Saturday Morning Gaming: Liar’s Dice and Lying Pirates
They took Liar’s Dice, an awesome game that is hundreds of years old, and made it even more awesome.
Category: Feature
Throughput: Worlds Collide Edition
The collision hypothesis: that the early Earth collided with a Mars-sized object. This week, we got a big hint that this theory is right.
POETS Day! William Empson’s “Aubade”
An aubade is a song sung at daybreak, usually about lovers going their separate ways before getting caught. Many poets have a poem titled “Aubade.”
The Republican Albatross
If Republicans want to break their losing streak, my advice is to remove the albatrosses that they have hung around their collective necks.
What Do the 2023 Elections Tell Us About 2024?
The question in many minds is what these results mean for the presidential and congressional elections that are looming for next year.
About Last Night: Election 2023 Edition
It was a Tuesday election day, which means folks…welcome to Overreaction Wednesday! A tradition, just like any other election day-after.
231 BPM
The story of an out of control heart, and trying to verify which ER I could go to that wouldn’t risk financially breaking us.
Joe Biden, Foreign Policy Hawk
In many foreign policy endeavors, President Biden has turned out to be far more conservative than Donald Trump, the isolationist
The Month in Theaters October 2023
This month, I saw nine movies in theaters with twenty-two movies otherwise, including one repeat, for a total of thirty reviews.
Post-election 2023: The people have spoken and they are not happy
I decided to hold off on talking the New Zealand elections until the final results came in, which they did on November 3rd.
That Time I Drove a Tesla for a Week
So it was that when I had to go to Dallas for a week of training recently that I decided to rent a Tesla and see how the other half lived.
From Under A Rock
There’s a tagline for an old radio show that asks, “Who knows what evil lurks within the hearts of men?” We all know.
POETS Day! Amy Lowell
Amy Lowell is not as widely remembered as an early twentieth century reader might expect she would be.
2024 Oscar Projections: Post-Halloween Temperature Check
It is still insanely early, and the makeup of the 2024 Oscars still has plenty room to change between now and nomination morning.
Goodbye Mike Pence. Others Need to Go.
Mike Pence’s political stars became crossed the moment he signed on with Donald Trump in 2016.
In Which Jaybird Goes To A Haunted House
“Hey, Jaybird. Do you want to go to a Haunted House?” I visited The Fear Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado so you won’t have to.
The Yin and Yang and YEETing of Mike Pence
Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, we can stop paying any attention whatsoever to the Indiana Charisma Machine, Mike Pence.
Echoes of History
The Gaza War (2023 edition) is already horrible, but it’s going to get worse. What it isn’t, however, is new.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Bloons TD 6
Seriously, if you’re into tower defense? This game is for you. Even if it’s not free and has some seriously unfair “hard” goals.
POETS Day! Henry Vaughan and The Yellow King
True Detective mentions a few things from The Yellow King but it’s window dressing…Thankfully, Vaughan delivers what Warren does not.
