27
May
My week in one pic.
I feel as if I’ve been rolling 1’s all week.  So glad Saturday is finally here! 🙂
23
Apr
Lovecraftian Ice-Cream Dream
Had the weirdest ice-cream dream last night: I was walking through an upscale neighborhood with a group, and we were all improbably cheerful, young, good-looking, and diverse, and everything was laugh-out-loud funny. Like in a Pepsi commercial. I explained non-Euclidean geometry to them, and then began defining some of HP Lovecraft’s favorite words, like tenebrous […]
28
Jan
Now that Riverdale is a thing, can we PLEASE have an Archie-Punisher crossover?
07
Jan
Realism (not Fatalism) about Firearms
Any U.S. crime control policy based around eliminating or curtailing firearms is doomed to failure.  Since we have more guns than people now, whether you like guns, or hate them, America will always be chock full of them.  Once you’ve acknowledged this basic reality, the next question must be: how do we best protect ourselves from bad guys […]
02
Dec
The Muslim world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters
This study of British Muslims is something of a mixed bag, though the bad side is pretty disturbing. For example, 52% of British Muslims are unsure who was behind 9/11, 31% blame the US gov, only 4% blame al-Qaeda. Also, 40% support the implementation of shariah law. On the plus side, several measures of acculturation […]
24
Nov
Bullish on the future of solar energy
I’m thrilled at the speed with which solar is becoming ever-more economical. We’ve already had the game-changing shift on the solar panel side, with costs dropping like crazy; what everyone is waiting for now is a corresponding breakthrough with storage. Once we can use solar in a 24-hour cycle, we really can have massive solar […]
