Happy Atheists? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am

Finished PZ Myers' The Happy Atheist last night. Not an earthshaking work and it suffers from a lack of direction. Despite that, it's a good fun read and I recommend it. On the negative side, it remi...

July 2013 Book Reviews 19 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am

Geez, I haven't reviewed any books for a long while. So these'll be short: The Universe in the Rearview Mirror Ooo! Science non-fiction! There's a problem with science non-fiction. The problem is t...

Things I Miss About Las Vegas 19 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am

Just got back from a week in Vegas. My wife was at a conference and I was on my own each day. If you want to see photos of what I did each afternoon, those are on Flickr: Mob Museum Atomic Testing M...

Mecha and Monsters and My Overly-Critical Review of Pacific Rim, Oh My, I've seen 17 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am

So, went to see Pacific Rim in 3D today. My feeling towards it is pretty much the same as my feelings towards the first Transformers movie. Here's a quick review: The Good Huge mechas fight huge mon...

The (Sorta) Return of Stikfas and Xevoz... 6 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am

(This is gonna be a short post. Gots me other things to do tonight.) Okay, neither Stikfas nor Xevoz is actually returning, but there are a couple folks trying to do something very similar. The idea ...

A Bunch of Assholes 26 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am

<rant> I'm still trying to wrap my head around the Supreme Court striking down part of the Voting Rights Act. Their argument seems to be that the formula used in it is no longer valid, outdated. To w...

Easing Your Burden... 25 May 2013 | 05:00 am

I know, typing the long URL for this blog can be a pain, but because I care, I'm gonna help you out. GoDaddy recently had a sale on XXX domain names. Of course, I bought SexyRedHeadedNuns.xxx and Hula...

David Bowie Disapproves... 15 May 2013 | 05:00 am

Why Working In An Office Sucks 8 May 2013 | 05:00 am

As you or may not know, I'm a consultant who works out of a home office. But, for the past two days, I've needed to be on-site, working in a real office building. As an aside, we started a list on Fac...

BBQpalooza! 6 May 2013 | 05:00 am

Okay, so I've had a bit too much BBQ lately. A few weeks back I was up in Arlington and partook of the sacred pig. That's wasn't too out of hand. But last week I was in Norman, Oklahoma, which is tee...