Eric, Author at The Fire Ant Gazette

Random Thursday

In which we explore the origins of a couple of idioms. Fortunately, it gets more exciting that that.

Here’s what the Apple’s song shuffle feature served up for my treadmill workout this morning.

Cats: Cuddly fur balls, or members of an alien race sent to subjugate humans? We guide…you decide.

Do you seem to always land on the same websites/social media? How about some variety?

Musings about the CMA awards, bird calls, and good photos other people took.

In a testament to stubbornness overcoming commonsense, the Gazette turns 20 years old today.

Isn’t there a song lyric about laughter in the rain? I’ll bet they weren’t running at the time.

At least three people like the first edition of “Stuff I Like,” and I consider that a mandate.

Black and white photography can sometimes turn a rather mundane subject into something dramatic.

A semi-deep dive into the DALL-E 2 AI-powered text-to-image generator. Pretty geeky stuff, this.