The most disturbing story of the week has to be the widely published report that fidgeting can help lose weight. The conclusions don't ...

In my last post, I talked about "ghost words," words that entered the dictionary by mistake. There is a very common ghost word tha...

I have just stumbled across the concept of "ghost words." There are two definitions I've found floating around on the internet...

The current issue of the SF and Fantasy Workshop newsletter has an interview by Hildy Silverman with editor John Ordover. Ordover is current...

I acknowledge that a ten day gap in my blog postings isn't the best way to build readership. What can I say? The new year started with a...

I am about to confess something that will drive my fellow atheists crazy: I am an atheist by faith. Many, if not most, atheist pride themsel...

Paraphrasing James Kilpatrick from a column in today's paper: "Nouns are the bones of language, verbs the muscle."

(Note: This post makes more sense if you read the "Entropy and Death" post beneath it first.) So if I'm not a writer, what...

Okay, I know I've been using this blog so far to blather on about politics and religion. If you're into that sort of thing, you can...

The kite story below (which, for some reason, I can't make function as a normal link, although the link works if you cut and paste it in...

www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8696545%5E1702,00.html

Last month's National Geographic had as their cover the question, in large type, "Was Darwin Wrong?" You turn to the article,...

I only hope I one day craft a line of dialogue as perfect as, "You devil... you sold her baby ears for $75 and I damn you to hell....

Last week I found a new Jack T. Chick comic. I don't know if you've seen these things--for a long time I assumed everyone in the wor...

It will surprise no one to learn that I'm an atheist. I'm also a card carrying member of the ACLU, except that, you know, I haven...

Last night I listened to Talk of the Nation, where some liberal guests were now advocating state's rights and federalism, taking power a...

Okay, I know that my first post talked about world domination. I feel that I should mention a few things on my agenda should I ever take ov...

Sweet merciful Jesus. I'm starting a blog. I've resisted this trend for some time now. Lord knows, all the world needs is another pu...