Stargazing
Ed Brown Many of you may already know, I’m an astronomy nut. I love space and everything to do with it.* I’ve watched Carl Sagan’s brilliant TV Series Cosmos dozens of times…
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Bill Maher’s Christmas Message
I’m a huge fan of Bill Maher – although I do disagree with him from time to time. This year his Christmas message is spot on.
Upcoming Movies
Ahh, ‘serendipity’. A word which is almost ALWAYS followed by it’s definition: finding good things when not looking for them. Which is what happened when, on the weekend, I was…
Tighter Airport Security Is Worth Sacrificing A Little Privacy
I’ve written before about how precious we are, as a society, when it comes to nudity. Our clothes are a mask, behind which we hide our self-consciousness and our insecurities.…
Is Older Always Better?
You may remember Jen McCreight. When an Iranian clerk blamed women wearing revealing clothes for causing earthquakes, she accidentally started a global event called Boobquake, which scientifically proved him wrong.…
Handbags Don’t Cure Cancer
If I wore a bra, it would probably be black. Or grey. Maybe white, red or blue, depending on what else I was wearing. It would be as comfortable as…
An Alarming Tale
Guest post by Hamish Lucas. Daylight savings is here again! What a wonderful time of year it is. Crisp cool evenings, warm afternoons and extra long days are conducive to…
Bad Astronomy is Actually Good Astronomy
Space. It’s fascinating. I’ve geeked out on space stuff since I was a kid. I had books and videos about the solar system, I built Lego space stations and spaceships,…
Donate Your Organs
My brother used to have a “Don’t take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them here” bumper sticker on his car. I respected his decision, but I didn’t…
Who’s Afraid of Islam? America Is.
Artist rendition of the “Ground Zero Mosque”Can’t we all move past the whole “They’re different to me, I’m scared” thing? Last month the Pew Research Center released a report showing…