I’ve been enjoying the current time-travel arc in Edison Lee, and, when he turned to Carl Sagan for help in trying to get back to 2014, it coincided neatly with this Fresh Air interview with Neil Degrasse Tyson, who is about to launch a sequel to Cosmos.And who is a pretty cool guy anyway, but […]
Thankyouthankyouthankyou Keith Knight for today’s Knight Life. I was afraid it was just me.I like the ACLU. But a couple of years ago, they offered a bumpersticker that said something about upholding and defending the Constitution in return for a donation, and, since I feel strongly about the Constitution and the donation was simply a cover […]
“There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that way hold that, because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in the winter, things are breaking even for both. Maybe so, but […]
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal puts a fairly common theme in a new package and makes it new. Our perceptions of the world change, and young folks tend to be awfully cock-sure about the nature of reality and how easy it would be to create the perfect society. And then they gain a little more experience. As Twain […]
Arctic Circle sometimes riffs on snow-and-ice jokes and sometimes features non-arctic humor. Sometimes it’s silly and sometimes it’s got some bite. Which is to say, it’s a mix of igloo jokes and humor based on the very real threat of global warming. With occasional forays to the coffee bar.What I like about it is that […]
“Non Sequitur” gets into the “so old” jokes, which is particularly funny to me since I just referenced Leno the other day, and admitted then that I have no idea how he’s doing today because I don’t stay up that late anymore. I saw him live about five years before he took over the “Tonight Show” […]