Saturday Morning Gaming: If you can’t be a good example, be a cautionary one
Starfield has been delayed.
Ordinary Times Call For Ordinary Measures
Well-Tuned: Ding Dong, The IPod Is Dead…
Attention! As of this week, Apple is no longer offering the IPod for sale, it is now sold out and discontinued. An end of an era they say.
Ordinary Times Technical Notes
Not everyone who has been an occasional (or even regular) user is aware that the State of the Discussion feature is available again.
POETS Day! One for the Kids: Shel Silverstein
Today’s escape poem is remarkably tailored to such an occasion. Shel Silverstein’s “Sick” is a tribute to getting out of school.
Weekend Plans Post: Catching Up With Old Friends and Discussing Dating
Oh my gosh. It was like a horror movie. He told me about Tinder. He told me about Facebook dating. He told me about various first dates.
Mini-Throughput, Black Hole Edition: There is a Monster at the end of this Galaxy
Is that they Eye of Sauron? The Ring of Power? Alex Jones’ colonoscopy? It’s actually the black hole at the center of our galaxy
The Second Civil War
The rush to proclaim a second civil war is a symptom of ahistorical thinking common in the social media age.
On Iceland
“We’re going to Iceland. In April. I can get two hotel rooms with my points. You get the car.” So I went to Iceland. You should go to Iceland.
The Election that Could Decide the Election
At first blush, you would think that Doug Mastriano would be a good candidate for governor. Not enough people are paying attention…
Student Loan Forgiveness: A Bad Idea Disguised
Student loan forgiveness is not a good idea…Not without other reforms. It is a Band-Aid on a sucking chest wound
Killing Themselves With Kindness, Then We Did Pilates
Still, to this day, RIGHT NOW, many many women do not feel comfortable having honest conversations with other women about abortion.
The Return of the Bedroom Police
Like the latest installment of a bad horror movie franchise, the bedroom police are back. These things must be repudiated.
Sunday Morning! “Rudin” by Ivan Turgenev
Turgenev’s first novel tells of a common type: the brilliant intellectual who could have changed the world, if only he’d get out of his own way.
Politicians are Cheap
The underlying factor in this transaction is that, compared to most other complex questions in society, politicians are relatively cheap.
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