Catalytic Narrative

Somewhat embarrassingly, I still find myself tussling with Bratton. He seems constantly to be building straw dogs to knock down. (Don't ...

Pondering Elon Musk's playful idiocy, as he expends the resources only he can have to realize childish SciFi fantasies, I must return to...

I don't do puns. It's a brain-wiring thing. My brother in law can't help himself from punning. It's amusing until it becomes...

I have only random. I try hard not to control what I read, but then I follow threads. I try hard not to look at social media, as if averting...

I swear this wasn't a setup. But you know, I had to come across something to cap the post the other day about art and museums and breaki...

The other day while driving my car some unconscionable distance, I was listening to NPR talking about the volume of oil escaping from that d...

OK, so if you read about the oil rig which blew up, you'll find that the operation had as much complexity as the space shuttle. If you r...

Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace by William Lobdell My rating: 5 of 5 ...

Maybe someday soon I'll generate some light. But I've been driving around all winter on the assumption that I need a new heater core...

That's the thing I'm very not. Or very un. Settled. Nor do I settle. Which makes me a problem, to myself mostly. I'm one of thos...

I know Oscar about as well as I know Superbowl. But I was alerted by the popcorn man when, the night before, I watched A Single Man , film v...

I saw a little friend of mine the other day. A little boy. An only child. I was surprised to learn that he doesn't like to watch kids...