Marine Altruism
As one of the most truculent and egoistic election seasons in history continues to accelerate (deteriorate), it’s nice to remember that not all mammals are out for uninhibited self gain. Humpback whales are the […]
Environmental Schisms
A Ray of Hope
What if you never had to pay another utility bill for the rest of your life? What if, instead of dishing-out for oil, gas, or electric every month, you got paid […]
Look Out Multiverse, Here We Come
Since the Industrial Age kicked off three hundred years ago, our glorious species has been gleefully pillaging and polluting the planet with the impunity most often reserved for maladapted viruses– […]
Waiter, There’s a Soup In My Fly
There’s an old adage that goes something like this: the only two creatures on the planet who will survive a nuclear holocaust are cockroaches… and Keith Richards. The good news […]
Jelly Roll Blues and Antigravity
So the facts are out, and the news is devastating. If you’ve been living in a cave and haven’t heard, brace yourself: Jellyfish born in space have “massive vertigo” when […]
Notes From The Underground: LA vs NYC subways
Yeah, LA’s got a subway. Make all the jokes you want. Skip riding it. Inhale gridlock fumes while inching forward at 2 miles an hour instead. We’ll be thrilled to […]
Epic America, Happy 273rd
There’s nothing more patriotic than a July 4th roadtrip up Rt. 1 along the literal edge of America to put all the miniscule bullshit of your life into immediate perspective. […]
Human Exceptionalism And The Zombie Apocalypse
Now that we’ve Zombified ourselves to death in tv and film– Wikipedia lists 641 individual titles– let us pause and contemplate our fascination with the denigration of the human race […]
Dining With Frankenstein
It’s like a Kafka story, really, but directed for our present day reality by the Wachkowski brothers of The Matrix fame. The scale of the conspiracy is that big. Except […]
The Great Indoors
According to a recent Pew Research Poll, the average American spends only 72 minutes outdoors a day. It is a stunning factoid when you consider two things: there are 1440 […]