Lost Coast Here We Come!
If all goes according to plan — and the weather gods don’t decide to play tricks on me — I will — finally! — be touring California’s Lost Coast next week. How do you lose a coast? Well, actually you don’t. But you can decide it’s so geologically unstable you
Finding Lost Cats
Our cat, Moose, was unaccounted for recently for well over 24 hours, far longer than he’d ever stayed away from home before. We eventually found him — safe & sound, enjoying some private hunting/hiding time a bit further from home than he’d been known to go before — but were
Bad Staff Work Strikes Again!
Years ago I got to be a representative to the California State Democratic Party annual meeting in Sacramento. It was a fascinating experience. And it contained at least one funny/weird element I’ll never forget, when Gavin Newsom stepped up onto the stage to the tune of Viva La Vida from
Two Slits, Many Questions
Let’s be honest: quantum mechanics is a bizarrely wonderful and beautiful creation of the human mind. Richard Feynman, the Nobel laureate, famously said that, while there were a few people who understood general relativity (another beautiful construct), no one understood quantum mechanics. Yet that doesn’t stop us from using it
Oh Frabjous Day!
Well, not yet. Everyone is entitled to a fair trial, and no one can predict how a trial will turn out. But… And maybe, just maybe…
Why Are Sequels Disappointing: Some Thoughts
I recently saw Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to Into the Spider-Verse, which was one of my favorite movies — and certainly my favorite animated movie — of at least the last decade. I really enjoyed Across — I highly recommend it — but I left the theater feeling that,