Saturday Bag o’ Brewskis
Some subjects are so radioactive whoever touches them throws up, goes bald, and dies.
The Debate (Updated)
… most atheists are not like that, and there are a lot of us. I think there are more of us than anyone knows. One reason for that is that few of us go out of our way to advertise it.
Monday Bag of Fetishes
Everybody has fetishes. Me too. Not stilettos, despite the graphic (hey, you try searching for “bag of fetish” and see how many options Google Images gives you), but one fetish I’ll admit to is aircraft engines, especially the round reciprocating kind. I find them irresistibly sexy. Aviators who’ve flown behind radials and had to wipe […]
You Can’t Read That!
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about censorship and book banning. Honestly, I don’t know what this article is trying to say. It has something to do with censoring school science textbooks, but it seems to be anti-evolution and anti-creationism at the same time. And what do Rush Limbaugh’s attitudes toward sea […]
Cops Open Fire On Bronx Driver Who Failed To Yield To Pedestrian
That’s one of the headlines on today’s Gothamist, an online news aggregator for the New York City area: Gothamist is better known for linking to news articles that suggest the opposite: they run story after story of NYC cops and courts letting drivers go after they’ve maimed or killed pedestrians and bicyclists. Here’s a more […]
Monday Bag o’ Mail
My sister Mary and brother-in-law Dennis came to visit for a couple of days, the first of my siblings to visit since we’ve been married. I hope more visits will follow. More sisters too. All of Donna’s sisters and brothers have visited over the years. Some even lived with us for extended periods of time. […]
Rains/Pours
I agreed to review a book for Tor (hey, free book!) and am halfway through reading it. Naturally, this would be the time for two thick books I ordered from the local library to come in. Since others have those books on order, the due dates are firm. Good thing I like to read. I […]
Monday Bag o’ Nuts & Bolts
If you checked in on Twitter any time during the past week, you probably saw multiple references to the Grantland story. Grantland, an online magazine associated with ESPN, ran an article about “Dr. V,” the mysterious woman behind Yar Golf. The journalist, Caleb Hannan, set out to write about a radical new putter taking the […]