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Robots ‘R Us, installment 2
The Steam Man of the Prairies, 1868. Public Domain. An obscure author, Edward S. Ellis, who published a dime novel called The Steam Man of the Prairies 145 years ago, may prove to have been a visionary...
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Chimps in charge
The day after my post on how to find healthy veggies, Mary and I decided to grab some burgers for lunch. As we sat down, I noticed “Heart of Stone,” from the Rolling Stones’s first album, playing in...
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Help wanted, heroes and heroines: must be civil and adroit
This unusual job description comes from the opening lines of a Grimm’s fairy tale I recently read for the first time. Fairy tale characters never get more than a word or two of description, and most...
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Guarding the mind
One summer when I was working in high-tech, I had the following experience for several weeks: I’d leave the house, enjoying the fine weather. After a pleasant enough commute, I’d grab some coffee at...
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How weird news teaches us great storytelling
Morgan Mussell:This post was a (literal) coffee-snorter. Be warned, if you have a cup, put it down, and if you’re eating a blueberry muffin, swallow before reading this epic tale of Walmart brigands,...
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Notes on an archaeology of our selves
Lego Indiana Jones by Tim Norris, 2009, Creative Commons Clear out your living space and you clear out your mind. And vice versa. I don’t remember where or when I picked up that bit of wisdom, but over...
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How did it come to this?
While scanning yet another article along the lines of, “What to Watch for During the Debates,” or “What Each Candidate Must Do to Win,” a lightbulb went on, and I realized that all of the hype is...
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