Day 413: Harsh Measures

originally published February 16, 2013 If this massive project accomplishes nothing else (and with any luck, it won’t), I hope to expand the working vocabulary of myself and those around me. I want some new level of understanding, an appreciation for as wide a swath of the available lexicon as we all can muster. And […]

Day 405: Mary Toft, The Woman Who Pulled A Rabbit Out Of… Well, It Wasn’t Her Hat

originally published February 8, 2013 If you ever have doubts about the incredible growth of the medical profession over the last 300 years, remember the story of Mary Toft. Mary was a British peasant woman from Godalming, Surrey. She had three kids, a journeyman clothier husband named Joshua, and not a lot of money. When […]

Day 395: The World’s Pushiest Molybdenum Salesman

originally published January 29, 2013 Whether you’re a weekend hobbyist looking to forge your own stainless steel in your backyard foundry, or a professional seeking to cut down on your tungsten usage, you’ll want to head down to Mad Mel’s Molyb Den today and check out our deals! Mad Mel’s is your one-stop molybdenum superstore, […]

Day 351: Space-Boinking In The 21st Century!

originally published December 16, 2012 Yesterday I wrote about religion. As such, it’s only fair that I devote today’s article to science. Sexy space-science. Ever since the first man fluttered above the atmosphere into the majestic shimmering garden of space, he wanted to know if he could have sex there. For ages, NASA wouldn’t say […]

Day 333: “Let’s Put The Scientists In Charge!” – Scientists

originally published November 28, 2012 Regular readers of this site know that I am anticipating a robot apocalypse any day now. Maybe not on December 21, this year’s highly-touted End-Of-The-World prediction, but that’s only because I want to believe the world wouldn’t be so cruel as to come to an end on a Friday. I’d […]

Day 296: The World, Coast To Coast

originally published October 22, 2012 I promised my wife I could make an article about geology interesting. In my defense, I’d downed two delicious pints of Alleykat’s Chili-Pepper lager, and where some men get beer muscles I tend to get a beer writing ability. Plate tectonics? Hell yeah! This shit’ll be riveting! Now that the […]

Day 261: Feeding My Sense Of Entitlement Through Behavioral Engineering

originally published September 17, 2012 I like to consider myself a ravenous consumer of technology. I love my toys, my trinkets, my gadgets. When I was a kid, I’d look forward to my dad’s next copy of the Sharper Image catalog showing up in the mail almost as much as his next copy of the […]

Day 253: Carnett’s Sign, And Other Ways I’ll Predict My Own Demise

originally published September 9, 2012 Today’s article is a public service, written at great sacrifice by the author. I’m no hypochondriac, and I’ve been fortunate enough to have avoided any particularly serious medical concerns in my lifetime. But reading about stuff like this makes me cringe a little with sympathy aches. Writing about it is […]

Day 231: Henry Thomas Lights Up

originally published August 18, 2012 If you have a weak stomach, you might not want to read today’s article. Maybe flip back a day and read about the wild wackiness of the Golden Girls. This is going to get ugly. Much like alien abductions, unexplained tales of the paranormal, and the wide appeal of Tyler […]

Day 228: The Eagle Has Been Landed. In.

originally published August 15, 2012 Not since Marvin first pointed his ray-gun at Daffy has Mars been such a trending topic in our culture. Grainy photos are plastered all over our 24-hour news cycle, prompting space nuts to swoon and critics to question the point of it all. So what is the point? NASA’s team […]