Your Humble Blogger went from Collision Detection over to the Industrial Design Excellence Awards, which have pictures of a variety of Very Cool Stuff, from extremely Danish barbecue grills to the iPod shuffle. The thing that caught my eye, though…
OK, I know it’s a big government solution, which is not fashionable at present, but can we create a federal regulatory agency to license the use of the phrase “tragedy of the commons” so the writer or speaker will know…
I don’t generally post here in this Tohu Bohu links that have been lunked everywhere around, but I will use my fondness for mine host as an excuse to give in to temptation. So, here is a link to some…
Your Humble Blogger is aware that he recently announced he was laying off the short stuff for a while. The thing is that when I picked up George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth off the library shelf, I somehow…
Richard Whiteley has died. Now that might not mean much to you, Gentle Readers, but it gives me a chance for a bit of a Puff Piece, such as been sadly lacking round these parts. In addition to being the…
Your Humble Blogger is reasonably satisfied with the Supreme Court rulings on public displays of the Ten Commandments. I think that transgression in this case really is a matter of knowing it when one sees it, and the total lack…
So, Your Humble Blogger remembered The Puppet Masters as Robert Heinlein at his Heinleiniest, in a good way. That is, lots of action, a quick read, a plausible enough premise, a likeable enough protagonist, enemies that I can enjoy squishing…
Michael. At the risk of revealing my Sekrit Identity, I’d just like to take a moment and say “I’m gettin’ the suit! Hee hee!” Thanks,-Vardibidian….
Liberals, and Democrats generally, often find themselves in a position where they are defending a minority viewpoint. Sometimes, this is because they hold the minority viewpoint (Taxes aren’t the worst way in the whole world to spend money, or poor…
Digression: Yes, I know, I’m starting with a digression. But after the digression, I’m going into something else that’s a lot like a digression itself, which is the story of how this book came into my hands. It’s an interesting…