With the death of Jacques Barzun passes away a paragon of human intellect and a great friend...
Year: 2012
Or so it is that I am saying to myself. (Youtube video behind the cut.)
“This is the kind of thing New Jerseyans are built for – we’re plenty tough and now...
For you youngsters, this will be a look at computer graphics from an antiquated era. Sort of...
So, I thought it might be interesting to do a post on trade theory, to give an...
Four years ago, between the summer of 2008 and the spring of 2009, about 30% of my...
Staten Island is getting upset. Staten Island is a borough that has an uneasy relationship with the...
From the Star Tribune: The tall ship began to die early Monday morning in the hurricane-ravaged waters...
In celebration of Disney acquiring Lucsafilm. Enjoy!
(Preamble, Part 1, Part 2) Well now, quite a bit of excitement here in Montauk recently; a...
I detect rising butthurt on the twitters and internets over Facebook’s heavy-handed attempts to monetize the various...
I know I post this every year but the poem is *JUST THAT GOOD*. Here is Oliver...
A little over a week ago, we went to visit the Better Half’s family. It was one...
Dave Weigel boldly travels into a realm I’d dare not go — the minds of those newspaper...
The power is back on. My family and our house are unharmed. MON TIKI is unharmed. All...
A million years ago, we had our Time Capsule post in which we all made predictions about...
A facebook discussion today spawned a link to the following post on my alma matter’s online edition...
My regular readers are aware that I am deeply irritated by what I see as a sort...
USA Today reports Disney is buying Lucasfilm from its sole owner, Mr. Lucas, for ~$4.1 billion dollars....
While this video was sent to me a bit ago, I’d forgotten to post about it until...
