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Wishful drinking: booze is unsafe at any ounce

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

marksarney April 27, 2018 Nerdy, Ranty Read more

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

marksarney March 24, 2018 Nerdy Read more

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

marksarney February 16, 2018March 3, 2018 Nerdy Read more

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

marksarney January 21, 2018 Nerdy Read more

‘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

marksarney December 21, 2017 Nerdy Read more

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

marksarney September 27, 2017 Nerdy, Ranty Read more

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

marksarney September 16, 2017 Nerdy Read more

Recasting Leia May Be Episode IX’s Only Hope

In the wake of Carrie Fisher’s untimely passing last year, the Star Wars powers-that-be at Lucasfilm decided shortly after her funeral to rework Episode IX to account for Carrie’s passing. General Leia Organa would not be recast and would be

marksarney July 15, 2017 Nerdy, Ranty Read more

If you like the Wonder Woman theme…

Check out electric cellist Tina Guo rocking her own version (i09). She recorded the theme in Batman V Superman. She may have recorded more for the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, although the i09 post is a little vague on that

March 12, 2017 Nerdy Read more

This is the best thing I’ve seen in like forever

Jimmy Kimmel, Oscars host, brought a bunch of unsuspecting tourists into the Academy Awards where they met more stars than they could ever hope to meet while touring LA. It was totally awesome. There’s something about these types of things

February 27, 2017 Nerdy, Uncategorized Read more
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