Some people have asked me lately how to be funny, and my first response used to be, “How the heck should I know — I’m not funny.” But on the other hand, people have been laughing at me a lot lately. So maybe I can offer some clues.
Great starting points are surprise and absurdity. Like […]
A new crop circle appeared overnight in Wiltshire England. This one has concentric shapes that represent the famous equation of pi. For those who don’t remember your math, pi is the precise ratio of the lemon filling to the meringue.
Many people attribute crop circles, variously, to extra-terrestrials, beings from other dimensions, mother earth, and other […]
“If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research.”
– Albert Einstein
Maybe you’ve read about the new supercollider in Switzerland. Scientists want to smash protons together to simulate the beginning of the universe and see what happens. Admirable, certainly, and a bargain at only 8 billion dollars.
Except there’s a teensy problem. It seems […]
These days we hear a lot about becoming good citizens of the world. In that spirit, I’m proclaiming my solidarity by celebrating all the national holidays of every country. This means from now on I’ll only be working two days a year. I hope you’ll join me in this respectful recognition of our planetary unity.
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