Ramblings and Musings

Monday-Sunday, July 13-19, 2026Day 27, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 We still haven't heard about the revised adjustment, but the insurance company has about 7 (business) days to respond. In the meantime, a forester is coming over tomorrow to assess whether or not he wants...

Monday-Sunday, July 6-12, 2026Day 19, Monday, July 6, 2026 Well, the holiday weekend is over.  This week we hope to see the adjuster finalize his paperwork and get us a check for at least the living expenses and lost personal property.  Finalizing that will also mean...

Monday-Sunday, June 22-28, 2026Day 12, Monday, June 29, 2026 As scheduled, the garage door installers came bright and early (probably to beat the heat, which is pretty bad).  They had it all done with the new door completely installed in less than 3 hours.  Great job,...

Monday-Sunday, June 22-28, 2026Day 5 - Monday, June 22, 2026 Monday was busy.  First, an adjuster from State Farm (finally) called and I connected him with Spencer.  He will be over on July 1st, NEXT Wednesday.  Next we scoped out the trees once again and continued...

Sunday, June 21, 2026Day 4 was a normal Sunday and Father's Day.  It was great except for the fact that severe weather was predicted again. Before leaving for a family get-together to celebrate Father's Day Spencer and his tree guy came over to scope out the pole...

Saturday, June 20, 2026Day 3 was a nice, sunny Saturday.  I got up early (at the hotel), got some breakfast at the buffet they had set up, and headed for a busy day at the house (since the hotel is only 5 miles away, it was easy to go back and forth). The weather...

Friday, June 19, 2026On day 2 we awoke to a nice, sunny day.  It was obvious that it was going to be warmer than the previous several days.  Without power still, we were worried that it would get too warm in the house, but it stayed moderated.   Still, we decided that...

Thursday, June 18, 2026The first morning we were able to get a better look at the damage.  We were also able to start contacting people for repairs and cleanup.  Power was still out as we found out that most poles were down and even the high tension wires a hundred...

Wednesday, June 17, 2026We were monitoring the severe storms on the evening of June 17th, 2026.  Severe storms had been predicted for a couple of days, and the weather forecasters were saying that there was a good possibility of tornadoes.  But if you live in east...

Causality: The Bridge Between Physics and Mind In the last essay, we talked about the arrow of time—and I told you it isn’t what you think. We poked at entropy, at why eggs scramble but don’t unscramble, and at why “forward” in time feels so obvious even though the...