Roger O Green

X is for xkcd

You cannot change the laws of physics,

xkcd is a comic strip by Randall Munroe that addresses issues that either 1) I have thought of but wish I had said better, or 2) hadn’t thought of, but wish I had. He describes xkcd as “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.”

I mean, I’ve BEEN to this meeting. Totally exhausting. Haven’t you?

xkcd updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. “Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).”

I HAVE been known to interrupt myself, interrupt myself like that, I have. Indeed.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. So “This means you’re free to copy and reuse any of my drawings (noncommercially) as long as you tell people where they’re from.”

This reminds me of a song called Star Trekkin’ by The Firm. No, not THAT The Firm. You should take a listen. Scotty is saying “You cannot change the laws of physics.”

Romeo was a bit of a butthead.

I’m pretty sure that the first time I was actively aware of xkcd was from this now classic, and somewhat profane – you WERE warned – explanation of the First Amendment.

Finally, separated by a common language uses it as well.

ABC Wednesday – Round 18

Mixing it up: Ask Roger Anything

I will probably have to BUMP something I’ve already written for a date in favor of YOUR question.

Back in May, Eddie the Renaissance Geek wrote about trying to get ahead in the blogging game, especially when the WiFi goes out:

“Thankfully, I had several “silly season” posts already scheduled. I’ve started writing those as I think of them and scheduling several of them throughout each week, about a month ahead of time. That way, if something happens on this end, like an outage, you still get your dose of Eddie that makes you wonder why you keep coming back to this here blog.”

I replied: “You absolutely SHOULD post ahead. I went about 5 days not writing anything, but you wouldn’t know it.

I finished FOUR posts TODAY, but I may have no Internet access from Saturday-Wednesday. It’s particularly useful for occasions – anniversaries, holidays.”

Eddie responded: “My problem has always been that once I get the cushion built up, I slack off, instead of building on it. I am, however, working bit-by-bit on December posts, since that is the time of year when I tend to disappear from online life.”

The regular blog IS an art form. And because of this, the spontaneity of the blog sometimes gets lost. Which is where YOU come in. YOU get to Ask Roger Anything.

As always, you may ask me ANYTHING, ask for advice or opinions or philosophical musings. Not only I will answer, reasonably soon, generally within thirty days, but I will also probably have to BUMP something I’ve already written for a date in favor of YOUR question. Mixing it up: now THAT is exciting, in that 1) I have to figure out what to postpone and 2) it means I usually have NO idea what I posted that particular day until it goes live, and THEN see the typo I had missed when it was in draft form.

Your queries I will answer, to the best of my ability/memory/flashback honestly, though the mind is a sometimes thing. A little obfuscation on my part IS allowed!

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Father’s Day find

I think I did OK, given the fact that I didn’t – and don’t know what I’m doing.

As is my wont, I’m writing ahead in my blog, a post for early July, when, unexpectedly, I realize I have written nothing for Father’s Day, then less than two weeks away. Could that be correct?

Maybe I wrote it, but I forgot to schedule it. Nope.

So I searched my own blog, in posts and drafts, for the word Father’s Day, and I come across a draft with only this picture from 2010. As far as I know, I never used the picture before, and in fact, don’t specifically remember it.

It is a “find.”

I DO remember that dress, though. Continue reading “Father’s Day find”

Music Throwback Saturday: The Trouble with Normal

Person in the street shrugs — “Security comes first”
But the trouble with normal is it always gets worse

In celebration of the 71st birthday of Bruce Cockburn (pronounced CO-burn) on May 25, I played the one compilation CD of his that I own. To call it a “greatest hits” would be stretching it, since he was not a commercial engine, though a well-regarded singer/songwriter, often covered, who’s been recording at least since 1970.

I DO have three of his LPs, his 9th through 11th, on vinyl, as it turns out, probably a function of hearing the songs on WQBK-FM, Q104 in Albany in the period. Dancing in the Dragon’s Jaws (1978) features his one bona fide US hit, Wondering Where the Lions Are, which got up to #21 on the Billboard charts. I did not know this Continue reading “Music Throwback Saturday: The Trouble with Normal”

Neighbors

One fellow has been badgering a local journalist about this topic, publicly on Facebook, concerned and frustrated that the mainstream media is ignoring this “important” issue.

One recent Friday morning, I was in the home office when I heard a fire truck stop, as it turned out, right in front of our house. I looked out to see an EMT walking toward our walkway, then veered next door.

I’m conflicted about the proper “it’s none of my business”/curiosity and voyeurism ratio. I mean it’s RIGHT next door. Eventually I went out to the curb to bring back the garbage can that had been emptied overnight, and I see one of the young women Continue reading “Neighbors”

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