How Do I Know that the World is Flat?

We first understand that the Earth is flat based upon our perceptions. The same reason we know that a stop sign is red and that cartoons are magic pictures that move. For the round-Earth lie to succeed, pilots, NASA and birds would all have to be in on the conspiracy. Pilots and astronauts are bribed […]

A Bucket List to Die For

I want to see Naples in the Springtime… still smoldering from a volcanic explosion… I want to weave baskets with Scarlett Johansson… and by “weave baskets” I mean “have sex” and by “have sex” I mean “shoot pool”. I want to drive in the Indianapolis 500, going the wrong way with my right blinker on. […]

Fun Facts About Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman won an Emmy award for hosting the Tony Awards which is like a merit badge for getting the most merit badges. After getting a journalism degree at Sydney’s University of Technology, he pursued a drama career and caught it just before it could climb a fence and get away. He adopted a son […]

Leftovers Part 2: The Seduction of Ingrid Leftover

She complained that I was being pedantic. I replied, “Well, not exactly”. The pig-footed bandicoot went extinct in the 1950s. I like to think that, if I’d been there to stop it, I probably would’ve gotten distracted and let it happen anyway. Astronomers have spent a lot of time and effort to determine the origins […]

Ben Shapiro: Intellectual Coward or Beloved Cartoon Character?

I recently saw a clip of an interview of Ben Shapiro by BBC interviewer Andrew Neil. It took a while for me to get around to it, because, whenever my dog hears Shapiro talk, she howls in pain… like when she hears an harmonica. It’s distressing but because Ben Shapiro is so slight, it might […]