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Some Neat Old Stuff

Scott Bradford — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:46:30 +0000

My parents are ‘downsizing’ for an upcoming move to a smaller place. They will be selling a lot of things, but they graciously allowed me and my sister to go through the house and take some things that might be useful or have sentimental value. The ones I’m most excited about are family heirlooms, historic […]

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Eastern Caribbean, 2026

Scott Bradford — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:03:17 +0000

Back in January, Melissa and I went on a seven-day cruise to the eastern Caribbean. First we spent a few days in San Juan, Puerto Rico, then we boarded the Norwegian Epic for a journey to the British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten and Saint Martin, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It […]

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South America & Antarctica, 2025

Scott Bradford — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:23:10 +0000

Back in January, Melissa and I visited South America and Antarctica. It was an amazing once-in-a-lifetime trip centered around a fourteen-day cruise on the Norwegian Star. This post includes a lot of photos . . . including more penguins than you probably ever wanted to see. There was a pretty big “snafu” right at the start of the […]

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Japan and Alaska, 2024

Scott Bradford — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:02:05 +0000

No, that’s not a typo in the title. Melissa and I went to Japan and Alaska all the way back in April 2024, but I just got around to sorting and processing my photos now. Sorry. It is what it is. I assume these places haven’t changed too much in the meantime! Our trip took […]

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Endorsement Statistics, 2004-2024

Scott Bradford — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:32:58 +0000

I started making formal political endorsements on this website in 2004, just four years after I turned eighteen and gained the right to vote. In the twenty years since, I have evaluated 267 candidates for 113 offices at the federal, state, and local levels (an average of 2.36 candidates-per-office) and 72 state and local ballot […]

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April Fools: Optical Equity Initiative

Scott Bradford — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:03:39 +0000

For April Fools Day 2025, Off on a Tangent was a little blurry. Here’s why: I’m pleased to announce that Off on a Tangent will be participating in an important new program: the Optical Equity Initiative. About sixty percent of Americans are forced to wear glasses or contacts. This is a troubling example of deeply […]

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April Fools: Dial-Up on a Tangent

Scott Bradford — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 04:00:00 +0000

For April Fools Day 2024, Off on a Tangent required a dial-up Internet connection. This is the explanation: I have made the difficult decision to establish a new requirement: All visitors to Off on a Tangent must access the site using dial-up Internet services. This will help ensure the security and independence of the site, […]

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New England, 2022 and 2023

Scott Bradford — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 03:10:28 +0000

And now for some more photos from my backlog. Melissa and I made two trips to New England over the last year and a half. The first took us to Providence, Rhode Island; Lost River Gorge, New Hampshire; Mount Washington, New Hampshire; and Plymouth, Massachusetts. The second took us to various sites in Maine, including […]

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Caribbean Cruises, 2023

Scott Bradford — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:10:27 +0000

I’m still working through processing a huge backlog of photos for posting to the site. These are from two Caribbean Cruises in early 2023. The first cruise was a short February getaway to the Bahamas on the Norwegian Sky out of Miami, Florida. The planned itinerary included stops in Freeport and at Norwegian’s private island, […]

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I Voted; Final Thoughts

Scott Bradford — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:54:28 +0000

Today is the “Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November,” and it is time again to cast our ballots. In Virginia, we are voting to select members of the Virginia General Assembly—forty members of the Virginia Senate and one-hundred members of the Virginia House of Delegates. We are also choosing local […]

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