Because you’re my best girl and the best you’ll always be.

Usual disclaimer: discrimination against atheists is pretty tame compared to the discrimination that blacks and jews and gays have historically faced. It’s not like atheists were ever persecuted or excluded from public office [er, you sure? -ed]. This bloggingheads.tv vialog … Continue reading →

Optical Dude: So how’s your vision? Me: I can’t see crap anymore. Optical Dude:  Yeah. You are about the age for that. Me:  Should I consider progressive lenses? Optical Dude:  Yeah. A lot of people like progressive lenses these days. Me:  Would … Continue reading →

The Road is about a man and a boy. And nothing happens.

A late entry in Gizmodo’s rip off an album cover contest. Continue reading →

Farewell to a muse. Continue reading →

Nate Silver’s column today was about how the tech industry overwhelmingly supported the Dems in the recent election. Obama won 84% of the vote in San Francisco and almost as much in Silicon Valley and the rest of the Bay … Continue reading →

I have become surprisingly intolerant of ads. We cut the cable with Comcast about 5 years ago and all of our TV since then has streamed over the interwebs or arrived on shiny disks in red envelopes. Most of what I … Continue reading →

They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down, it … Continue reading →

In 2004, more preschoolers than law enforcement officers were killed by firearms Continue reading →