Monthly Archives: May 2014

I ran across this interesting article today: Do boys make good babysitters? A few key points: Only through talking to other moms did I become aware that our choice to hire boy sitters was considered controversial, if not outright naïve … Continue reading →

Okay, everyone! Joke time! Leave your best clean joke in the comments! I’ll start: It’s a busy afternoon in the local saloon, when suddenly a man bursts through the swinging double doors. He hurries up to the bar. “Bartender, give … Continue reading →

Ethan Metzger seems to be a fine young man who’s got some things figured out that far too many never seem to get: My parents brainwashed me in similar fashion. They indoctrinated me in their beliefs. To those who think … Continue reading →

Writing this blog day after day has taught me a few things. One such discovery is that it’s really hard to come up with something to say every day, five days a week. Yet all the experts (the has-been-drips-under-pressure, as … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning from a dream that I was a submarine commander. Kristen Bell was my first officer (and no, she did not ask me to build a snowman, so let it go!). We were trying to get … Continue reading →

It’s easy to forget sometimes that our scientists aren’t stupid. Unfortunately, their work is often reported to us by people who have no clue about science, casting their efforts in a ludicrious light. Case in point, the lead paragraph from … Continue reading →

I encountered a post on Facebook recently that did not make me particularly cheerful. The cartoon depicts two panels, each showing the same thing: a man speaking to a child. The first panel, labeled “Fundamentalist”, shows the man saying something … Continue reading →

I knew elephants can paint, but they are evidently jazz fans as well. They seem to lack the trunk dexterity for anything other than cluster-chords, but they’ve definitely got rhythm. Check out this video and see if it doesn’t make … Continue reading →