Monthly Archives: September 2014

If we must force men to become feminists, then sign me up for the Camille Paglia school of feminism. While I still don’t agree with her on a lot of things, she brings more common sense to the table than most anyone … Continue reading →

This morning is one of those where the best thing I can do is stay away from my keyboard, so instead I’ll give you some “Piano Guys”:

I listened to the first book in Rothfuss’ “Kingkiller Chronicles”, and I reviewed it here. As I predicted there, I did eventually decide to give the second book a try. I got it as an audio book again, which was … Continue reading →

Congratulations to India for becoming the fourth space agency to reach Mars. Evidently they’re also the first agency to do it on their first attempt, too. No, it’s not considered groundbreaking to duplicate the efforts of others, but they’re catching … Continue reading →

A recent Miss America contestant was publicly barbecued for advocating self-defense training for women to help prevent rape. The argument against her was that women shouldn’t have to worry about being raped, and so all the focus should be on … Continue reading →

It appears that Duchess Catherine’s pregnancy interfered with her plans to visit the island of Malta last week. Prince William decided to go in her place. I’ve mentioned before that I’m increasingly impressed with Prince William, Duchess Catherine, and Prince … Continue reading →

Over the weekend I cut down a tree and a few limbs off of two others. I was being careful. I used ropes to keep the branches from falling where they shouldn’t (like on my head, but also the garden … Continue reading →

According to lots of popular sci-fi, it’s only a matter of time before we are able to create robots that look and act just like people. And according to some, if those robots turn evil and get hold of time … Continue reading →