Space, Outer Women Add Power You might recall that a few months ago, NASA was promoting the “first all-female spacewalk.” And it was then cancelled because they didn’t have enough spacesuits
Alienation Him: “I’M AN ALIEN!!!” Me: “Oh! May I have the great honor of being the first to welcome you to this planet we call Earth, and to the country of the United States of America, and to the City
The 405 Book Club “Car, please show us chapter 27 of Sense and Sensibility.” “Sir, as requested.” The entire right-side door, glass and aluminum, transformed into a solid wall of large text from Jane Austen’s book. “You did it again.” That was Angelina, the youngest of our
Drive Everyone has their ups and downs. As a contractor, sometimes I’ll have a dry spell. I’m pretty confident in myself, and I work in a really profitable field
Apple's September News in a Giant Nutshell A couple of friends have posted on my wall asking me to comment on yesterday’s Apple announcements. I guess I’ve set myself up as the guy for such tasks, so here goes… I’m going to go in the same order as
Serious Children of the Bomb Originally written 8/6/2005, updated 2015… Seventy years ago today, over 80,000 people died in a matter of minutes as an atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, Japan. Many tens-of-thousands more would die in the months and years after the bomb due
Funny Large Hodor Collider Sure, the Large Hadron Collider is back online and bound to make some amazing discoveries, but I’m just as excited about the new Large Hodor Collider!
Funny King Tut's Burial Mask Damaged! As you might have seen in your morning news feed, King Tut’s burial mask was damaged during cleaning. Someone tried to repair it, but they did a pretty shoddy job. The museum is trying to keep it under wraps, but I’
Funny Color Me Stupid - Literally Over at one of my favorite sites, Literally Unbelievable, I found a post this morning titled “Color Me Stupid.” The smart-ass center of my brain leapt into action and I imagined a Crayola crayon with the color “stupid” written on
Ode to Los Angeles Skies Little metal tadpoles Hum by my window on the breeze Flitting randomly to and fro Sometimes they gather To watch Human affairs Car chases are their favorite
Do You Want an iPhone 6? Maybe. How About a 5s? The iPhone 6, with a big, bright screen for talking to your friends when you’re in the fjords and they’re in the tropics. So the brand-spankin’-new iPhone 6 and 6+ are out. Even though it’s in
Getting 8 iOS 8 arrives on Wednesday, September 17. Remember, like all iOS updates, this is free to everyone who has an Apple device that can use it. In this case, that’s all iPhones from the 4S upwards, all iPads from the iPad 2
No, Facebook Messenger Won't Watch You Take a Shower (Unless you’re into that sort of thing.) I’ve seen a number of variations of a very click-baity article in my feed over the last few days dealing with Facebook Messenger and how its Terms of Service (TOS) seems to ask
The Rest of the Family I’ve written before about my Dad’s exploits in World War II (The Big One.) Here’s what little I can remember of my other relatives. First, I know almost zero about either side of my family’s service
...And I Know... Something Else I previously wrote about my love affair with “Breaking Bad.” But I have a confession. I was cheating on it. I still am. She’s a neighbor. Incredibly hot. In fact, she posed for Playboy once. You might not expect her
I Knew Love I knew love. A deep, profound, boundless love that lifted me, filled me with its light, kept me warm when I was cold, shared wine with me, snuggled with me on the couch, made me laugh, made me feel. And when it ended, I
Funny Happy Cinco de Meow Today we celebrate a victory by the Meowxican army over the French (see the previous post for details.)
Cinco de Mayo and the End of the Confederacy So I was looking up “Cinco de Mayo” as I have a funny picture to post and I wanted to write something appropriate to go with it. Basically,
A Quick Panorama A bad fire (the Colby Fire) is raging to the northeast of Marina del Rey. I sincerely hope that it is extinguished quickly without injury or loss of life and that those responsible are brought to justice. Due to the wind, the smoke is
T-Mobile and the iPhone 5: I'm Intrigued I hear the iPhone has some pretty cool games… T-Mobile became the last major U.S. cell company to officially support the iPhone today, and they appear to have come up with a pretty sweet deal. Typically, every cell phone from every carrier
Funny My New Job! Yes! Suddenly, out of the blue, I got this job offer from Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place! I can’t believe Mail thought this was spam! I thought Tony & Joe’s was just a nice little restaurant in D.
Space, Outer Once a Century, On Earth... [I’ve updated this post with the latest numbers, which push this back from the “once a decade” category to the “once a century” category.] This event is becoming more and more extraordinary. You’ve probably seen video
Funny History Lesson “Dad, how did the Egyptians capture the first cats?” “That’s easy, son. All they had to do was go into the wilderness, sit down, start writing, and the cats just hopped right up on the papyrus.”
Last Week's Neat #13 Odds and ends from the odd technology that may end civilization… “Since our company instituted the new dress code, the number of sexual harassment lawsuits has dropped to almost zero. However, the number of medical insurance claims for
Funny A Small Collection of Fancy Cats and Dogs There are quite a few of these. Here are a few favorites… (Click to embiggen…)
