I went to the movies last night and when I exited – this is about 11:00 pm – the lobby of the theater was filled with people. People lining up, people getting snacks, people milling. The parking lot was a flurry of activity. And why? I finally backtracked and looked at the head of the […]

So, put yourself in this position and ask yourself what the appropriate response would be:  A friend of mine was telling me about a few years back when she and her (then) husband were at Disneyland.  They’re in line for whatever.  The husband sees an man of Asian ethnicity a few places ahead of them […]

So, I had this dream last night– no, wait! Come back!  I’m not going to go into detail about my dream, I promise.  If you read my last post (and if not, why not? ) you recall it had to do with the guy here who posted a Craigslist ad for a time-travelling companion to […]

This is a real posting on Craigslist from this weekend, here where I live.  I’ve kept it exactly as is, except for removing information which might reveal identity or contact information: In need of a time travel companion (please take this seriously) Date: 2011-06-17, 5:38PM PDT I have a functioning time machine I know it […]

Hi, Canada, come on in.  Yes, I know, I’m not dressed for the water park… we’re… we’re not going to the water park.  Have a seat.  No, no, don’t leave, no one’s judging anyone here.  You can’t really believe that we’re in a position to judge anyone’s behavior.  I just… I’m, that is we’re worried […]

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 it […]

Well, well, well.  You’re feeling pret-ty smug, aren’t you?  I’ll be honest – so was I.  “Rapture,” I said.  “Feh.  Wrong again!  What a kook!”  I was actually looking forward to hearing how Harold Camping, the religious bookmaker who predicted the end this last Saturday, would explain the failure to rapt.  I had pretty even […]

Every year there is a UFO festival in McMinnville, Oregon.  McMinnville is the site of one of the only as yet non-debunked UFO photos (which makes it “bunked”?) taken by farmers Paul & Evelyn Trent in 1950, as well as being considered a cross-center for psychic activity… or something.  So this year M and I […]