The rules are simple. I show you a picture of a location along with a vague sense of where it is (nothing more specific than the country/continent). You leave a…
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…
Ray Kurzweil asks how many brain implants a person could receive before they cease to be human. I'm not sure of the answer to that, because all I want to…
The release of Skyfall, which I haven't seen yet, prompted me to reflect on my favorite spy movies. They are, in no particular order... North By Northwest: A couple of weeks…
Vote, damn you. What to look for, and ignore, on election day. Considering that most airlines are an inch away from charging passengers a $50 not-getting-kicked-in-the-head-with-an-iron-boot fee, I'm sad to…
In one sense, it's unlikely. My Dad's health has declined still further, which, though expected, is proceeding faster than I anticipated. I see him again this weekend. Ordinarily I could…
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,…
Apparently at least five states have tried to solve redistricting problems by placing all their crazy people in one district, thus allowing them to elect the best crazy person they…
The disruption of a dead fuel pump and fuel relay put a huge dent in the pondering end of my business. But though I'm certain that there's another giant car…
Two days and just over six hundred dollars later, my car has returned. Of course, there's still more work to be done, so I'll be doing a lot of saving…