Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin is thinking of writing a book. Because the Earth's population includes a high percentage of awful, awful people, I'm sure Akin's tome will finish as a…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
How NASA might build its first warp drive. How I feel about life today: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiMbiRa_gnY&w=420&h=315] I always enjoy November sweeps because that's when Fox News gins up its new manufactured…
A Black Monolith Perhaps?
NASA tells us the announcement of a historic discovery is in the offing, proving that there's a little showman in all of us. Feel free to spend the next few…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Okay, the premise of the Red Dawn remake is that North Korea invaded us? North Korea, the country that can't feed itself because it blows all its dough on missiles that…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Mitt Romney blames his loss on Obama's skill at giving out "gifts" to women, the middle class, and minority groups. After all his blather in October about how his 47%…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Today is the anniversary of the birth of the following people (among others, naturally): Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Auguste Rodin, Charles Manson, and Neil Young. So, as you can see, some…
Light Blogging For A While
Even though there's a lot to sort through from this week--the election and Philip Roth's retirement from the page come to mind--my Dad's death on Thursday will keep me quiet…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
LA Times Book Critic David Ulin praises the novella as a form. Does climate change exacerbate storms like Sandy? I no longer feel any temptation to climb trees in the…
Dudes and Doubitability
Reading Rebecca Watson's Slate article on sexism and sexual harassment in the skeptical community depressed me this morning. (And with a cold coming on and a car in the shop,…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Trump Announces He's A Very Sad Man: The Onion is funny because it's true. A Brazilian Man Showed Up At His Own Funeral. I wonder if he made mental notes…