Randy’s blog — more than 800 entries — goes back to 1994. If you’d like to read through all of them, it’ll take you awhile — but you’ll be amply entertained. The first entry is here: Introducing My Blog, and there are links at the bottom of each page (above the comments) to get to the next entry.
See bottom of this page regarding comment photos.
A Listing of ALL Blog Entries is here — the listing is long, starting with the oldest. Note there’s a search function in the navbar if you’re trying to find something specific. The following is a listing of the most-recent entries:
- What Not to Say - No one with cancer needs to hear about any of these common topics. Here's what TO say.
- No More Pussyfooting - The post where I explain exactly what's going on with my health.
- True’s New Beginning - This publication has become bigger than me, and my job now is to make sure it stays that way.
- Three Seconds to Live - The full story behind the 'bungee jumping' 'accident' in Brazil last week, with an EMS story from my own past that helped me write it.
- Play Misty For Me - Did you hear about the mayor given a hand-slap for child rape? That's not even the odd twist.
- The Cop Lied - UPDATE on the story about the woman cited for holding her phone "in her right hand" ...when she doesn't have a right hand.
- Please Hold for Humanity - When Humans Fail the Turing Test.
- The State Needs a Trim - Another band of petty bureaucrats are so far succeeding at stomping out free speech.
- The News Media ‘Arms Race’ - I’m of mixed mind as to whether this amounts to an ethical lapse: the publication is changing quotes.
- Performative Motherhood - Should social media "influencing" be illegal? Don't be too quick to say yes ...or no.
- Inventory Management - Or, when resolving a police standoff depends on a can of Pepsi. No, really.
- Reviving the Honorary Unsubscribe Archive - As I started writing about the change I was considering, I made up my mind: Just Do It!
- The Lunch Lady is Not the Story - Two arrests were announced on the same day by a Florida sheriff’s office — both involving its own employees.
- Stop Spammers from Using Your Domain - A truly easy way to stop spammers from using your domain to send spam.
- Dave Farber, Interesting People - More on Dave Farber's pioneering career, from the implications of his mailing list to the infancy of the Internet.
- Dave Farber, Grandfather of the Internet - Dave Farber died February 7. He was one of the more influential pioneers in early computing and the Internet.
- Why Mention the Country? - This started as a “letter to the editor” in the newsletter, but there was enough reaction that I thought I’d move it to my blog as an “explainer” that readers can find later, too.
- Round Trip - A story in this week’s issue stirred up some my past. I’d love to take you along that trip.
- Deepfake Education - The principal and superintendent should be prohibited from ever working with children again.
- Ask Me Anything 016 …More Ship Questions - Why I essentially have no allergies anymore -- and no more migraines! Plus: Resident turnover is part of the design.
- Ask Me Anything 015 …Going Meta - Wait: have you actually been listening? Feels anything but smooth to me!
- Ask Me Anything 014 …Will We Go to Mars? - Why I don't think we will be able to leave Earth permanently.
- The Secret to True’s Success - It's not "because of" a grumpy unsubscribe, but despite it.
- The Story’s Disturbing Logic - ChatGPT psychoanalyzes a very dark This is True story. It's fascinating.
- Ask Me Anything 013 …How I Got my NASA Job - Yes, there's a story about that. Glad you asked.
How to Include Your Photo on Comments
You’ll note some comments include a photo representing the commenter. The comment system uses Gravatar to pull up user photos. Register there if you already haven’t; it uses your email address to associate your stated address when you comment with your Gravatar account, and then it’s automagical on any site that uses Gravatar (which is a lot).
If you wish to remain anonymous and not have your existing Gravatar photo show, then add an “address” tag to your email (because comments that use fake addresses are automatically rejected). That is, if your email is your.name @ gmail.com, you can use a tag like your.name+nopic @ gmail.com — that changes your address enough that it won’t pull up a photo. You’ll still get notifications (if you sign up for them), too.