Well, well, well. The too-good-to-be true research that found that moderate drinking is healthy is now heaving into a porcelain bowl. Moderate drinking is actually not that healthy. Since we know that alcohol acts as a poison, this shouldn’t really
My 10 rules to avoid obesity
After researching and writing three novels about the obesity epidemic, it’s a wonder to me that all of us Americans aren’t all morbidly obese by now. Over the course of writing them, I kind of fell into these ten rules
The Obesity Apocalypse is available!
The Obesity Apocalypse paperback is here! And for you blog readers, it is discounted to $10.99. I planned to launch it on March 1st at the full price of $12.99, but then thought I should give you blog readers a
You can preorder my next book – The Obesity Apocalypse
The Obesity Apocalypse launches on March 1st. It is the third book of the the Obesity Conspiracy trilogy. You can preorder the e-book on Amazon right now. Back cover copy: There’s always a bigger conspiracy For over fifty years, a religious
Luke Skywalker is Ron Weasley
There is a great disturbance in the Force as millions of Star Wars fans rage about Episode VIII’s (The Last Jedi) story and characters. Specifically, there is much angst about how Luke Skywalker turned out. ==SPOILERS BELOW== The
A must see Charlie Stross talk on breaking the future
His incredibly fascinating and pessimistic talk at something called the 34th Chaos Communication Congress in Germany last month. (Note: if you invite Charlie to something tagged as “an annual four-day conference on technology, society and utopia” and expect to be uplifted, you
‘Baby, it’s cold outside’: rewritten and improved
The playful but creepy lyrics of ‘Baby, it’s cold outside’ tell the story of an overbearing predator (described in the sheet music as ‘the wolf’) trying to get a woman (‘the mouse’) to spend the night with him. So I
Star Trek: Discovery premiere was a hot mess
Unfortunately, I came away with a negative reaction to the new Star Trek series. I only watched the first episode, because that’s all that was on CBS. I’m not jumping on their streaming service to see the show. It feels
An immodest proposal for a national water management system
The hurricanes in Florida and Texas and the wildfires in the west made me think that it was time to blather about an idea that has been bouncing around my brain for a while. A national water management system. At
How coffee made me question my basic faith in humanity
One rainy day while working from home I decided that I was old enough to try coffee. I had no interest in trying it in my previous 43 years because it just had no appeal for me. What did appeal
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