“Don’t… know… how to… information…” I was sitting under the spring sun the other day, studying, and trying to get a good base tan for the impending skimpy-clothes weather (although I’m 200 years old now, so there’s an inverse relache between skimpiness and self respect at this point). And all I could think of was the above. Actually, that’s a lie. I was thinking plenty. But all I could manage.. Read More
Is the answer to the meaning of life what Neil says? Or “42”?
Remember “Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy?” Which told us that the answer to the meaning of life is: “42”? 42? How ridiculous. How incomplete. How could that ever be the answer to something so vast and incomprehensible?! It’s as vague an answer as most religions or your parents will give you when you’re little – with their “well’s” and “ya know’s” and mumbling soft-languaged replies. Which made Neil DeGrasse’s recent.. Read More
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego… when you need her?
Jesus, my geography is awful. No, really. This isn’t a woe-is-me thing. Like, I seriously hated it in middle and high school (along with history) because my teachers taught both terribly- either reading from a book back into the book, at a projector screen in the dark facing away from the class, or from their notes with all the inflection and enthusiasm of Ben Stein on Qualudes. All were perfect.. Read More