I just got back Radon test results for my house. It read 16.3 pCi/L, approximately 4 times the recommended EPA maximum level. I also just got access to ChatGPT’s Deep Research, so I asked it to write a blog post on household Radon. Everything below is AI-generated. Introduction to Radon Radon is a colorless, odorless radioactive gas that comes from the natural decay of uranium in soil and rocks (Radon in Homes, Schools and Buildings | US EPA). It seeps into buildings through cracks in foundations, gaps around pipes, crawl spaces, and other openings in contact with the ground. Every…
I’m uninterested in politics most of the time. This is in stark contrast to my fascination with policy, and I’m generally only interested in politics insofar as it consistently prevents good policy. Politics has probably never been mostly about policy, but we’ve reached a point where the two are now completely divorced. This seems obvious to me, but it seems worth pointing out. Like most of the rest of the country, I’ve been thinking a lot about politics this week. From most of what I’ve read, however, it seems that I haven’t been thinking about it in the same way.…
We were supposed to be flying into Nashville for the last weekend of October for the annual Rally for the Lane, where we get to drive museum cars. This year was particularly exciting because the destination was an airplane museum! But the weather forecast didn’t look good. Seems there was a hurricane heading straight for Tennessee. Then we each woke up on the morning of Monday, September 23 with a sore throat. Monday night was pretty terrible. Berck took a test Tuesday morning, while I took out the garbage to the street. Wednesday is our trash day, but apparently, my…
Last night, or rather early this morning, I woke up around 3 a.m. The cat was curled up next to me, rhythmically breathing, sound asleep. Berck was in the downstairs bedroom because it’s cooler down there, and he makes me leave if I wake him up snoring. I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I scrolled through Facebook, Google News, and Reddit. The cat woke up with my fidgeting, finally leaving the bed around 4, which is around the time he gets up anyway. He yowled at the kitchen window, probably to the neighbor’s visiting black cat, but only for…
I had a colonoscopy scheduled for today (everyone at the clinic asked me why I was getting one, and I’d answer, “I’m 50”). My mom had suggested getting some lemon drops as chasers to the 4 liters of colonoscopy juice I had to drink last night and this morning, but I was having a dickens of a time finding any. Venture Foods in Divide carries some, but they taste like chalk. All City Market had was some Lifesavers, so I got some of those. 7 Eleven didn’t have any. Then I tried the Farm Crest store in Old Colorado City. I…