Random Brain Droppings

  One of my enduring curiosities is trying to relate to the people who lived and died in the distant past. There's no limit to my fasci...

It isn't openly talked about in socially respectable circles anymore, but there was a time when Southern apologists would lam...

Anyone who has read any of my posts involving South Carolina understands I do not give this state much slack. My overall view of ...

That dot is Earth! One of the ideas that I have toyed around with for years is the philosophical question as to whether Homo ...

Despite my political beliefs being securely in the middle to hard left, it might surprise some that I am not popular with that crow...

  Sadly, calm and rational thought is quite rare in our society and culture these days. If anything, the country seems to b...

One of the easiest and most abused science fiction story concepts is the one where some fool filled with good intentions goes back ...

The last time I got old fashioned shitfaced drunk is so far back in my past I actually considered it more akin to an ancient lege...