This is something I realized around 1995, and never bothered to write down, so I’m claiming it now.

I present to you a list of minor Star Wars characters with completely unnecessary backstories, Zombo.com, and the ca. 135 google results for “earthworm costume” (with quotes).

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A recent discussion brought up the topic of the preferred zombocalypse survival vehicle.  It’s an interesting thought,really — what is your contingency plan for when the undead horde begins swarming our streets?  How will you move about?  What will be your choice of locomotion that is sufficiently fast to escape the shambling legions of moaning [...]

I have never been to Iran.  And this is not about politics. I don’t care who won the election (well, I do, but let’s face it, it’s a choice between the less worse in quality A, and the less worse in quality B.)  But let’s be honest — statistically speaking, it’s all extremely dodgy, and [...]

The world is mired in one of the most godawful economic turd storms mankind has experienced in recent history.  Many are beyond frightened to the point of having become dulled and cynical — average housing prices fell another 50%?  Big deal.  We unwashed Euros anxiously await the point at which the inevitable fallout will break [...]

Or, why the customer is not always not always right. Mom intensely dislikes ratings & review sites such as Yelp, for their uncontrolled anonymity.  While I don’t always agree with her, I can definitely understand how she, working in the restaurant business, would have issues with platforms that allow for unfettered, spiteful vitriol from anyone [...]

I always liked Esquire‘s What I’ve Learned feature.  So, in response to a 16-year-old’s question  on one of the discussion pages I frequent, “what, I guess, life lesson or advice would you give to a regular 16-yr.-old, or your own younger self?” I put together this list.  I’m only 35, but here’s a collection of [...]

The thought of a firearm conjures up any number of images and ideas.  Liberty, protection, murder, threat, violence, power.  And yet, a gun is no more than an inanimate object, a cold, impersonal tool designed for putting small, heavy, fast-moving objects into other objects.  I can think of few other things existent that carry a [...]

A Swiss news magazine recently published a story about an international trading house that was doing comparatively well in this depression, thanks to a mixture of sound financial policies, solid product and services footing and conservative, sensible management.  While the name and nature of the group were forgettable, the thing that stuck with me was [...]

Note:  these are just thoughts I had after a meeting, described below — they are neither particularly structured, nor necessarily well-researched and informed, but rather the result of spending a bit of time thinking about a real-world problem I came across.