Christopher Lee died last week. He was 93 years old. Lee was an actor with a career that spanned nearly 70 years and had become known recently for playing Saruman and Count Dooku in the Lord of the Rings and [...]

Before we begin let me acknowledge the fact that the title to this article is probably the worst pun I have come up with and actually posted for other human beings to see. I have not gone back through previous [...]

There are times when I write something so beautiful I can’t believe that I was the one who wrote it. I think for a moment that someone must have broken in while I slept and typed out a file on [...]

It was May 13, 1992 and astronauts Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers and Pierre J. Thuot were asked by NASA officials to come over, you know and hang out. “Oh it’ll be great,” NASA officials said, “We’ll get a [...]

I have been a fan of Death Cab for Cutie for over a decade now. There is something about the haunted, hollow sound they make that strikes a cord with me. There is an innate sadness to the music, even [...]

The brilliant tapestry of young stars flaring to life resemble a glittering fireworks display in the 25th anniversary NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, released to commemorate a quarter century of exploring the solar system and beyond since its launch on [...]