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One Thing Star Wars Got Right
The science, if I may use that term here, behind Star Wars is about par with asking any random six year old to explain quantum mechanics. In fact the six year old might be more accurate. But just as a blind squirrel can occasionally find a nut sometimes even the most pathetic scientific nonsense can prove to be true. No, there is no such thing faster than light solar sails. Nor will there ever be. There is also no need for a space craft to … [Read More...]
Hand Jive
Now seems like as good a time as any to address this subject. Because somewhere between the crushing pressures of rampant xenophobia and the blindly encompassing embrace of egalitarianism, we live in the real world. And that world includes more than Boise. Nothing against Boise, but there's more to be seen. As someone who has traveled further than the end of my block I have encountered people from foreign lands. Often while in those self … [Read More...]
You Can’t Lose with Booze!
If you've ever been to a bar at 3:00 AM, you know the intelligent discourse that abounds. You're laughing at me but you shouldn't be. No great ideas ever started with a refreshing glass of water. A while back I wrote about how beer was the first step towards peace in Pakistan. Well, nothing else has worked and, at least, this has the benefit of bringing a frosty cold beer to the table and not sizzling hot semi-automatic weapons. I have also … [Read More...]
Da Tovarich!
Modern Russia is a country coming to terms with a modern world. Or, more accurately, it has a plethora of citizens who want to know what they need modern stuff for. Much like here they have people who resist change. Any change. They would march against light bulbs if they were presented anew. And, just like here, the dichotomy between what's coming and what came before grows wider and more ominous. In parts of the US, for example, they are … [Read More...]
Saying Goodbye to a Friend
It was a week before Christmas. This stunning beauty got on the Fullerton bus. She was clearly upset. Listening to her rant on her cell phone I quickly figured out why. Her ex-husband had stolen her purse, but she had her wallet in her jeans so he didn't get cash or credit cards, her car had broken down and ..... it went on. She put down her phone and, for reasons that elude me now, I spoke to her. What I said must have been one of my better … [Read More...]
You, Me, God & Boobs
A long time ago in a land far, far, away, I wrote a silly little story about God. Well, it wasn't really about God, it was more about a pseudo-dude who wanted to be God. Unfortunately for it, that position was taken. In the golden days of yore that story would have been read, put on a shelf and forgotten. Or maybe passed around to a few people and then shelved. But we live in the days of the old-fangled interweb. Things get taken off of … [Read More...]
It’s Yearbook Time Again
Every year, whether people want them or not, high schools release yearbooks. These annual compendiums are meant to honor the year's accomplishments of students and teachers And, in some cases, they attain that lofty goal. Or so I have heard. More often though they are either so vanilla that they are rendered meaningless or they provide so many levels of unintentional humor that the students will require therapy for decades. The mere phrase … [Read More...]
