Monthly Archive: May 2020
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Commencements, Conniptions, and Crazy People
College graduates that did it live online, VP pick silly season, and Very Online v the normies in this latest edition of Harsh Your Mellow Monday
Star Wars And the Rule of Cool
As a scientist, I know everything in the Star Wars universe is ridiculous, impractical and overblown. And I don’t care one bit.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 5: The 1960s
I’m now half-way through this series and I truly hope I have given out some new titles for others to discover as I go through this list.
Testing Ain’t Easy: LA Edition
No matter what gets said at new conferences, things like “we are going to test X amount of people” involves logistics of actually getting X number of people tested.
Sunday Morning! “Good Citizens Need Not Fear” by Maria Reva
While getting by in strange times, I read a book of short stories about how average Ukrainians got by before and after the fall of Communism.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Gaming Orc-Controlled Castles
Running the numbers and putting up brick walls in Shadow of War
Saturday Spins: The Traveling Wilburys
For the uninitiated, the Traveling Wilburys were formed in 1988 by George Harrison (The Beatles), Jeff Lynne (ELO) Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty.
New Mexico Governor Reads Gallup the Riot Act
The old saying to misbehaving folks that you are going to “read them the riot act” if they don’t get in line became a reality when NM Gov Grisham invoked the little-used Riot Control Act to lock down the town of Gallup.
Non-Doomsday Prepping 7: Some Sundries
We buy a lot of other things at the store that are NOT FOOD, but many of which are still pretty darn necessary to survival. Call these sundries.
The Time Mike’s Woody Was Full of Hookers
Parody: “Sometimes Mike Pence’s trademark friendliness and humility would land us in some strange situations…”
We’ll Do It Live! Joe Biden, Tara Reade, and Morning Joe
Well…that was some awkward, painful television to watch. Joe Biden went on Morning Joe and Mika Brzezinski questioned him directly on the Tara Reade accusations.
Never Let a Crisis or Conspiracy Theories Go to Waste
Polling some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Coronavirus, and the results may surprise you
Weekend Plans Post: Winter Is Officially Over
Mark Twain had a funny line: “The pleasures of fornication are overstated while the pleasures of defecation go unsung.”
