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:
- 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.
- Ask Me Anything 012 …Let’s Talk About Florida! - Plus a Cameo by Kit!
- Text with Jesus - A company is betting you have an itch to 'text' with historical figures.
- Ask Me Anything 011 …Will I Get an Honorary Unsubscribe? - And also, will I use “horrible” stories?
- Ask Me Anything 010 …Tracking Readers? & Do Ship People Subscribe? - Which clicks I track, and whether other Residents subscribe to True. Plus, what stories readers whine about.
- If Gmail Picks Up Your Domain’s Mail, Read This - Gmail will stop collecting mail from your own domain soon. What to do now.
- Ask Me Anything 009 …What Am I, Stupid? - My Beginnings in EMS, and My Writing Productivity Secret
- Not Now, Cato! - I suspect readers will want to share a story from this week, or at least one of the images that go with it.
- Ask Me Anything 008 …More on Shipboard Life - An extra-long episode, but worth it for the video of dolphins playing.
- Connections - I looked, but Rod Serling was not standing behind me.
- Ask Me Anything 007 …How I Find and Write Stories - No, episode 007 isn't about spies onboard, but readers are quite involved in helping to find stories.
- Ask Me Anything 006 …Finding the Honorary Unsubscribe - Trying to go shorter this week. Success!
- Irony? Not So Much - Just don’t mistake ad campaigns for gospel truth, OK?
- Ask Me Anything 005 …All ‘Foreign’ Questions (and animals!) - There is only one kind of pet allowed onboard.
- Google’s Ads Banned from Honorary Unsubscribe Site - I've banned Google Ads from the Honorary Unsubscribe site. Here's why.
- Ask Me Anything 004 …Do I Wish I Stayed at NASA? - No, because I still do just a little!
- Ask Me Anything 003 …the Most Interesting Honorary Unsubscribe - There's no hesitation: I know who my favorite H.U. honoree is.
- Ask Me Anything 002 …Whose Idea Was This?! - Episode 2 and I’m already behind schedule!
- Ask Me Anything 001 …An Introduction - Questions: What's the Format? Who can ask questions? And will I answer ALL of the questions sent?
- Hahaha, Psych! - Hell, they not only misspelled it, they missed an important component.
- NCL’s Shame - Where we were when the 8.8 earthquake generated a tsunami, and why we were totally safe even though we were "nearby."
- Hands Off My Work, NYT! - The New York Times is demanding to know what it is I ask ChatGPT, and how.
- Tagline Inspiration - Where story taglines (and slugs) sometimes come from: sparks in my brain.
- Uh Oh, J.Lo - When paparazzi sue their celebrity targets. I hope this one goes to court.
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.