NASA is recruiting the next generation of astronauts, to service the ISS and establish and staff our future moon base. Y’all have till July 1 to apply. The salary range is $59,493.00 to $130,257.00 per year “The open positions require extensive travel on Earth and in space. Possible destinations may include, but are not limited […]

I have a cold. Again.It’s not a bad cold, as colds go, but it’s inconvenient, and it sucks away energy.This is something like the fifth cold I’ve had in the last eighteen months. I conclude that my immune system has gone to hell.Any home remedies I should try?

I’ve been reading Imperium, by Robert Harris, a novel about the life of Cicero. It seems to cover the middle part of the great advocate’s career, from the prosecution of Gaius Verres to the conspiracy of Catalina. It leaves out Cicero’s rocky relationship with the First Triumvirate and his tutelage of Octavius, who later had […]

“I used to brag that I got the Thomas Jefferson wines,” hesaid. “Now I get to brag that I have the fake Thomas Jeffersonwines.” As a sometime stage magician, I enjoy a good sleight-of-hand. I like a colossal monstrous jape, a clever bit of illusion, and Orson Welles, both for his War of the Worlds […]