The Atavachron

• Lincoln’s Time

  April 10, 2021

  College student Sam Sparker discovers that his Physics Professor Dr. Maxwell has a time machine hidden in a secret lab in his office. Sam has to go back to April 1865 to rescue the professor who is marooned back there but finds out that the prof is staying in Mary Surratt’s infamous boarding house in […]

• Time and Again

  March 23, 2021

  My favorite novel of all time is Time and Again by Jack Finney. The novel is a science fiction mystery adventure romance time travel story published in 1970. The book is extremely readable and exciting and full of an abundance of details that make the story come alive, many of which are historical facts. It […]

• Hummus, Part 3

  March 18, 2021

  This is a three-part post. Read Part 1. Read Part 2. I’ve said a lot about making hummus, but I’m not a chef, so I’m not that into the concept of presentation with the dishes I prepare. Nevertheless, whether you’re serving this to someone else or just want to enjoy your hummus in an elegant […]

• Hummus, Part 2

  March 6, 2021

  This is a three-part post. Read Part 1. Read Part 3. In Part 1, I told you I would share my hummus-making secrets, but they’re not actually mine. I’m just a regular old gringo, albeit one who loves hummus and has tried making it for years. But what do I really know about making hummus […]

• Hummus, Part 1

  March 1, 2021

  This is a three-part post. Read Part 2. Read Part 3. It’s been a while, I admit, since I’ve been on here. While I’ve been away, I circled back to a kitchen project I’ve worked on before: that is, making hummus, my favorite food. Now, let me tell you about making hummus. I’ve certainly tried […]

• Winter Easing

  February 19, 2021

  Today it got above freezing for the first time in over a week! Yay for the sun! We still have a lot of snow on the ground, but it’s melting fast, and the forecast for the next few days looks good. Goodbye and good riddance OMW and JF! All I can say is Thank God! […]

• Old Man Winter and Jack Frost

  February 14, 2021

  Well Old Man Winter and his younger (and much better looking) cousin Jack Frost have hit us hard here in Kansas. The cold has been absolutely bone-chilling, far more severe than anything I’ve ever experienced before. We’ve gotten snow a few times, and it’s pretty to look at, but that’s nothing compared to the vicious, […]

• We Remember: Apollo 1

  January 27, 2021

  On January 27, 1967, a tragic fire broke out in the Command Module of Apollo 1 (previously designated as AS-204) during a launch test killing all three members of the crew: Virgin I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee. There was a congressional investigation into the incident, and the craft was […]

• Dollars and Cents

  January 24, 2021

  With my recent work on the Money Converter Problem Solver, I needed to manipulate money values and was again reminded of one of my pet peeves and that is the misuse of the cent symbol, ¢, which is underused and apparently misunderstood by many. One reason for its under use is the fact that it […]

• Cardinality and Bit Patterns

  January 14, 2021

  We just recently celebrated the feast of Epiphany, but this week I had an epiphany all my own, something I hadn’t realized before. It has to do with math and sets and bit patterns, some of my favorite things, but let me start at the beginning. That’s a very good place to start. Once upon […]

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