My "One-Halfth" Blogiversary

Today it's six months— half a year— since I started blogging: since I quite accidentally acquired a blog, whilst registering to post a comment on Caltechgirl's blog.

So I'm posting something old and something new. "Something old" is my favorite piece from the early days of my blog, A Paranoid Apocalyptic Short Story. "Something new" is a piece on slide rules. Enjoy, and thanks to all of you who've been here, and all of you who've come on board, these past six months!