Recently, an audio recording was released of Noc, the beluga whale, singing in what is a really close approximation to human sound.   Scientists discovered it when they thought they heard people chattering far away, only to find that the beluga whales can mimic our speech sounds, if not our words. Yet. ~ What does this […]

Hurricanes…  Recession…  Elections… NBC’s mistreatment of Community… Yes, the world is full of strife and mystery.  Fortunately, more and more of us are realizing we need to take a moment and ask: W W S S D ? What Would Sexy Stalin Do? Yes, Sexy Stalin-mania is sweeping the nation!  Because, as Sylvia Plath once […]

Now that Disney has purchased LucasFilm for 4 billion dollars and announced the planning of indefinite new Star Wars installments, everyone’s wondering what they have in mind.  Basing things off of the books that have been written, or will they go in new directions?  Well, in a Byronic Man exclusive, I am pleased to present, […]

Yesterday, you tested your Halloween readiness by trying to identify movie monsters. If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, you may be dangerously unprepared for Halloween, so if you want to take a moment and do that, now would be a good time.  It’s okay, we’ll wait. Hm hm hm… I wonder if we’ll get very […]

Here at the Byronic Man, we’re all about safety.  So, just in time to be prepared for Halloween, see how many of the movie monsters below you can identify!  (We’re looking for characters, not actors or movie titles).  Good luck, and no cheating!  You know what they say about cheaters:  “Winners never cheat, and cheaters […]

“What is the ocean,” a character toward the end of Cloud Atlas replies to the charge that he is about to waste his life on a cause that can’t make a difference, “but millions of drops of water?”  It is this idea more than anything else – the interconnectivity that makes life greater than the […]

The Byronic Girl is two weeks old now.  I, however, am at least 8 years older than when she was born.  Like so many major events in life, having a baby is everything they say it is, and nothing they say it is.  Some reflections, thus far… I’ve always been early to things, to the […]

News Item –  The BBC reported that nuclear physicists in the search for antimatter have had a major breakthrough.  
Scientists at the Switzerland/France CERN particle collider announced the successful capture of an anti-hydrogen atom for almost 16 minutes. Dr. Skeinman: Well, we’ve come close a few times before.  Once we thought we’d captured one, but […]