Yep, this is definitely someone who has nothing to hide, hasn't done anything wrong, and is merely a victim of people attacking him for no reason. Uh-huh, sure. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

My newest contribution to the debate around our government officials making outrageous sums of money because of their positions. #corruption #grift ianrandalstrock.com/2026/05/18/a...

Judging by the one-hot-day-followed-by-one-cold we’ve been having this year, I think this is my latest “first day working outside” ever.

Next weekend will be only my second science fiction convention of the year: I'll be at @balticon.bsky.social in Maryland. My schedule is on the blog at: ianrandalstrock.com/2026/05/14/s...

Announcing the table of contents for Resistance (publishing in one fortnight). And pre-order links are now live! ianrandalstrock.com/2026/05/12/r...

View from the top of the Scargo Tower in Dennis, MA, looking out over the Massachusetts Bay. With my binoculars, I could see the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown. #Scargo #dennisma

QOTD: Discussing the fact that no foods are blue. Then the question: “What was the point of the white crayon?”

I’m here.

Road trip! Headed to Cape Cod for Boston Mensa’s mini RG.

Brooklyn flowers.

Has anyone ever been able to use a tube of super glue more than once? You know, open the package, pierce the top, apply the few drops, and then reseal the tube. And then, the next time you need it, take off the cap, squeeze and squeeze to no effect, and then throw it out and buy a new tube.

The train arrived just as I got to the platform, so no platform pic as I head into Manhattan for trivia at the Cornerstone Tavern.

The newest volume of Tony & Ty Drago's New Americans series, "The Philly Crew," is out today! ianrandalstrock.com/2026/05/05/p...

Coming really soon: A new anthology helping to fight the good fight! ianrandalstrock.com/2026/05/04/s...

Headed into Manhattan for games day at The Hugh.

Springwoods, Franklin Roosevelt’s home. #fdr #franklinroosevelt #eleanorroosevelt

The light as I rode over the Manhattan Bridge Friday evening was stunning. #nycviews #manhattanbridgeview #sunset

Due to circumstances, ConEd is only able to deal with emergency situations. Due to the current situation, you can use our automated system, or this call will be disconnected. Thanks for being so uninformative. Guess I'll try tomorrow to deal with my bill. #ConEdison #aiphone

Looking for some research help. Specifically, I’m looking for any other religions with a concept similar to Judaism’s Shabbos goy. A Shabbos goy is a non-Jew who is employed by Jews to perform certain types of work that Jewish religious law prohibits a Jew from doing on the Sabbath. #amwriting

Literary Abbrevs. Is it just me...? Today on the blog: ianrandalstrock.com/2026/04/25/l... #amwriting #reading #writing

A subway platform pic! I must be back in New York. Headed into Manhattan for a Sri Lankan dinner with friends. And yes, I still haven’t gone through all the pictures or written up my trip in Florida and home. I’ll get to it (but I’ve been busy).

Traveling is great, but it also feels good to be home (much catching up to do). Yesterday’s numbers: 598 miles in 14 hours and 54 minutes, 150 tracks on the iPod before I was back in range of New York City radio. Total for the trip: 2,766 miles, 13 days 18 hours 30 minutes. Details and pics later.

Stopped for dinner at a diner in Frankford, Delaware (there was no “welcome to Delaware” sign, but the waiter says the border was ten minutes back). Cat picture from where I parked, for my friends who are into such things.

In the distance you can see the northern bridges of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, which I have just driven. Paused at the scenic overlook to admire the achievement. It is windy, rainy, there are whitecaps on the water, and 5 foot swells under the bridge. 

The track of the first four successful powered heavier-than-air flights (big stone in front is a monument; four farther away mark the successive landing points). Wind is a constant 30 or 40 mph here; no wonder it was a good place for the Wright Brothers to experiment!

The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson, NC. Definitely worth getting off I-95 to visit. #vollissimpson #wilsonnc

Trip home, day 1, by the numbers: 14 hours and 48 minutes on the road, 768 miles, 4 states, 177 tracks played on the iPod. Now for day 2, which may bring a change in plans: exciting!

Unfortunately, the kitchen is so backed up that they can’t even seat me for a half an hour, so I am going to press on and find dinner elsewhere. 

White Sands Buddhist Center in Mims, Florida.

Time to leave Florida for home. Going to overnight in Wilson, North Carolina, tonight, and see Kitty Hawk tomorrow on the way back to New York.

Your moment of zen. Today at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.

Today on the blog: "Don't like Congress? Your opinion doesn't matter." In which I embrace my inner Eeyore, and dread the results of this year's mid-term elections, because nothing is going to change... ianrandalstrock.com/2026/04/13/d...

The lizards of Home Depot’s Garden Center in Delray Beach, Florida, part 2.

The lizards of Home Depot’s Garden Center in Delray Beach, Florida.

Iguana lunch time at Wakodahatchie Wetlands

Publication day for "The New Americans #3" by Tony & Ty Drago, published by my Milherst Publishing imprint. Details on the blog: ianrandalstrock.com/2026/04/08/p...

Yesterday by the numbers: 6 planned visits, 3 states, 702 miles, 14 hours and 45 minutes, and 171 songs played on the iPod. Made it safely to Mom and Dad’s in Florida, and now I’m tired, so no driving today.

Unused Space Shuttle External Tank. Green Cove Springs, Florida.

In Georgia.

Yesterday by the numbers: 2 planned visits, 1 dinner with friend, 8 states, 696 miles, 16 hours 21 minutes, 148 iPod songs played. Now, the adventuring continues! Five planned visits before Mom and Dad’s place.

Chang and Eng Bunker.

I’m going on an adventure! Next stop: Woodrow Wilson’s birthplace in Staunton, Virginia. Should be in Delray Beach, Florida, Tuesday night.

The critics rave! :) #booksky

Fantastic Books will publish Allen Steele's "Lemuria 7" this July. Details in the press release on my blog: ianrandalstrock.com/2026/04/03/l...

Random classic TV thought: Army Capt H.M. Murdock (Dwight Schultz) from the A-Team kept his rank as Lt Reginald Barclay on STTNG (which used Navy ranks). But Lt Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) from Battlestar Galactica (which also used Navy ranks) was demoted to Army Lt Templeton Peck on The A Team.

Glued to the television and the computer, watching... ianrandalstrock.com/2026/04/01/a...

The things we learn from cartoons. Eating dinner, I saw the 1947 “Daffy Duck Slept Here,” Porky calls Daffy “pixilated.” I thought it was a term from the computer revolution. Nope. The OED says it was first used in 1848, meaning eccentric/mentally disordered. Now you know, too. #words #vocabulary

I’m thrilled that there is finally an ebook version of Punctilious Punctuation. The book is so full of graphics, footnotes, special characters, and more, that I didn’t trust myself to turn it into an ebook, and had to get an expert to do it. Now it's available! www.fantasticbooks.biz/product-page...

The newest from Gray Rabbit Publications' Milherst Publishing: @michaelventrella.bsky.social makes the mistakes so that you don't have to. #amwriting www.fantasticbooks.biz/product-page...