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
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
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
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
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
The tale of the bloodthirsty pacifist
I hate war, violence, and even avoid killing bugs and insects. But damn it, I love to play war games. A rich contradiction that my wife wishes didn’t exist. She probably wishes that I passed on the violent video games,
Signal boosting against sexism in entertainment
I read something this week that made me think, that’s enough of this crap, I need to blog about this. As a man and a creative I feel obligated and honored to boost the signal on the recent evidence of just how
TV Pet Peeves
In the vein of my previous ranty-rant about the stubble bubble, I have more issues to get off of my chest about some silly conventions in entertainment. The Shoulder Wiggle: When actors deliver lines, 9 times out of 10 they
Batfleck delivered in Batman vs. Superman
I just saw Batman vs. Superman and since I have opined about this movie before it came out, it seems like I should report back. Here are my quick impressions: Ben Affleck was very good as Batman, pretty good as
Economics’ Death Star Problem
Around the time that Star Wars Episode VII came out, an idea picked up steam among wonky economics circles that destroying the Death Star would bankrupt the galactic economy. Or, as economist Zachary Feinstein concluded, when the Rebel Alliance won, it lost because the economy was in