Author Archives: Thom

Ethan Metzger seems to be a fine young man who’s got some things figured out that far too many never seem to get: My parents brainwashed me in similar fashion. They indoctrinated me in their beliefs. To those who think … Continue reading →

Writing this blog day after day has taught me a few things. One such discovery is that it’s really hard to come up with something to say every day, five days a week. Yet all the experts (the has-been-drips-under-pressure, as … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning from a dream that I was a submarine commander. Kristen Bell was my first officer (and no, she did not ask me to build a snowman, so let it go!). We were trying to get … Continue reading →

It’s easy to forget sometimes that our scientists aren’t stupid. Unfortunately, their work is often reported to us by people who have no clue about science, casting their efforts in a ludicrious light. Case in point, the lead paragraph from … Continue reading →

I encountered a post on Facebook recently that did not make me particularly cheerful. The cartoon depicts two panels, each showing the same thing: a man speaking to a child. The first panel, labeled “Fundamentalist”, shows the man saying something … Continue reading →

I knew elephants can paint, but they are evidently jazz fans as well. They seem to lack the trunk dexterity for anything other than cluster-chords, but they’ve definitely got rhythm. Check out this video and see if it doesn’t make … Continue reading →

I had a conversation over the weekend with a friend who finds social media as frustrating as I do. We both regularly encountered people who share far too much, far too frequently, with far too little consideration for the feelings … Continue reading →

According to Io9.com, these are 8 Great Philosophical Questions That We’ll Never Solve. I present this without comment, other than that to say that the writer seems to have already made up his mind about certain things that are also currently … Continue reading →