And, of course:
Hope you did, too. I noticed, and folks working at the polling place confirmed, there was a larger-than-normal turnout. I actually had to wait for a few minutes. Hopefully a good sign! Now the waiting begins…
Revisiting Sherlock
A Substack post caught my eye back in early October. It asked whether the BBC series Sherlock (2010-2017) was “brilliant” or “twaddle” (ultimately concluding the show was, in fact, “brilliant twaddle”).
Ever since the series showed up on Hulu recently, I’ve been pondering rewatching it. That post nudged me over the line. Seeing it again reminded me that, while the show had a lot to offer, it wasn’t at all my favorite modern implementation of the belovèd character.
So, yes indeed, “brilliant twaddle” (and sadly, probably closer to twaddle).
Two in a Row
Damn, another one down! Patrick Stewart died last Wednesday, so now I need to create a new commemoration meme:
We’re starting from the top this time.
Brewers Win the WS!
Since they were established in 1969, the Milwaukee Brewers have gone without ever winning a World Series championship.
Until last night.
Bitter Battle with BofA
After 26 years as a good and fully satisfied customer I find myself caught in an extended ‘he said; she said’ back-and-forth battle with Bank of America. Though it’s not what he (let alone she) said, but what they claim I did despite clear and obvious evidence I didn’t. In fact, couldn’t have.
What’s aggravating is that the investigators don’t appear to be actually investigating. They won’t contact me or the merchant, so I’m not sure quite what they’re investigating.
This has been going on all summer, since late May…
Only Two Left
With the passing of Walter Koenig last Sunday, memes like this have been making the rounds:
I made the one above from a good quality photo, but I don’t like how Uhura is hidden behind Spock. For that matter, can’t see much of Chekov, either. So, I made another one from a different photo:
Though this photo isn’t as good as the first one.
21-Kiloton Paperclip
Physics geeks are quite familiar with the implications of Einstein’s famous equation, E=mc². Firstly, that energy and matter are different guises of the same thing. Secondly, that the conversion rate between them is astronomical.
To kick off the week, let’s explore that well known equation and its astonishing conversion rate of matter to energy.
Sci-Fi Saturday 10/24/26
I’ve been up to no good lately — if by “no good” we mean reading and watching science fiction. That bad behavior has been a constant all my life. It began in early grade school when I started picking my own reading material.
Prominent in the very first SF books I ever read is the Lucky Starr series, by Isaac Asimov (writing as “Paul French”). The books were written for a juvenile audience, and I was exactly that audience.
Just recently, two of the six novels showed up as e-books at my local library. Nicely, one of the two is the first of the series, and I’m reading it now.
BB #96: Connoisseur vs Gourmet
Contrary to the saying, this old dog learned a new trick recently.
Or rather, this old dog learned he’d been doing the trick wrong all these years and finally learned how it’s supposed to be done.
Learning an error of my ways is good but here I lose a distinction I’ve long enjoyed making between a connoisseur and a gourmet.
The Missing $10
This old gag caught my eye recently:
As usual in these cases, it’s a trick question.
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