midday Monday, taking about 30 hours to make the trip including ...

This week's Strange New Worlds episode is more like Star Trek than anything since the season opener has been, and it may well be the best episode of the season thus far.

I umped on Sunday night and last night, and I'm a few minutes away from heading out to umpire tonight as well. Then I'm likely finished umpiring for the year.