Look to the skies

I kept telling myself that I would wait to decorate my house until someone else on the street did it first; but I went ahead and did it on December 1 — and damned if I wasn’t the first person. Granted, I  [more...]

As I begin the slow but certain slide into old-man-hood, each new sign of aging is a bewildering shock. Today, I discovered that my eyebrows are becoming wild and unruly, with long curly hairs popping up every which way  [more...]

As I sit here watching a revival of Cosmos, a series that premiered when I was in high school, I find myself nostalgic for Carl Sagan and his unique way of combining science and philosophy. He would be appalled today at  [more...]