We all know (hopefully) that humor is an antidote to the seriousness of life. Sometimes we forget it can also be a shock absorber for the occasionally rocky road of romance. Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke. (Lynda Barry) Perhaps you’ve experienced the hormone cocktail we call “falling in love.” The feeling is [...]
Every once in awhile science validates those millions of funding dollars with a revelation which, while not immediately practical — like, say, a cure for the common colonoscopy — is nonetheless worth its endowment in mindless fantasy. In case you missed it, “60 Minutes†recently aired a story about a couple of paleontologists who have [...]
Some cogent thoughts and quotes from the just-finished Science and Consciousness Conference in Santa Fe, featuring Jean Houston, Sam Keen, Matthew Fox, Raymond Moody, Peter Russell, and others. (I emceed and inflicted myself on everybody in a comedy concert.) Jean Houston is the great-granddaughter of both Sam Houston and Robert E. Lee. (Presumably not together. [...]
Over two years after the downsizing of Pluto from planetary status, confusion and consternation continue to plague earthlings born after 1900. Which I’m assuming is everybody. This is not surprising if you know Pluto. A quick look at the history of this remote, peculiar ice ball suggests we might want to reconsider, if we know [...]
