The (Very) Thin Green Line
Feb 05The Guardians of the Universe, the bosses of the Green Lantern Corps, have divided the universe into 3600 sectors, each under the jurisdiction of one (originally) or two (currently) Green Lanterns. This is obviously absurd. But let’s pause for a moment to consider just how absurd it really is. Current estimates place the number of [...]
When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie
Sep 03Domino’s Pizza – specifically, its Japanese branch – supposedly plans to build a pizza restaurant on the moon. No, I don’t get it either.
The Gods Ain’t Happy
Aug 23Check out a bunch of absolutely amazing pictures of the Puyehue eruption in Chile.
Great and Pterrible Signs
Aug 04So if the sign is about pterodactyls, why does the image on this sign (and likewise the associated trailer) depict a pteranodon instead?
If You Prick Us, Do We Not Burst?
Jul 14Jesse Walker’s latest column does a great of replying to internet critics like Eli Pariser, Andrew Shapiro, and Cass Sunstein, who think the internet is isolating us from viewpoints we disagree with. You can post a comment disagreeing with him, but I won’t read it.
How the U.S. Military Protects Our Freedom
Jul 10Science fiction and mystery author Philip Wylie sounds, from his Wikipedia page, like an interesting guy. His stories and novels (When Worlds Collide is the best known, and the only one I’ve read) have been credited with inspiring some of popular entertainment’s most famous characters – Superman, Flash Gordon, Doc Savage, and Travis McGee. He’s [...]
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