Now that an authority figure, a world leader, an elected head of state has bit the bullet and bravely told us a frightening truth, that really sort of puts that whole “fiscal Cliffpocalypsemageddonacaust” thing in perspective. Now, you may know a… Continue Reading
Æon Flux, Cars, Distant Drums, The Fifth Element, The Green Berets, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Helen of Troy, Howard the Duck, Juno, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Madagascar, PT 109, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reservoir Dogs, Star Wars, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Them!,… Continue Reading
Items now have letters affixed to them for easy referencing in the comment section. I’m also citing the site of the article to help people avoid blowing one of a limited number of payviews for an article they are only… Continue Reading
1. What’s up with your objectively incorrect voting for The Voice, America? Did you somehow forget to vote for Amanda Brown? She’s got major pipes, she rocks and she croons and she shows soul and emotion, and unlike any of the contestants… Continue Reading
Half Sigma argues that iPhones are the worst MP3 players ever. The comments about how MP3 playing isn’t what iPhones are for begs the question: why not? There really isn’t any good reason. And especially no good reason that this… Continue Reading
Chuck Thompson has a book out called Better Off Without ’Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession. While researching for the book, he traveled along the south and was, for some reason, not graciously received. He writes: If it did… Continue Reading
When I write a multiple choice question, I like to come up with at least one of four answers that is clearly wrong. Ideally, there are two obviously wrong answers, one “maybe-it-might-be-right” answer and one correct answer. But at least… Continue Reading
Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Brunei, Cape Verde, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Gabon, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, Liberia, Malta, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Tonga,… Continue Reading
It begins with a momentary disorientation. “What is that?” I say. Then I realize that the “that” which I have been unable to identify the thing that I am looking directly at. A blind spot has manifested at the exact focus of my… Continue Reading
As part of my continuing intermittent series of posts publicly worrying about California lighting its money on fire with a high speed rail construction project, I offer another post publicly worrying about California lighting its money on fire with a high… Continue Reading