May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I’ve talked about mental health on my blogs before, especially in relation to stress and the pandemic. COVID-19 and the attempts to deal with it have added extra stress to all of our lives … Continued
Solar power has come to represent hope in science fiction, and climate change. My wife and I got solar panels in 2018. It was not a decision we made lightly, but we’re quite glad we did. For one thing, solar … Continued
Do you know those horrible password rules about adding random characters and numbers and stuff? IT professionals hate them, too. Honest. I can say that because I am, in fact, an IT professional and have been for just shy of … Continued
Thankfully, this is just a fictional scenario. But, it’s damn plausible. Good science fiction is an extrapolation of current technologies and social and economic conditions into a future scenario that allows the reader to see one potential future. As our … Continued
Normally, I’d share a silly link, but not today. Today, it’s Christmas. The day that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, also known as Yeshua ben Yeshua, Lamb of God, and Light of the World. We live in strange times, … Continued
I’m just not smart enough to calculate Santa’s trajectory. Seriously, I love science, but I’m just not good enough at math to keep track of Santa Claus on his flight plan around the world on Christmas Eve. Thankfully, I don’t … Continued
People who call me pessimistic are just not being realistic. If the past several election cycles and the attendant advertising and attempts to sway voters have shown anything, I think, it’s that having an extra healthy level of skepticism is … Continued
For the next two months, “Don’t feed the troll” should be our mantra. According to the Urban Dictionary, a “troll” is “…[s]omeone who deliberately pisses people off online to get a reaction.” And, while that’s true, I feel like it’s … Continued
Maybe this is a good year to skip fireworks. The past couple of years, I’ve posted tips for photographing fireworks around this time of year. They’re popular and taking photos of them is just as popular. But, maybe this year, … Continued
Yeah, I’m talking about depression. That metaphor, calling depression the “Black Dog”, is usually attributed to Winston Churchill, but I’ve definitely heard it from a lot of sources. We tend to want to show our best faces on social media … Continued