Make a Flake

Scientific Chick provided the six-image heart X-ray used to create this digital rendering.  Thank you, Julie.

If one can have a favorite song for almost one's whole life . . . this is mine. You might also like to know: This is where I was at ...

“ Never work for someone who’ll pay you to stay home and cut fish. ”           Said my 1984 mentor Master Sergeant Karp.  One reason I r...

Games:  Stacking, I Am Alive, LA Noire, Portal 2, From Dust, Agent Books:  Dark Command, Judging Eye, Wise Mans Fear, Ancestor, Terminal S...

          I watch Discovery Channel.  So, I was one of the many-millions who learned (a few years ago) that scientists had discovered the E...

          On Groundhog Day I received this comment-question in a film-related article I posted near the end of 2009: Hey there :) What ...

          Although I don’t think everything can be divided into two camps I do think there are a finite number of greys.  Democrats want to...

The shower could peak at almost a meteor-every-30-seconds before 10pm PST (1am EST).

Only one more book than last year (48 this year); my tastes and favorites (larger) gravitated in-and-around the Fantasy genre this year.

Compared to last year - golfing supplanted hiking, vacations (including scuba) and camping trips resumed this year, creativity suffered, a...

Oh yes it is so alive. Here. That's where. (sleep 'til eleven.) New IFC series airs in a month. I intend to giggle at people li...

An I’d hoped to come visiting again sooner.  And you—of all people—know how they get.  And , well, I just can’t borrow a horse to go galli...

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we remember the end of a war, veterans who served, soldiers who still serve and, essome...

          In 1983, I received orders.  I was to be stationed the entire next year in Korea, separated from my wife and infant son.  We deci...

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. — John Keats

          Julie from Scientific Chick wrote an essay ( A Pink Truck is Still a Truck ) attempting to explain (to non-science people, like m...

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.  Therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; not to the sensual ear, but—more endeared—pip...

          I have created a recreational diver’s multi-tool and will custom build one, for you, for approximately $200 - $220 US**.  If you a...

Give it to the director and cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World . If you enjoyed last year's comedy Zombieland , you will be more en...

Originality is the art of concealing your sources. — Benjamin Franklin

          I believe that as California goes, so—eventually—will the country.  Twenty-one months ago, I wrote an essay decrying the bigotry ...