The one and only tell is that I’m utterly wiped out by being around people too much — the definition of too much being way more than I’m used to — and I either have to get some time away (when I disappear from a con, I’ve usually run to my room to read or listen to mu...
Uh, besides the fact that I know this is bullshit (yes, okay, our monetary system is jacked up. So is most of the world right now. And we lost less to covidiocy than… oh, Germany) because if it weren’t — if the world really stopped keeping dollars as world-currency — we’d ...
Torog 53 1 Ken G said: Given that state of affairs, I cannot see why Einstein would have reversed his opinion. Perhaps he had some more specific version of Mach's principle in mind, something less dependent on the actual history of our own universe. But when we start talk...
MOSCOW: Exports of seaborne Russian Urals and ESPO crude oil blends were seen declining by 6.2 percent to 50.17 million tonnes in the last three months of the year from the previous quarter, traders said on Monday, citing a quarterly loading schedule. Some of the decline was due to increased...
What if when it comes to the things the government is supposed to do, this REALLY is as good as it gets? In years past I’ve argued we should abolish all the scruff and cruft of non constitutional departments. Department of energy, department of education, the FDA the CDC. And I’ve...
Yesterday, as I was finishing my epic kitchen clean up, I started getting phone calls. The first one was from a friend who confused me with my husband (seriously. He doesn't even have an accent!) and because my phone doesn't tell me the name of the pers
The intended consequence was the ability to manufacture bestsellers on command; to pick who would be a best seller (mind you, it wasn’t even political at first, or at least it’s unlikely it was just political. Creatives are hard to work with. They often have trouble working with themse...