Random Brain Droppings

  At the start of the 2000s and the 2010s some assholes published books saying that those decades would bring unprecedented prosperity for t...

  Way back in the early 1980's I remember watching Carl Sagan giving a hypothetical lecture on the nature of other intelligent species. ...

 For reasons that usually escape me I'm a fan of most of H.P. Lovecraft's stories. Cosmic horror filled with powerful entities total...

   Since the beginning of the Trump era far too many people have been struggling to reconcile the hateful nature of MAGA supporters with the...

   The subject of time travel has been beat to death in every conceivable media format, including my humble but insightful and wise outlet. ...

Unidentified thugs walking the streets As human accomplishments go, the rule of law is a pretty recent invention. Understand I...

Ignorant assholes playing terrorist in the Michigan State Capitol The Capitol press room was standing room only. Designed t...

Just for shits and giggles, I'll ask a stupid and mostly rhetorical question but answer it anyway. How does any sane person mak...

  Warning, I'm in a deeply pessimistic mood. For years a certain pompous individual on one of the cable news morning shows ...

“Never assume anything, it makes an ass of you and me,” is the nifty little maxim I learned from one of my NCO's while serving i...

Above all understand that I have hated Donald Trump for years. Back when he described himself as a Democrat, every time I saw him...

Just not feeling it this week. My personal health condition is unchanged, at least for right now. Taking my medicines and hope to have my ...

Given the dark times we live in my reading material has correspondingly adapted to the circumstances we unfortunately find ourselves....