Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

 The last time I experienced a partial eclipse of the sun was August 21, 2017 . Although my track record for seeing astronomical phenomena u...

At the suggestion of my former eye doctor, I have been taking Pharmanex LifePak anti-aging packets, each of which contains four capsules. Th...

My treatment of PPDIs/Armstrong numbers on Lionel Deimel’s Farrago  has been checked and revised. I have added a new theorem and revised a c...

 That Donald Trump may soon find himself in a courtroom at the defendant’s table has led me to think about juries generally and juries that ...

The GOP debate of presidential hopefuls on August 23 was mildly useful, though it illustrated again that the mechanics of these events are a...

This evening, Rachel Maddow and Hillary Clinton are having a discussion as we await information about the just-issued indictment in Georgia....

This past weekend, I went meteor hunting. August, of course, is the month in which the Perseid Meteor Shower can be seen, and the celestial ...

Organ in its present home, the former Methodist Episcopal Church On August 6, I attended an organ concert in Lodi, New York, some 36 miles f...

I occasionally write a comment in response to an opinion piece from The New York Times . My thoughts may have little influence, but it is sa...

Since I arrived in Clifton Springs, New York, I have been borrowing CDs from the local library. The collection is not great—there are hardly...

Today, we celebrate what we view as the birth of the United States of America. Colonists on these shores declared their independence from Gr...

I have mixed feelings about the Supreme Court’s having struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program in  Biden v. Nebraska ...

Over the course of the twentieth century, various trials were declared to be “The Trial of the Century.” Clearly, not all of them deserved t...

No doubt, many are still reeling from the Donald Trump town hall staged on CNN earlier this month. The former president was questioned by Ka...

It has often and rightly been said that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. And yet, some substantial numbers of Republicans in the Hous...

I was very upset by the recent announcement that Netflix was terminating its DVD delivery service this fall. I first joined Netflix when all...

I often post graphics on Facebook that never appear here on my blog. What appears below began as a Facebook post. I thought others might wan...

I am tired of hearing Trump and his minions complain that the various investigations of the former president—and now at least one actual ind...

Today was the first day of sunny, 70-degree weather in Clifton Springs since I moved here in November. I had to go outside just after noon a...

 Major League Baseball begins a new season today. And the season begins with new rules intended to increase scoring and get games over with ...