I'm a believer that you can tell if a movie is going to be good in the first five minutes. Sometimes less. You just get a sense that either the filmmakers have this thing under control and going somewhere or they don't. — Read the rest

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When I was a kid, I briefly had a friend who built the first computer I ever saw. I long ago forgot the friend's name, but I remember the name he gave the computer: Laurie (after Laurie Partridge, natch). It had one simple Star Trek game that somehow involved acquiring and shooting photon torpedoes. — Read the rest

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It says something about the times we're living in that there's an uber-popular course at the University of Chicago called "Are We Doomed?" Funny…and also the opposite of funny. 

The New Yorker has a great piece about this class and what it focuses on:

Are We Doomed?

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I am not in any way obsessed with The New Yorker caption contest each week. I swear. I like to submit my cleverly constructed witticisms (which have — shockingly — never been selected), but in no way does this cause me to put the rest of my day on hold 'til I have the perfect caption. — Read the rest

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It's been almost 20 years since YouTube was founded and we've really come to take for granted the fact that a mind-boggling amount of things are posted there. It's like trying to process the number of stars in the galaxy… our brains just can't fathom it. — Read the rest

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I remember a time not that long ago when tech was regarded as a gateway to a better, more equitable future. And those tech titans were lauded as heroes… geniuses who would help us usher in this better, cleaner, more prosperous era. — Read the rest

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Even if somehow, someway you thought Donald Trump had "good policies," I don't see how you deny that he's a moron. Not just the stupidest President ever — that's kind of a given — but one of the stupidest adults you'd ever actually meet. — Read the rest

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Okay, so finally, more than thirty years after it was published, I got around to reading Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, the first book in an epic trilogy about the first attempt to colonize Mars. I've really loved several of his books, particularly Aurora, from 2015 but Red Mars is the one that put KSR on the map. — Read the rest

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Like most of us, Donald Trump has created a curated media bubble around himself in which he never has to hear how normal people feel about him. And he's surrounded 24/7 by yes men and sycophants. Club members, ass kissers, and shameless suck ups.  — Read the rest

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I've always been partial to the Stoic philosophers. Something about their approach to life has always resonated with me:

"The Stoic virtues of Courage, Temperance, Justice, and Wisdom offer a timeless roadmap to living a life of purpose and integrity. These virtues are not mere abstract ideals but practical principles that guide our actions, decisions, and character. — Read the rest

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I love bowling!  And I love nudity! But these two delightful things DO NOT go together. Ever. At all. Seems there's some people in Pittsburgh who disagree. 

"Nudity is required with the exception that women can wear bottoms," reports WTRF on the Balls Out Bowling event. — Read the rest

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Here's a killer quote — it really captures how a MAGA type can be a kind, decent individual, love their family, pet the dog, etc., and still defend absurd, noxious, or plain monstrous ideas to the death: 

"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important.

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