I'm a reluctant athlete on my best days - things have gone south, the joints have been abused, Ibuprofen has become Vitamin I, etc. Grinding out a couple of miles on a treadmill or elliptical trainer, … more
Peter Watts is brilliant, and he's not too humble to tackle a theme that deserves his insights. "Blindsight" takes the classic "first contact with aliens" story onto a whole … more
American TV, for all the channel choices, has reached a pretty low ebb. We've got loads of trashy "reality" filler (with some notably bright exceptions on the Discovery Channel), tired … more
There's a lot to be said for Quentin Tarantino's style of Mixmaster film-making, but not all of it's good. Case in point - "Inglorious Basterds". Where … more
This is one of the best beers I've ever had, and you can't buy it in any store (in Florida)... Sinebrychoff Porter pours like motor oil and it's smooth, chocolatey (but not sweet), … more
Every now and then, you run across a book which should come with a roadmap. I can't give an exact count, but there are at least thirty different vignettes, plot-ettes, allegories, fairy tales, biographies... … more