Category Archives: Blog stuff

You can stop shooting your Yeti cooler now. From the “Be careful what you vote for, you just might get it” department. On the dysfunctional relationship between Lucy and Schroeder. “Following last month’s DNA-driven arrest of a suspect in California’s … Continue reading →

Up, up and away, in my beautiful space-bound balloon. “When the last Toys ‘R’ Us store closes its doors once and for all, the company’s top executives will have pocketed some $8.2 million in retention bonuses for sticking around long … Continue reading →

Some potential advantages for gender-swapping a character in a TV or movie production. Who even knew that the Nancy comic was still a thing, much less that it was generating a ton of controversy over its recent changes? 10 TV … Continue reading →

If the words “Eurovision in space” fill your heart with glee, then this will be of interest to you. “A.M.I.’s thirty-thousand-dollar payment to Sajudin appears to be the third instance of Trump associates paying to suppress embarrassing stories about the … Continue reading →

“Facebook’s baseball broadcast was a vision of the hellish future we deserve”. Diversity in Baseball Begins in Little League. Wishing all the best in retirement to Phil Coyne after EIGHTY-ONE YEARS of service as an usher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. … Continue reading →

“Take care when typing a domain name into a browser address bar, because it’s far too easy to fat-finger a key and wind up somewhere you don’t want to go.” A citizens’ guide to deciphering lobbyist-speak. I support this effort … Continue reading →

The grocery store apocalypse has begun. “The defining fact of digital life is that the web was created in the libertarian frenzy of the 1990s. As we privatized the net, releasing it from the hands of the government agencies that … Continue reading →

In the end, Toys R Us will just have been the first of many businesses of all descriptions facing the same hard demographic truth: Economic growth is extremely difficult without population growth.” Which, by the way, is one of the … Continue reading →

Ichiro Suzuki is one of the most fascinating people, not just baseball players, you’ll ever hear about. “Microsoft is trying to kill the password, and it’s about time.” “Civil society requires the toleration of the expression of opposing viewpoints, no … Continue reading →

“We spent months talking with anti-Trump forces—and they’re not who pundits say they are.” There are a lot more bisexual characters on TV these days. If you’re a Terry Pratchett fan, your cup is about to runneth over. A definitive … Continue reading →

Donald Trump is making more lawyers. You’re welcome, I guess. “In fact, if you’re a Gmail user, the periods in your email address don’t matter at all. Gmail completely ignores them. You can add or remove as many periods as … Continue reading →

Ancient bird poop is surprisingly good at giving answers to ecological questions. How the Grammys stack up against other major awards in terms of female representation. “All in all, the odds are disconcertingly high that Russia, or somebody, has blackmail … Continue reading →

A filter for assholes would really improve Twitter. It would really improve real life, too, though that may be a bit much to ask. Three words: Mutant crayfish clones. You’re welcome. Goddammit, Alamo Drafthouse. You needed to be better than … Continue reading →

Everything you wanted to know about the link between lead and crime but were afraid to ask. Three words: Internet of dildos. You’re welcome. Also, too, Dan Quayle would totally say “Internet of dildoes”. So what’s up with all the … Continue reading →

“In a recent review, published online Jan. 10 in the journal Astrobiology, a trio of scientists from the U.S. and Japan posited that viruses may be spread across interplanetary space. Those researchers want to convince astrobiologists to devote more time … Continue reading →

There’s a good case to be made that collusion is happening again in Major League Baseball. When life hands you lemons, form an organized crime syndicate. Or something like that. From the you can check out any time you like, … Continue reading →

“President Trump’s approval rating fell across a wide swath of demographic groups over his first year in office, including among those seen as important to his base, like white voters, evangelical Christians and those who live in rural areas.” There’s … Continue reading →